Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-15
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. move ana shower OF SrrOvs rattl
o shout the b.rricaie, and sounded Ii
g blows upon tae walls II the two fsnki
r houses
u The attack had begun, by q comm
signal, On sill the i've issues OF the Gus
q ter. Gloucester WAS beiesguered up,
] every side; and Dick judged, if he won
J make good his pest, he must rely entire
on the 100 men Of his command.
, Seven volleys OF arrows followed OF
, upon the other, and in the very thick
the discharges Dick YVES touched fro
behind upon the srm, and found a pss
holding out to him leathern jscke
Strengthened with bright plates of mai
at ia from my Lord ef Gloucester,
s'ld the psge. "He hath Observed, S
Richard, that ye went unarmed."
Dick. with glow at his heart st bein
so addressed, got to his feet and, with tn
assistance of the page, donned the defer
siVe coat. Even as ne did so, two arrow
/ ratified harmlessly,upon the plates, and
third struck down the psge, mortal
wounded st his feet.
Meantime the whole body Ct the enem'
had been steadily drs wing nearer across
the market place; and by this time wer
SO close st hand that Dick gave the orde
to return their shot. immediately, from
behind the barrier and from the window
Of the houses, ccunterblsst of arrowl
sped, carrying desIn. But, the Lancas
trisns, as il they had but waited for sig
nal, shouted Loudly in answer; and begar
to close st run upon the barrier, the
holsemen still hanging ba: K, with vlsofs
lowered.
Then followed an obstinate and deadly
struggle, hand to hama. The assAilsnts,
Wieidi5g their falchions with one hand,
strove with the other to drag down the
s ructure Of the bsrrictde. On the other
side, the parts were reversed; and the
def=nders exposed themselves like mad
men to protect their rampant. So for
some minutes the contest ragged almost In
silence, friend and foe falling one upon
another. But 1t is always the easier to
d. str0y; AID when single note upon the
tucket recalled the attacking party from
this des: erete service, much OF the bsrri-
csde had been removed pieceme:l, and
me whole fabric had sunk to half It's
height, 6nd tottered to q general fall.
And row the foo.men in the market
place Tell back, st d run, on every side.
he horsemen who had been standing in
y line two deep, wheeled suddenly, and
made their f,Gk In o their front; and IS
6 wifi! ss striking adder, the long, steel
clad column was launched upon the ruin
Gus barricade.
OF the FIST ITO horsemen, the ftst fell,
rider al d stee6, aud wss ridden down by
bis companions. The second leaped clean
upon the summit Of the rampant, traps-
piercing az archer with his lance. Almost
in the same instant he was dragged from
the saddle and his horse dispatched.
And then the full weight aud impetus
ct the charge burst upon and scattered
the defenders. The men at-arms, sur
their fallen camrsdes, and car
RED onward by the fury OF the onslaught,
dashed through Dicks broken line and
poured Numbering up the lane beyond, as
3 stream bestrides and pours ACROSS
cEoken dam.
Yet was the fight not ever. Still, in
.he asrrow Jaws Of the entrance, Dick
md fe T.survivors piled their bills like
wocdmah; aed already, across the widt b
81 the psss.ge, there had been formed q
second, higher, snd q more effectual
rempqrI Ct fslieE men and disembowelled
lofEes, lashipg il the agoIies Ct DEATH
BIN ID by this fresh OBSTACLE, the re-
nsinder q the cavalry fell back; and IS.
1t the sight OF this movement, the flight
Il arrows redoubled from the easements
II the houses, their retreat had, for
moment, slmost degenersted into flight.
almost at the same time, those who had
crossed the barricade and charged fur
her up the street, being met before the
ioor Of the Chesuers by the formidable
,unchbaek and tae whole reserve Of the
Iolklsts, began to come scattering back
g.rd, Ia the excess of diserray and terror.
Dick and his fellows faced about, fresh
nen poured out of the houses; cruel
HAST Ct arrows met the fugltives full in
be isce, while Gloucester was alresdy
idiTg down their rear; in the inside OF a
minute and q hsf there was no living |
in the street.
Then, and not I'LL then, did Dick hold |
p his reeking blade and give the word to
heer.
Meanwhile Gloucester dismounted from
Is horse and came forward to inspect |
be post. HIS face was as pale IS linen;
ut his eyes shone in his head like some
TRANCE jewel, and his voice, when he
poke, was hoArseand broken with the
xultatIon of battle and success. He
boxed at the rampant, which neither
-iend nor foe could now approach with
ut precsusion, 30 1ercely did the horses
truggle in the throes Of death, and at the
ght of that great carnsge he smiled
pom one side.-
"Despaich these horses" he said;
they keep you from your vantage.
ichard Shelton" he added, rye have
leased me. Kneel."
The Lancsstrians had already resumed
,etr archery, and the shafts fell thick in
lie mouth OF the street; but the duke,
inding 1t not at all, deliberately drew his
VOID and DUBBED Richard knight upon
Ie SPOT.
"Apd now, Sir Richard" he continued,
Il that ye see Lord Risinghsm, send me ]
/ express upon the instant. Were it I
,ur last man, let me hesr OF 1t inconti
entity. l had rather venture the post {
sn lose my stroke st him. For mark {
e, all OF ge," be added, raising his
ice, SIT Earl Risipghsm fsll by another |
md than mine, shall count this victory I
defeat"
"My lord duke" said ore Ct bis at
ndsnts, sis your grace not wesry OF ex- t
'siDg his dear life uuneedfulll? Why
rry We her.?"
returned the Duke, "Here
the battle, rot elsewhere. The rest ]
G but feigned onslaughis. Here must L
3 vsnquish. And for the txposure-if 3
weJs an ugly hunch5sck, and the 4
ildrea gecked at you upon the street, y
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