Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-08

stHold your shot, mad wsg Know ye
not 9 iriend2"
And then laying down Matcham on the
turf, he undid the hood from of his lace,
and disclosed the features of Sir Daniel
Brackley.
"Sir Daniel!" cried Dick.
CAV, by the mass, Sir DAnlel2" return
ed the knight.
"Would ye shoot upon your guardian,
rogueP But here is this" And there
he broke off, and pointing to Matchan,
asked: chow call ye him, Dick2"
"Nay," said Dick, 81 call him Master
Matcham. Know ye him not2 He said
ye knew him!"
"Ay," replied Sir Daniel, al know the
Iad;" and he chuckled. "But he has
tainted; and, by my sooth, he might have
had less to faint forI Hey, Dick2 Did
put the fear Of death upon your"
"Indeed, Sir Dsnie, We did that" said
Dick, and sighed again at the mere recol-
lection. "Nsy, sir, saving your respect,
had as lief "a met the devil In person;
and to speak truth, am yet all quake.
But what made ye, sir, in such gutsef"
Sir Daniels brow grew suddenly black
with anger.
HWhst made II" he said. aye dc we'll
to mind me of it! What? skulked for
my poor life in my own wood of Tunstall,
Dick. We were i'll sped at the battle; we
but got there to be swept among the rout.
Where be ell my good men st arms?
Dick, by the mass, l know not! We were
swept down; the shot fell thick among
us; have not seen one man in my own
colors since saw three fall. For myself,
came sound to ShorebY, and being mind
full of the Black Arrow, got me this gown
and bell and came softly by the path for
the Most House. There is no disguise to
be compared with it; the jingle
of this bell would scare me the stoutest
outlaw IN the forest; they would all turn
pale to hear it. AT length 1 came by you
and Matcham. l could see but evilly
through this same hood, and WAS not sure
ct yau, being chiefly, ana for many good
cause, astonished at the finding you to-
gether. Moreover, in the open, where l
had to go slowly and tap with my stsve,
/ feared to disclose myself. But see," he
added, "this poor shrew begins little
to revive. A little good canary will COM
{ort me the heart of it."
The knight, from under his long dress,
produced Stout bottle, and began to rub
the temples and wet the lips of the pa
tent, who returned gradually to con-
seriousness, and began to roll dim eyes
from one to another.
"What cheer, Jack!" said Dick. "It
was no leper, after all; 1t was Sir Daniel!
Seel"
"Swallow me good drsught of this"
said the knight "rhis will give you
manhood. Thereafter, l will give you
both q meal, and we shall all three on to
Tunstall. For, Dick" he continued,
laying forth bread and meat upon the
grass, 'tI will ayoW to you, in all good
conscience, 1t irks me sorely to be safe
between four walls. Not since backed
, horse have 1 been pressed so hard;
peril Of life, jeopardy Of land and liveli-
hood, and, to sum up, all these losels in
the wood to hunt me down. But be
not yet shent. Some of my lads will pick
me their way home. Hatch hath ten fell
lows; Selden, he had six. Nay, we shall
soon be strong sgain; and if Lean but
buy my peace with my right fortunate
and undeserving Lord Of York, why,
Dick, Well be man again and go 8
horseback"
And so saying, the knight filed himself
"a horn of cansry and pledged his ward in
dumb show.
"Selden," Dlck faltered- "Selden"-
And he paused again.
Sir Dis MEL put down the wine 7ntasted.
nHowI" he cried, in a changed voice.
fsSelden? Speak, What OF Seldom"
Dick hammered forth the tale Of the
ambush and the massacre.
The knig tt heard in silence, but as he
listened his countenance became con-
vulsed with rage and grief.
Snow herer"r he cried, "on my right
hand, swear to hveDge 1t! 81 tlat /
fail, il that ,ipill not ten mems soule for
each, msy thi 8 hand wither from my
"a a
rush; i beggi red him to his door;
burned the th atct above his headsi 1
drove him from tkis,eountry; and noE,
cometh he back o beard me? Nay, but,
DucBworth, this TINE 1t shall 60 bitter
hardi" Il
he was silent for some time, his face
working. !
hE.t!p he cried, ,ud6enly. GANG you
here" he added to btstcham, "swesr me
an oath to follow straight to the Noat
house."
81 will pledge mine honour" replied
Mstcham.
"What make 1 with. your honour"
cried the knight. "Swe ar me upon your
mothers welfsre!"
Mstchem gave the req ulreG osth; and
Sir Daniel res6justed the hepd over his
face, and prepared his bell. hno stan. Io3
see MIN once more IN tnsI sppe'iIns uaf
esty somewhat revived the hoKor OF his
tive companions. But the knight was
soon upon his feet. Il
s'Est with Dispatch" he said, "and
follow me yarely to mine house"
And with that he set forth .sgea into
the woods; and presently after lie bell
began to sound, numbering his ,StePs, and
the two lads sat by their untaste meal,
and heard 1t die slowly away uphill into
the distance.
"And so ye GO to Tunstsil7" DfckEn-
quired.
"Yea, verify" said Matcham, "yhan
needs musti am Drawer behind SE
Daniels back than to his face"
They ate hastily, and set forth along
the path through the airy upper levels o. I
the forest, where crest beeches stood
apart among green lawns, and the birds
and squirrels made merry on the boughs. I
Two hours later they began to descend {
upon the other side, and already, among I
the tree tops, saw before them the red I
walls and roofs of Tunstall House.
"Here," said Mstcham, pausing, Eye {
shall take yopr leave OF your friend Jack,