Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-17

w. i 'iI Ard tIst the,
he poor young iady t.fnted once again
| Ole Of DICKS men carried fisk o
| some strong cordial, and with this DicE
! succeeded in revivlng Consciousness
Then ne took Joanns's friend upon hi!
! saddle bow, snd once more pushed
toward the forest.
"Why do ye take me7" said tae girl
eye but delay your speed"
"Nsy, Mistress R!singhsn," replied
Dick, "Shoreby is full Of blood and drum
kenness and riot. Here ye are safe; con
tent ve."
~ will not be beholden to shy of your
faction," she cried; "set me down"
MADAM, ye know not what ye say,'
returned Dick. "Y' are hurl"-
'I an not" she said. at was my
horse WAS slain"
at matters not one jot," replied Rich,
ard. aye are here in the midst of the
open snow, and comprised about with
enemies. Whether ye will or not, l carry
We with me-. Glad am to have the occa-
sion, for thus shall l repay some portion
Of our debt"
For little while she was silent. Then,
very suddenly, abe asked:
"MY uncle?"
"My Lord Risinghsm?" returned Dick.
81 would 1 had good news to give you,
madam, but have none. l saw him
once in the battle, and once emily. Let
Us hope the best"
CHAPTER v.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS: ALICIA RIsIN CHAM
II was almost certain that Sir Dsnied
had made for the AOat House; but, COZ
aideripg the hesvy snow, the lsteness Of
the hour, and the necessity under which
he would lie 70 svoid the few roads and
striking scross tee wood, it WAS equally
certain that he could not hope to reach It
ere tomorrow.
There were two courses open to Dick;
either to continue TO follow in the kDight's
trail, and, if he were 6ble, to fSll upon
him that very right in camp, or to etrike
out q psth Of his own, and seek TO
place himself between Sir Daniel and his
destination.
EI:her scheme WAS open to serious OBJ
lection, and Dick, who feared to expose
Joanna to the hazards OF e fight, had not
yet decided between them when he
reached the borders OF the wood
At this point Sir Daniel had turned q
little to his left, and then plunged straight
under grove Of very lofty timber. His
pity had then formed to e narrower
front, in order to pass between the trees,
AID the track was trod proportionately
deeper in the snow. The eye followed il,
unQer the leafless tracery Of the CaEs,
running direct and narrow; the trees
stood over it, with knotty olnts and the
.arsat. uplitted forest of their boughs;
mere was no sound, whether of man or
psast-not so much as the stirring of j
&o5ip; and over the field OF snow the
winter sun lay golden among Noted
shadows.
chow say ye," asked Dick OF one Of
the nen, ITO follow straight on, or strike
across for Tunstall?"
"Sir Richard" replied the msn-st-
arms, al would follow the lire until they
scatter"
aye are, doubtless, right" returned
Dick; "bu! we came right hastily upon
the erraud. even SIS the lime commanded
Here are no houses, neither tOr food nor
Shelter, and by the morroW's dawn we
sasll know both Geld fingers and an empty
belly. Ho1 ssy ye, ladsP Win ye stand
pinch for expeGidon'5 sake, or shall we
turn by 81 lywcoo and sup With Mother
Church? The case being somewhat
doubtful, l will drive no man; yet if ye
would suffer ne 20 lssd you, ye would
choose the ftst."
The men answered, almost with enc
voice, that they would follow Sir Richard
where he would.
And Dick, setting spur to his horse, be-
gan once more to go forward!
The snow in the trsil had beea trsdden
very hard, and the pursuers had thds {.
CREST advantage ever the pursued. They
pushed On, Indeed, at 8 round trot, 200
hoofs beating alternately on the dull
pavement of the snow, and the jingle Of
weapons and the snorting OF horses rails
ing warlike noise along the arches of
the silen. wood.
Presently, the wide slot of the pursued
came out upon the high road from Holy
wood; it was there, for moment, indis-
and, where it once more
into the unbeaten snow upon the
farther side, Dick WAS surprised to see it
narrower ana lighter trod. Pisinly,
profsins by the road, Sir Daniel had be-
gun already to scatter his command.
At all hazards, one chance being equal
to another, Dick continued to pursue the
straight trail, and that, after an hours
riding, in which it lead into the very
depths of the forest, suddenly split, like
B bursting shell, into two dozen others,
leading to sll points of the compass.
Dick drew his bride in oespair. The
short winters day was near su end, the
sun dull red orange, shorn of rays,
swsm low among the leafless thickets;
ne shadows were a mile long upon the
snow; the frost bit cruelty ct the lager
lsils and the breath and steam OF the
horses mounted in cloud.
"Weu, we are outwitted," Dick con-
essed. "Strike we for Hollywood after
III. Il IS still nearer Us thsn Tunstall-
u should be by the station Of the sun"
So they wheeled to their left, turning
heir backs On the red shield OK sun, and
nste scross country for the sbbey. Bu.
low times were changed with them; they
;ould no longer spank forth hriskly on q
path beaten firm by the passage CT their
oss, and for 8 gosl to which that path
Itself conducted them. Now they must
blow ct dull pace through the encum-
,erIng snow, continually pausing TO de-
,ide Their course, continually fiounderins
n drifts. The sun soon left them; the
glow Of the west decsyed, and presently
hey were wandering in q shadow Of
,lsckness under frosty stars.
Presently, indeed, the moon would