Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-10

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! afterwards TO be handel do1a 70 the x
! ecratioG OF pos.esity uader the lame G
Richard I'LL, had won his fcEs Considers
. Die fight.
CHAPTER ".
! The SACK OF sHORRBY.
There WAS not foe left within s.rikini
distance; and DICK, as ne locked TuefaI!
about him on the remainder Of his gal
liant force, began TO count the c1ss G
victory. He was himself, now that tn
danger was ended, 60 stiff, and sore, sc
bruised and cut and broken, and, a5ovt
all, go utterly exhausted by his desperate
and unremi.tirg labors In the 4 yar, ths,
ne seemed incapable of any fresh ex
ertiou.
But this WAS not yet the hour for re-
pose. Shoreoy had been taken by as
sault; and though Sn open town, and moi
in any manner to be chsrged with the re.
sistance, 1t was plain tina. these rough
fighters would be not less rough now
that the fight was over, and thst the
more horrid part of war would fall to be
enacted. Richard of Gloucester was not
the captain 70 protect the citiz ms from
his Infatuated soldiery; AM even Il he
nad the will, 1t might be questioned If be
had the power.
II was, therefore, Dicks business to
ld out snd to protect Joanna; and with
mat end he looked about him at the faces
OF his men. The three or four who
seemed likeliest to be obedient ard to
| keep sober he drew aside; and promisiue
them rich reward and special recon-
mendation to the Duke, led them across
the mhrket-place, nev empty of horse
men, and into The streets upon the further
side.
Every here and there small com5sts OF
from two TO dozen still Tagged upon the
open street; here and there house was
0elug beseiged, the defenders thsowing
out stools and tables on the heads Ct the
ssssilants. The snow was ssrewn with
srms 1ad corpies; but except for these
partial combats the streets were deserted
and the houses, some standing open and
some shattered and bsrricsded had for
the most part ceased to give out smoke.
DICE, threading the skirts OF the
skirmishers, LED his followers briskly In
the direction Of the abbey church; but
when he came the length Of the m.in
street, cry CT horror brt K, from HE
lips, Sir Daniels crest house had been
carried by assault. The gates hung in
splinters from the hinges, and double
tnrong kept pouring in and out through
the entrance, seeking and carrying BOOTY
Meanwhile, IN the upper stories some re-
sistance wss still being cfI4red to the
pilagers; for jus. as Dick came within
eyeshot of the building q easement wes
broken open from within, ard poor
wretch in murray ana blue, scresuing
and resisting, vas forced through the
emorssnre and tossed iato the street
below.
The mos. slckenipg apprehension fell
upcn Dick. BE ran forward ike one o g.
sessed, forced his waY into the house
smong the foremost, and mounted
without pause to the chamber On the
third floor where he had lsst parted
tom JosnnA. L. WAS mere wr ck; the
had been overthrown, the cup
boards broken opep, snd in one place
trailing corner OF the arrss lay shoulder
ing on the emoers of the fire.
Dick, almost without thinking, trod on. |
The inc'pien. orfsgr.tion, and then stood |
oewildered. Sir Daniel, Sr Oliver,
Joanns, ell were gone; bat whether
outchered in the rOuE or safe escaped from |
Sloreby, who could say?
h caught passing aTcher by the tab
.rd.
"Fellow," he asked, "aere ye here
when this house was tsken2"
LET be-" SAID the archer. ga mur-
rainl lei be, or strike"
"Hsrk ye," returled Richard, 1.-TWO
;sn Play ct that. Sand and be plain"
But the msn, flushed with drink and
oattle, struck Dick upon the shoulder
with one hand, while with the other he
Iwitched away his garment. Thereupon
The tul wrath Of the young leader burst
n his strong embrace and crushed him on
child; then, holding him at arms length,
lie bid him speak as he valued life.
~ p-ay you mercyl" gssped the archer.
An Lad though ye were so angry l
would "a been Charter of crossing ysu
IVES here indeed"
"Kaow ye Sir DanieI?" pursued Dick.
"W ell de know him." returned the
nan.
"Was he II the mausion?"
Gay, sir, ne wes," answered the archer;
but even as We entered by the yard gate
lie rode forth by the garden"
"Alone?" cried Dick.
"He mag r. had score Of l.nces with
im," said the man.
"Lsacesl No women, them" asked
Shelton.
"Troth, saw not" said the archer.
But there were none In the house, II that
re your quest"
~ thank you," said Dick. "Here is
old noble for your palms." Blu. cropping ,
q his wallet, Dick found nothing. I'm ,
uire for NE to-morrow," he added
Richard Shelf ST. Richard Shelton" I
e corrected, "and will see you hand
omely rewarded"
And then an idea struck Dick. BE has. (
Ily descended to the courtyard, rsn with
Il his might acroes the garden, aad !
anna to the great east door Of the church |
stood Wide open; within, every corner
I the pavement was crowded with fugi- g
i've burghers, surrounded by their fami-
es ana laden with the most precious of =
heir possessions, while, at the high altar, 8
Tests In full canonic6ls were imploripg q
ne mercy Of God. Even as Dick entered, I
le loud chorus began to thunder In the I
aulted roofs. n
He hurried through the groups of refu. Z
ees and came to the door Of the stair d
lat led into the steeple. And here q tsIl .
1urchmsn stepped before him and arrest
1 his advance. h