Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
song where he had left Il:
iet here at all an evil thing

taking 40 his Song where he had left Il:
o, sir, VS. walk let here at all an evil ihlnf
to do.
But u we meet With the good kings deer tc
shoot . sAss ktt into
Still as he 'ug. be took from time t.
time another EpooEfuI Of the broth, 0la W
upon II, snd Il Ested 1t, With al the airs of
an ezpscierct Rd cock. At length, :p-
paTehtly, ne il tdged me mess wss rsady;
for, taking the norm from his girdle, he
tleT three moA1ulsted calls.
One after 81 no, her, tall, likely fellows
began 10 stroll into tie lawn. Each IS
Ae came produM GEO a knife and horn cup,
helped himseltsd from the osldrop, aud s.t
down upon th&j grass 20 ea'.
There we're, N perheps, score Of them
| already gHtherAed, when sound CT sup
pressed cheeTfHng sfose close bTanoug
| the hewthornas, and immedlstefy sitter
i've or Elk wod Pdmen carrying s stretessr
debouched upttn The lava. a taI, lusty
fellow somewaEst gr;zzled, and as orowa
as q SACKED y han, walked nefore thsm
with an sir Of h some sauthority, ghis bow,
sS his o%cg, al bright ooar-spesr in his
hand. y
"Lads!" he 4 cried, "see whist 1 brig
| you, even tAaEA good cres:ure, slel"
! Thsra wss Up murmur Of applause ss
The bearers tset down the stretchels s1d
displ.yed s nod!y .cssk.
"And n3w EsIe You," the msn CON
tiDued. "rhftFe Is work to1srd.
ha1Gfpl OF arcifers ara but now come t
the ferry; marHreY and blue is their wear;
they are our butts-they shall sll tsste
srro~s--no m kn Of them shall struggle
| through this rood"
"Lswless, Il be cook, was by this time
| slresdy 81 his second horn of sIe. H
raised it, az iioto pledge the speaker.
"mss5er e bis Duckworth," he said, |
"Y' sre for vern geance-weIl II becometh |
you!-but YOUR poor brother o. the green |
wood, that hnIi never lands to loose nor |
friends 10 tnlnIk upon, lookeih rather, for
his poor part, Ito the psofs Of the thing |
He bad lever gold noble aad polite Ct
canary zine u lan all the vengeance in
purg stofy."
"Lawiess," replied the other, "to reach
the Most Hou Hse, Sir Daniel must psss the
forest. We 81 bail make that passage de&r-
er, pariy, tn ksn any battle. Then, when
hs hsth got Ito earth with such ragged
rardtul SO eAscspeth Ge-sn his great
frierds fallen and aed away, and none 10
give him aid ne shall belesguer that old
FIX a5Oat, snsd great shall De the fall OF
him. IT'S q fist buck. he will make
dinner for US lsll."
The speskere stood leaning on his boar-
spear and lctoked round upon tho rest
They, in variIo us sttitudes, took greediIy /
of the venision portage, aud liberia ~
washed i. down with ale. TIE y,
d st coners h sd by thi. time even dis
patched theilf dinner. Some lsy down /
upon the grss Is and fell instantly asleep, Il
like boa constructors; others talked to- I
gsther, or oys.. RIA uled their weapons; snd 6
one, whose h'amor WAS particularly gsy,
heGiag forth AN ale-horn, began to sing.
All this viii lie the two lads md listened &
and lain close only Richard had unSluns I
his cross5ow land hsld ready in ore hand /
his windsc, TOR graphing iron, that he q
used to bend 1T. Blu; now there csme Z
strange inter ruptlon. The tall chimney
which orertoRped toe remainder OF the
ruins rose right above their hiding plsce. (
There came whistle in the sir: ard .hon :
souEdIrs s,mack, and then Ii. frsg- b
ments of u broken arrow fell about their 8
ears. Some G)ne from the upper guarters Y
of the wood had shot an arrow st the Il
cbimuey-top. II
Mstchsm could not restrain s.llttle CRY, u
which he instantly stjfsd, and even Dick 2
started with surprise and dropped the Z
windhc from Ills fingers. But 20 the fell e
lows on the ls.wn this shaft was an cx- b
pected aiguall They were ell sfoot to-
getheT, tight Eesirg their belts, testiDg
their b5Iwsiritgc, lcosenipg sword ana
dagger In the shedtbs. Kills held up his ~
hand; lis fact had suddenly assumed 8
look of savagIe energy, the white Of his
eyes shore in his sua-orown face. :,
"Lsds," he s.id, "ye know your -
places. Let iaos che mans sonl escape
you. Appleylsrd was Whet before el
meal; but mol " We go TO liable. have y
three men vii ION I will bitterly aVenge- a.
Harry Shelton, SIMON Mslmesbury and p
-" striking Ibis bosom-"and Ellis Duck Vi
WORTH, By th4 mass" Il
In tnu spscle If minute some running, Of
some walking sharply, according as their ii
ststiors verb nearer or farther away, the II
men CT the Black Arrow hsd al disap- is
pesred from the reighborhood Of the II
ruined housel d
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