Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04

| Meantime the two gentlemen wer
walking briskly forward over the down
the three torches going before then
! stopping against the wind AVID scstterin
| clouds Of SIN ke and tufts Of fine, an
the resr brought up by the six srcnsis.
! Close upon the heels OF these Dick fol
lowed. H had, Of course, heard no wor
of this conversation; but ne had recoe
nized in the second OF the speakers oil
Lord Sloreby himself, man of an in
famous reprtstioD, whom even Sir DAME
al 9cted, in public, to condemn.
Presently they came close down upo
! the beach. The air smelt salt; the nois
Of the surf increased; and here, in s lerg
| walled garden, there stood smsll nous
of two stories, with stables and othe
offices.
The foremost torch bearer unlocked
door in the wall, and after the who'll
party had passed into the garden, agail
closed and locked it on the other side.
Dick and his men were thus excludes
from any further following, unless the,
should scale the wall and thus put thei
necks into a trap.
They sat down in tuft Of furze ant
waited. The red glow OF the torche
moved up and down and to and fro within
the enclosure, as Ii the link bearer
steadily patrolled the garden.
Twenty minutes passed, and then thu
whole party issued forth again upoi
the down; and Sir Daniel and the baron
after an elaborate salutstion, separated
and turned severally homeward, esch Will
his own following Of man and torches.
As SOON as the sound of their steps hat
been swallowed by the wind, Dick got tt
Wss stiff and aching with the cold.
"Capper, ye will give me back up
he said.
They advanced, all three, to the wall;
Copper stopped, and Dick, getting upon
his shoulders, clambered On to the cope
stone.
SNOW, Greensheve," whispered Dick,
"follow me up here; lie FIST upon your
face, thst ye may be the less seen; and be
ever ready to give me hand If I fall
foully on the other side"
And so saying, he dropped into the gar
den.
It WAS all pitch dark; there was no light
in the house. The wind whistled shrill
among the poor shrubs, and the surf beat
upon the beach; there was no othe,
sound. Cautiously Dick footed it forth.
stu bling among bushes, and cropping
with his hands; and presently the crisp
noise of gravel underfoot told him that be
had struck upon an alley.
Here he paused, and taking his cross
bow from where he kept 1t concealed un-
der his long tabard, he prepared it for in
slant action, and went forward once more
with greater resolution and assurance.
The psth led him straight to the group OF
buildings.
All seemed to be sorely dilspidsted ;
the windows CT the house were secured
by crazy shutters; the stables were open
and empty; there was no hsy Ia the hay
loft, no corn in the corn-box. Anyone
would have supposed the place to be de-
serted. But Dick had good reason to
think otherwise. He continued his in
spectiop, visiting the offices, trying all the
windows. A. length he came round to
the seaside Of the house, snd there, sure
enough, there burned q pale light in one
of the upper windows.
He stepped back little way till he
thought he could see the movement OF q
shadow on the wall Of the apartment.
Then he remembered that in the stable
his cropping hand had rested for moment
On ladder, and he returned with all dis
patch to bring it. The ladder WAS very
snort, but yet, by standing on the top
most round he could bring his hands as
high es the iron bars of the window; and
seizlpg these, he raised his body by main
force until his eyes commanded the II
terror of the room.
Two persons were within; the first he
readily knew to be Dame Hatch; the Sec
ond, tall and beautiful and grave young
lady, in long embroidered dress-could
that be Josnns Sedley? his old wood
Jack. whom he had thought
to punish with belt?
He dropped back again to the pround
NJ the LADDER in a Kind OF suszement.
BE had never thought of. his sweetheart
IS of so Superior being, and he wss in
5tsntly taken with a feeling of djffiience.
But he had little opportunity for thought.
A low "Hist!n sounded from clote by,
and he hasteped to descend the ladder.
"Who goes?" he whispered.
"Greensheve," came the reply, in tones
similsrly guarded.
"Whst want YEP" asked Dick.
~ 1uc uousO 10 WdlCnOu, MS5tCI Ouci-
son," returned the outlaw. 1--WE are not
alone to watch 1t; for even as I lay on
nv belly on the wall ssw men prowling
IN the dark, and heard them whistle soft
", one to the other"
"By my sooth," said Dick, "but this is
passing strange! Were they not men of
Sir Daniel's?"
"Nsy. sir, that they were not" re-
turned Greensheve; "for If have eyes in
nv hesd every man Jack of them weareth
me q white badge in his bonnet, some
hing chequered with DARK"
"White, chequered with dark, repeated
Dick. "Faith, Ills badge know not.
It is more sof this country's badges.
Well, an that be so, lei US clip
as quietly forth from this garden
IS we may; for here we are in an evil
posture for defense. Beyond all question
there are men of Sir Daniels in that
house, and to be taken between two shots
Is a beggerman's position. Take me
this ladder; I mnst leave IL where I
found It,"
They returned the ladder to the stable,
aud CROPPED their way to the place where
they had entered.
Cspper had taken Greensheve's posi-
ton on the cope, and now he leaned down
his hand and, first one and then the other,
pulled them up.
Cautiously and silently they dropped
sgain upon the other side; nor did they
dare to speak until they had returned to
their cid ambush In tho gorse.
aNow, John Cepler," said Dick, tback