Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-15


ID truncheon Of bloody sword, to whe
It Lord Risingham was rsllying the brave.
l. A moment more and they had met; &
tall, splendid, and famous warrior again
the deformed and sickly boy.
Yet Shelton hsd never doubt OF Il
i, result; and when the fgh. next opent
q for moment, the figure of the earl hs
! disappeared; but still, in the first OF Il
l.. danger, Crookoack Dick was l.unchir
;, bis dig horse and plying the trurcheon ,
e his sword.
= Thus, by Shelton's courage in holdir
4 the mouth OF the street against the fir
h attack, and by the opporture arrival
MS 700 relnforcements, the lad, who ".
y afterwards to be handed down to the 81
4 ecratton OF posterity under the name {
= Richard Ill, had won his first considers
: BILE fight.
CHAPTER ".
I THE SACK OF sHOREBY.
There was no. foe left within s.rikin
: distance; and Dick, as be looked ruefull
about him On the remainder OF his ga
liant force, began TO count the cos. c
victory. He WAS himself, now that til
danger was ended, 80 stiff and sore, 8,
: bruised and cut snd broken, and, abov
ell, 90 utterly exhausted by his desperate
and unremitting labors in the flghr, tina
he seemed incapable Of any fresh ex
ertion.
But ibis IVES not yet the hour for re
pose. Saoreoy had been taken by as.
SAINT; and though sn open town, and no
in any manner to be chsrged with the re
sistarce, it was plain that these sougt
wnnl6
that the fight was over, and that tbs
more horrid part of war would fall to be
erscted. Richard Of Gloucester was no,
the captain To protect the citizens from
his lnfuriated sOldiery; AM even If he
hsd the will, It might be questioned If be
had the power. t&nsINH
1t was, therefore, Dicks business to
fnd out and to protect Joanna; and with
inst END be locked about him st the faces
OF his men. The three or four who
seemed HkeNest to be obedient and to
Keep sober he drew ASIDE; and promising
them rich reward and special recon
meudation to the Duke, led them across
the msrket-plsce, now empty of horse
men, and Into the streets upon the further
side.
Every here and there small combs.s OF
from two to dozen still ragged upon the
open street; here ard there house was
being beseige6, the defenders throwing
out stools and tables on the heads Of the
assailsnts. The snow was strewn with
arms and corpaes; but except for these
partial combsts the streets were deserted
and the houses, some standing open and
some suffered and barricsded had for
the most part ceased to give cut smoke.
Dick, 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 main
street, 9 cry Of horror bro Ike from his
lipe. Sir Daniels grest house had been
carried by assault. The gates hung in
splinters from the hinges, and double
throng kept pouring in and out through
the entrance, seeking and carrying booty.
Meanwhile, IN the upper stories some re-
sistance WAS still being offered to the
pillsgers; fsr Just as Dick came within
eyeshot Of the building 8 easement was
broken open from within, snd poor
wretch In murreY and blue, screa ming
snd resisting, was forced through the
embrssure aad tossed into the street
below.
The NEST sickening apprehension fell |
upon Dick. He ran forward like one DOS
sessed, fOrcsd his way iato the house |
among the foremost, and mounted |
without pause to the chamber on the |
third floor where he had last partsd |
from Joanns. It was q mere VIZ. OK; the |
furniture hsd been oyerthrown, the cup
boards broken open, and In enc place
railing corner Of the arras lay shoulder
ny on the empers of the fire,
Dick, almost without thinking, trod out
he inctpient conflagration, and then stood
oewildered. Sir Daniel, SIR Oliver,
Joanna, all were gone; but whether
outchered in the rous or safe escaped from
Shoreby, who could ssy7
He caught = passing archer by the tab
Ird.
"Fellow," he asked, "wers ye here
when this house WAS taken7"
"Let be-" sald the archer. ga muir
ain let be, or 1 strike"
clark ye," returned Richard, 1.-TWO
an plIy Ct that. Stand and be plsin."
But the man, flushed with drink and
,attle, struck Dick upon the shoulder
With one hand, while with the other he
wi!ched away his garment. Thereupon
he full wrath of the young leader burst
rom his control. He seized the fellow
n his strong embrace and crushed him on
he plates Of his mailed bosom like q
hlld; then, holding him at srm's length,
le bid him speak as he valued life.
81 pray you me1cy!" gssped the archer. |
An I had thought ye were so angry l |
Vould a. been charter Of crossing you. ,
was here indeed"
"Know ye Sir Dsniei!" pursued Dick.
"Well dc know him." returned the j
asn.
"Wss he In the msHsion2n $ !
GAY, sir, he was" answered the archer; ,
but even as we entered by the yard gate ]
e rode forth by the garden" I
"Alone2" cried Dick.
"He may a. had 3 score OF lances with
i'm" said the man. q
chances! No women, them" asked /
helton.
"Troth, saw not" said the archer. 8
But there were none in the house, II thxt g
8 your quest"
~ thank you," said Dick. "Here is 3
old noble for your palms," But cropping q
his wallet, Dick found nothing. "In- f
nire for me to-Morrow," he added r
Richard Shelf Sir Richard SneltoH," b
: corrected, "snd 1 will see you hand b
,mely rewarded" h
And then An ides struck Dick. He has. I
ly descended to the courtyard, ran with [
/ his might ACROSS the garden, and h
me to the grea. east door Of the church e.
stood wide open; within, every corner "
the psyament W6s crowded with fupi-