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

! 'Ety, cAv," returned Tom; .oUt let d!
frs. unload his wallet, lest the other lad.
Cry sasre."
But though he was searched from hesd
10 loot, not penny wss found upon him
nothing bu. Lord Fosoam's signat, wlicl
they p!ucked ssvsgely from MS finger.
"TGcc ne him TO the moor" ssid the
skipper; enc taking D;ck by the chin, he
cruelty ierk his head in the sir
"BIessed Virgin!' be cried, ait is the
prste"
"Heyi" cried Tom.
"By the Virgin OF B rdesu1. 1t Is the
man himself" repeated Atblssisr.
"Wast, e'sthiet, do 1 hold your" he
crisd. "Wnere is nv ship7 Where is
ny wine? HeJi fave you In my hands
Tlm, give me one end OF cord here; |
will Sd truss me this sss thief, hand and
foot together, like bestlng turkey
marry, viii go bind him up-Zrd there
after | will so be t--sO best him!"
And so he ran on, winding the cord
me.n while about Dicks lin IS with The
DIX Gritty peculiar 10 semen, and atevery
turn srd cross securing it with s knot,
sDd Tighten Ds the whole fabric with 8
savage pull.
| When ne had done, the lsd YVES mere
! package in his hands-as hslpless IS the
dead. The skipper held him a. arms
| ;eugth, nrd Laughed cloud. Then he
fetched him stunning buffet on the ear;
and then turned him about, snd iuriousiy
kicked and kicked him. Anger rose up
! in Dicks bosom like a storm; anger
strsngled rim, and he thought to have
died; but When the sailor, tired Ct this
cruel play, dropped him sill his length
upon the ssnd and turned TO consult with
his companions, he INSTANTLY regained
! Command Ct big temper Here WAS q
momeDtsIy respite; ere they began again
to torture him, he might have found
some method TO escape from This degrsd-
| Ing aud fatal 1Dissdyenture.
Presently, sure enough, snd while his
! c.ptcTs We're still discussing what 10 do
with him, be took heart Of grace, and, with
pretty stesiy voice, addressed.
my ulestere," he began, "sre We gone
clean tuolisAi Here bath heaven put into
your htuds as pref ' En occasion to grow
lica 81 ever shipmsa had-such as ye
| might maze thirty over sea adventures
ard not 1ud sgsip-snd, by the mass !
what co ytP Beat mef-nLy; so would
an angry child! BIT for long headed
tAcry JohGs, that tssr uot fire nor water,
and tia, love gold as they love beef, me.
| thinks &c are not w!se."
"Ag." said Tom. snow y are trussed
Ya wolid cCzer rs"
! "Ccz. Z you J" repcs.ed Dick NAY, il
| Sc &c foos, IS would be easy. But if We
Re snrewd fellows, as / trow ye
ere, ye can see plsioly where
| sour interS st lies When l
COX your ship from you, we were many,
we we're well clad and armed; but now,
| bzIbipk you a little, Who mustered tGat
ag1sy? Oae i1coDtestsbly that hsih
much gold And il he, being already
rich, cnpGrueth to hunt Utter more even
in ihe face Of st-rms-oetnink you once
moTe-eaSN there not be treasure some
where h:dden'"
"That me.ne.h her" asked one of the
mer
Way, il We have lost an old sk;f and q
! 'lT jugs OF yinegary wine," continued
! Deg, "argft them, for the trash they
/ ore, aRd 30 ye rather buckle to an advep-
| ilEe with zoe nalne, that shall, In twelve
| hcGrr, maze CT MAJ you for ever. But
IL. Ike De Up from WhGra lie, and let us
| &c s,nswhere nesr st hand aud TAX
accusg r fl ,gon, fer l an sore and frozen,
Gad ray mouth ID bslf smong the snow
| III
! Goa 'empfuousiY.
'CCzeu! cczslw cried the Ehird man
"I would cHaiG see the man that could
ctzeD nc! h were cCa4ner indeed !,
! Ma, wss not born yesterday. can zee
church when il hath 8 steeple or it; and
.9r my pEr5, goseip Afblsster, Inethipks
there is some sense in this young man.
Sh2li we so hear him, indeedf Say, shall
we 60 besr binS"
81 would lock gladly on s polite OF
stgcrs eie, good Master Pirret," returned
Arblss.er. GLOW say ye, Tom? But
then the wslle. is empty"
81 will p.=," SAID the other; ar will
psy. .sould Ssiu see this matter out;
| Do belisYz, upcn my conscience, there is
gold in II -
nN,v, ye get seain to drinking ell is
lost!" cried Tom.
"Gossip Arblaster, We suffer your fell
Low TO have too much liberty" returned
Mister Pi,ret. "Wculd We be led by q
hired msnf F., fYl"
nPeace, fellow said Arb!asteT, sd
dressing Tom. "Willye put your car !,
Tru.7. fine pass when the crew Is to cor
rec5 tie sEipperp
"WeiI, then, so your way" said Tom;
"I WISH my hands Of Ysu."
"Set him, then, upon his feet" ssid
Master P!rret, 81 know privy place
where we may drink rae discourse"
Gillian 10 walk, ny friends, ye must
set INV feet at liberty" said Dick, when
lie had been once more planted uprigh
like post.
0He saith true" laughed Pirret.
"Tfrly he could not walk accoutered re
he is. Give It slit-cut with your knife
and slit it, gossip"
Ever Arblsster paused at this proposal /;
but &c lis comparion continued to insist,
and Dick hsd the sense to keep the meres:
woocen indiff arence Of expression, and
Only shrugged his shoulders over the de-
lay, the skipper consented st last and
cut the cords which Tied his prisoner
feet and legs. Not only old this enable
Dick TO walk, bus the whole network OF
his bonds being proportionsteiy loosened,
| be tel. the arm behind his back begin to
move more freely and could hope, with
tine snd trouble, 10 entirely disepgsge 1t.
So much be owed already to the owlish
Stiffness sn6 greed OF Master Pirrst.
TINT worthy now assumed the lead, and
conducted ;hem 30 the very same Jude
slehopse where LsHless had tsken Ar
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