Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-27
On their ropes, .nd thsy also dsslsted

ion their ropes, and thsy also de siste
from their merry labors.
Right In the midst OF the nave N
bridegroom lay stone dead, pierced o
two black AFRO US. The bride had fsin.ed
Sir Daniel stood towering shove Ia
crowd In his surprise and anger, g cloth
yard shaft q1ivering in his left forearm
snd his face streaming blood from anothe
which had grazed his brow.
Long before any search could be mad
for them the authors of this tragic inter.
ruption had Clustered down turnpike
stair and decamped by postern door.
But Dick and La1less still rems,ned il
pawn; they hsd, indeed, arisen on tn,
first alarm and pushed maniuliy to gaii
the door, bu. what with the nsrrowpass
of the stslls and the crowding of tsrri fl ID
priests and choris ers, the ettemot lac
been in vain, and they had stoically re
sumed their places.
rose to mis- feet and called upon Sir Dan
iel, pointing with one hand to Dick.
"Here," he cried, "is Richard Shelter
-slas the hour!-blood guilty! SeizG
him-bid him be seizsd! For sll oul
lives cnhCcy tdhC ,Huu Uluu ulul sure
ly! He hath sworn our fall"
Sir Daniel WAS blinded by anger
blinded by the hot blood that still steam
ed across his face.
"Where?' he beloved. "Hsle him
forth! By the Cross Of Hollywood, but he
shall rue this hour!"
The crowd fell back, and parry OIL
archers invaded the choir, laid rough
hands on Di k, dragged him head fore.
most from the stall, and thrust him by
the shoulders down the chsncel steps
Lswless, on his part, sat as still SIS 6
mouse.
Sir Daniel, brushing the blood out Of
his eyes, stared blinkingly upon his csp.
tive.
say" he said, "treacherous and inso
lent, have thee fast; and by all potent
oaths, for every drop of blood that now
trickles in mine eyes, l will wiring s groar
out Of thy csrcase. Away with him!" he
added. "Here is no placel OFF with him
to my house. will number every Joint
Of thy body with torture"
But Dick, putting OF his csptors, up.
lifted his voice.
"Sanctuary!" he shouted. Sanctuary
Ho, there, my fathers They would drse
me from the church,"
"From the church thou hast d. ed
with murder, boy" added a tall man,
magnifcently dressed.
"Oa what probation?" cried Dick
"They do accuse me, indeed, of soma
completely, but have not proved one little
l was, in truth, sutton for this damsePs
hand; end she, will be bold to ssy it,
repaid my suit with favor. But what
thenp To love maid ia no of9nse, l
trow-nay, nor to gain her love. In all
else stand here free from outlines"
There was murmur Of approval amcng
the bystsnders, SO boldly Dick declared
his innocence; but at the same time g
thropg Of accusers arose upon the other
side, crying how ne had been found last
night in Sir Daniels house, how he wore
sacrilegious disguise; and In the
midst of the babel, Si- Oliver in
dicsted Lawless, both by voice ard
gesture, as eccomplice to the fact. He,
in his turn, was dragged from his seat
and set beside his leader. The feelings
and while some dragged the prisoners to
and fro to favor their escape, others
cursed them and struck them with their
fists. Dicks ears rang and his brain
swan dizzlly, like man struggling in the
eddies of furious river.
But the tall man who had already en.
swered DICE, by prodigious exercise Of
voice restored silence and order in the
mob.
"Ssarch them," he said, "for arms.
We may so judge Of their Intentions"
Upon Dick they founed no weapon but
his poniard, and this told in his favor,
until one man oficiously drew it from its
sheath, and found it still uncleaDsed OF
the blood of Rutter. At this there was
great shout among Sir Daniels folio Wers,
which the tsll man suppressed by a ges
ture and sn imperious glance. But when
it came to L2wless, there was found IN.
der his gown s1eaf of arrows Identical
with those that had been shot.
How say Ye now?" asked the tall msn,
frowningly, OF Dick.
"Slr," replied Dick,"I am here in sanct-
uary, Is it not SO? Well, sir, I see by
your bearing that ye are high in station,
End l read in your countenance the marks
Of piety and justice. To you, then, will
yield me prisoner, and that blithely,
foregoing the advantage Of this holy
place. But rather than to be yielded into
the discretion of that msn-whom I do
here accuse with loud voice to be the
murderer OF my natural father and the IN
Just detainer Of my lands and revenues
rather than that, I would beseech you,
under favor, with your own gentle hand,
to despatch me on the spot. Your own
ears have heard him, how before that
wss proven guilty he did threaten me with
torments. Il standeth not with your
honor to deliver me to my sworn enemy
and old oppressor, but to try me fairly by
the way OF law, and, if that be guilty in
deed. to slay me mercifu'ly."
any lord," cried Sir Daniel, aye will
not hsrken to this wolff His bloody dag
ger reeks him the lie into his face"
"Nay, but suffer me, good knight" re-
turned the tsll stranger; "your own We
hemence doth somewhat tell against
yourself"
And here the bride, who had come to
herself some minutes past and looked
wildly on upon this scene, broke loose
from those that held her, and fell upon
her knees before the last speaker.
"My Lord of Risinghsm," she cried,
shear me, IN justice. am here in this
mans custody by mere force, reft from
mine own people. Since that day had
never pity, countenauce nor comfort from
the face of man-but from him only
Richard Shelton-whom they now &C
cuse and labor to undo. My Lord, if he