Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-08

WOuLu EOs nsGe been fIsreiy dlsc0uF' SCug,
but cruel, to Eeiuse or hes,:ste; and he
! hastened 70 comply
"And now, my LORD Duke" he sale,
when ne hsj regsined bis freedom, ''do
suOpose srish? Afe ye my Lord Duke
Ct Gloucester"
III am Richard CT Gloucester" returned
the ether. "Aud you-Avw cslI they
yo0?"
Dick told him mig pane, and presented
Ford Foxham's signet, whish the dake
immediately recognized.
'Ye come too SOON" he said; "tat
why should complaint Ye sfe like me,
tta! WAS here st"wstch two hoxrS before
the Say. But this is the first sally
OF nine arms; upon this sdven-
tuEe, Master Shelton, shall make or msr
the guilty 1 ny renoWn. There lie my
enemies, under two old, skilled captains
E-Ris!Dgham and BrscEIey-weu posted
for strength, do believe, but yet upon
two sides without retreat, enclosed be-
tw!xt the SEES, The bsroor, and the river.
methi2ks, Shelton, here were : great
blow to De stricken, an we could strike
1t silently and suddenly"
81 do think so, indeed" cried Dick,
warming.
"Hsve ye my Lord Foxham's notes 2"
inquired the Duke.
And then, Dick, having exp ained how
hs WAS without them for the moment,
made himself bold to Caar Information
every ] u IS good, OF his own Knowledge.
"And ior mine OWE part, my lord
DUKE" he added, ian ye had men enough,
l would fall on even as this present
For look Ye, at the peep Cf dsy the
watches Of the night a-s over; Dut by day
they keep neither watch ncg w6rd-0nly
scouT the outskirts with hOrselpsu. Now,
then, when the night wsica g already IN
armed, and the .est are at their morning
cup-aoW were the time 70 break them"
"How many do ye ccuni?" asked
Gloucester.
"The3 number not 20O0," Dick replied
Il have 700 in the woods bshind u.s."
sad the duke; AGO follow from Kettley,
aDt will be here an0u; pehlad thsse, SGd
further are 500 more; snd r;y Lord Fox.
! ham h IN 500 half day from here, ST
Holy wood. SnnI we attend their com
ing, or fiil oG?'
"My boI:," ssjd Dick, "when ye
hsngt tbese i've poor rCgues 7e did de-
cid the question. Cluris although they
| We,e, 10 tGsae u1CGsy umes they will be
lacked sud looked for, nad tbe siarm be
| given. Therefore, my Lord, Il ye 90
count upon the advantage of . surprise.
ye have not, in 10y poor opiaion, one
whole hocr Ia front q you"
az do talnk &C, Indeed" returned
| CroIk5sck. "WelI, before sn hour, pc
shsIl be in the thick on't, wiring spurs.
A ewiit maa TO Holy~3pd, csrrJiog LORD
! F0xdam's siguet; oIot5sr along the road
| to speed I1J Iaggsrds. Nav, S1eiLon, by
tie ROOD, it !nsy be d2ne"
Taere NTH he once more set his trumpet
! to his lips 81 d Oiew.
This time he was rot long kept wsit-
| ing. In moment the open space aRCul
ths crcss vsSg dl!ed vita ao1se- and foot
| X chard OF G.oTca5ter took ne plsCe
u2On the e;eps, and dea fatcbet nsGseD,
ger after messenger 20 hasten The Goa,
c, nifstion Of the 7e0 Eaen tDGt isy bidder
n i1e immediate 1elsbborACod sm07e
| the woGds;. snd before a quarter Of Rr
| hour tad passed, all his dispositions
being taken, he pu: himself ct their head.
| and began to move down the hill toward
| ShOreby.
His pIsa was simple. H3 IVES to sei2s
| quarter o. the town cf Saoreby lying OF
| the r.glt hand Of the high road, snd
mske big position good there IN the Gar-
rev lsnG5 until his rai1furcereuts fol-
| 10 red.
| II La:d 2isinghsm chose TO retrest
| Richard would follow upon bis Tear, snt
tsEe hiul between two ti:es; OF, Il lie
| preferred 10 hold tie t0up, he would be
shut II 6 trap, there to he gradually
! overwhelmed by force Of numbers.
| There VGG but one danger, but that was
Imminent and gTeat-Giouces:er's zoe
might bs rolled up and cut to pieces il
| tee hTst encounter, ana, to avoid this,
| 1t w2s neeGiul TO u axe the surprise Of
their arrival ss complete SIS possible.
| The fOJt0en, therefore, were al once
more taken up behind the riders, and
Dick mad the signal honour neted cut to
| him Of moantipg behind Gloucester him,
self. For as far as there WAS any cover
the troops moved SLOWLY, and when they
came near the end OF the trees that lined
the highway, stopped to breathe and re-
connoitre.
The sun wss now well up, Shining Win
8 frosty brightness out OF the fellow hello,
erd night ever against the luminary,
SRoreby, field of snowy roofs and rud-
dy gables, Was rolling up its columns CT
| morning smoke.
| Gloucester turned round to Dick.
'In that poor place." be sald, "where
people age cooking breakfast, either you
shall gain your spurs and psgin life OF
mighty honour and glory il the world
eve, or both Of US, IS conceive it, shall
fall desd and be unheard OF. Two Rich
ards are we. Well, then, Richard Snel-
tor, they shall be heard about, these twoi
Taeir swords shall net ring more loudly
or mems helmets than their names shall
| ring in peoples ears"
| Dick was astonished st SO great hun
| ger after fame, expressed with SO great
sehemence of voice and Language; srd he
spawered very sersibly end quietly thst,
for his part, he promised he would do bis
duty, sad doubted not or victory il every
one did the like.
By this time the horses were well
breathed, end the leader holding 10 his
sword snd giving rein, the whole troop
Of chargers broke into the gsllop
and thundered, with their double load Of
, Fighting men, down the remainder Of the
bill and across the snow-covered plain
that still divided them from Shore0y.
Richard Crookbsck would have been really
| Jar younger 81 this date.
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