Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18

SNOW it was spot that could not fail {,
be recognised, and Lawlees evidently rec
ogntzed 1t with particular delight.
i, "Now, Master Richard, }" 8 Id he, sal
y are not too proud to be the guest Of {.
man who is neither gentleman by biYtt
nor 80 much as good Christian, ca,
offer you cup Of good wine and gool
fire to melt the marrow in your frozsr
bones"
"Lead on, WiA," answered Dick. "A
cup OF wine and good fire! Nay,
would go far way round to see them. >
Lswless turned aside under the bare
branches OF the grove and walking reso
lutely forward for some time came to {
steepish hollow or den that had now
drifted quarter full of snow. On the
verge great beech tree hung plecarious.
ly rooted, and here the old outlaw, pull
ing aside some busny underwood, bodily
disappeared into the earth.
The beech had, IN some violent gale,
been hs.f uproGted, and had torn up q
considerable stretch OF turf; and it w,s
under this thst old Lswless had dug cut
his forest hid1rg place. The roots served
him for rafters, the turf was bis thstch
|
esrth. Rude ssit was, the hearth in one
corner, blackened by FIRE, and the pres-
| ence in smother OF q large osken chest
well fortified with iron, suowed 1t at one
| glancessto be the den of q man, and not
the burrow of digging besst.
! Though the snow had driited at the
mouth and sifted In upon the floor Of this
earth cavern, yet WAS the sir much WARM
er than without; and when Lswless had
| struck . spark, and the dry furze busnes
had begun to blaze and crackle on the
hearth, the place assumed, even to the
| eye, sn air of comfort and Of home.
With S sigh ofgreat CO tentment, Law
less spread his brosd hcnos before the
| fire, and seemed TO breathe the smoke.
"Here, then," he said, ais tnis old
Lswiess's rabbit. hole; pray Heaven there
come no terrier. Far have rolled hither
and thither, and here and about, since
that 1 was fourteen years Of mine age and
first ran away from mine abbey, with the
sacrist's gold chain and msss-bock that
| sold TOR four marks. l have been in
England and France and Burgundy, and
in Spain, too, on apilglimage for my poor
soul; and upon the sea, which is no man g
country. But here is my place, Master
| Shelton. This Is my native land, this
burrow In the earth! Come rain or wind
and whether i's April, ard the birds all
sing, and the blossoms isll cbout my bed
or whether it's winter, and sit alone
with my good gossip the fire, aud robin
redbresst twitters in the wcoJs-here,
anyway, Is my church and msrket, and
my wife and child. I.'s here come back
to, and it's here. so please the saints, that
/ would like to de-"
"'Tis q warm corner, to DE sure" re-
piled Dick, "and q pleasant, snd well
hid"
sit had need to be-" returned Lswless,
s'for an they found it, Master Shelton, il
would break my heart. But here" he
added, burrowing with his stout fingers
in the sandy floor, "nere'is my wine eel.
lar; and We shall nave q flask Of excellent
strong stingo."
Sure enough, after but little digging,
he produced big lesthern bottle Uf
about gallon, nearly thres-parts full OF
q very hesdy and sweet wine; aud when
they had drunk to each other comradely,
and the t1;e had been replenished and
blszed up sgain, the pair lsy at full
length, thswlng and sseaming, and di
vlnely warm.
t'M.sIer Shelton" observed the out.
law, "y' ave had two mischauces this las,
while, and " are like to lose the maid
do take it sright?"
"Aright!" returned Dick noddiDg his
head.
"Well, now" continued Lawless,
shear 81 old fool that hath been nigh
hand everything, and seen nigh. hand ell
Ye 60 too much on other peoples errsnds,
Master Dick. Ye go on Elis's; but he
desl eth rather the death Of Sir Daniel
Ys go on Lord Foxham's; well-the
saints preserve him!-doublless he
meaneth we'll. But 60 ye upon your cwn,
good Dick. Come right to the maids
side. Court her, lest that she forget you
Be ready, and when the chance shall
come, CT with her at the ssddlebow."
Gay, but, Lswless, beyond doubt she is
now in Sir Daniels own mansion" an
swered Dick.
"Thither, then, 60 WEI" replied the
outlaw.
Dick stared at him.
| "Nsy, I mean it," nodded LswIess.
sand II y are OF so little faith, and
stumble at word, see here!"
And the outlaw, taking q key from
! about his neck, opened the oak chest, and
dipping and cropping deep among its
| contents, produced frs. 8 friar's robe,
and next girdle Of rope, and then huge
rosary Of wood, heavy enough to be
| counted IS weapon.
"Here," he said, sis for you. On with
them"
And then, when Dick had clothed him
self In this clerical disguise, Lawless pro-
duced some colours and q pencil, and
proceeded, with the greatest cunning, to
disguise his face. The eyebrows he
thickened and produced; to the mustache
which was yet hardly visible, he rendered
like service; while, by q few lines
around the eye, he changed the express.
sion and increased the apparent age OF
this young monk.
"Now," he resumed, "when I have
done the like, we shall make IS bonny q
pair Of frisrs as the eye could wish. Bold
Iy to Sir Daniels we shall GO, aud there
be Hospitality welcome for the love Of
Mother Church."
"And how, dear Lswless," cried the
lad, 'sshall repay your"
"Tut, BROTHER" replied the outleu, siI
do nsught but for my pleasure. Mind
not for me. am one, by the mass, that
mindeth for himself. When that lack,
have long tongue and voice like the
monastery bell-I do ask, my son, and
where asking faileth io most usuelIv