Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-27

their snow and fed farther on, and th
new 6sy was bresking on merry winte
landscape sheathed in white.
A hustle Ct church officers followed
the bier was carried forth 70 the deaG
house, and the stains OF blood wer
cleansed from # the tiles. th.t no sue
iIl-omened spectacle should tisgrac
the marriage of Lord ShorebV. a
the same time, the very ecclesiastics wh
hsd been SO tismally engaged sill nigh
began to put on morning faces, to d
honour to the merrier ceremony whic
was about to follow. And fursner to an
nounce the coming Of the day, the piou
of the town began to assemble and fal
to prayer before their favourite shrines
J or visit their turn 1t the confessionals.
Favoured by this stir, 1t was OF cours
easily possible for any man to avoid tn,
vigilance Of Sir Daniels sentries at tn,
door; and presently Dick, looking abou
him YEARLY, csught the eye OF no less
person than Will Lswless, still in hi!
monks habit.
The outlaw, at the same moment
recognized his leader, and privily signet
to him with hand and eye.
Now, Dick was far from having f'r-
given The old rogue his most untimely
drunkenness, but he had no desire to in
volve him in his own predicament: and
he slgnaled back 70 him, as plain as he
wss able, to begone.
Lswless, as though he had understood
disappeared at once behind pillar, and
Dick breathed again.
What, then, WAS his dismay to feel him.
self plucked by the sleeve and to fiud the
old re bier installed beside him upon the
next seat, and, to all appearance, plunged
in his devotions.
Instantly Sir Oliver arose from his
place, and, gliding behind the stalls,
made for the soldiers in the aisle. If the
priests suspicious had been so lightly
Weakened, the harm was already done, and
Lawless prisoner in the church.
"Move not" whispered Dick. ave
are in the pleguist pass, thanks, before
sll things, to thy swinishness of yester-
even. When ye saw me here, so
strangely seated where 1 have neither
right nor interest, what 8 murrein
Could ye not smell harm and get ye gone
from evil?"
"Nsy," returned Lawlegs, 81 thought
ye hsd hesrd from Ellis and were here on
duty"
"ElIis!" echoed Dick. sis Ellis, then,
returned?"
"For SURE" replied the outlaw. "He
came last night and belted me sore for
being in wine-so there We are avenged,
my master. A furious man is Ellis Duck,
worth! He hath ridden me hot-spur
from Craven to prevent this mar
risge, and Master Dick you, know
the way of him-do SO he will"
"Nsy, them" returned Dick with COM
posure, "you and |, my poor rother, are
dead men; for sit here prisoner upon
suspicion and my neck WAS to answer for
this very marriage that he purposeth to
mar. had fair choice, by the rood !!
to lose my sweetheart or else lose my
lifel Well, the cast is thrown-it is to
be my life."
"By the mass" cried Lawless half
arising, 81 am gone!"
But Dick had his hand st once upon his
shoulder.
"Friend L,wless, sit ye stlll!" he said.
can ye have eyes look yonder st the cor
ner by the chancel arch; see We not thst,
even upon the M tion of your rising, yon
armed men are up and ready to intercept
you? Yield ye, friend. Ye were bold
aboard ship when ye thought to die sea
death; be bold again now that y are to
die presently upon the gallows."
"Master Dick" gasped lawless, "the
thing hath come upon me somewhat Of
Gill l fetch nay breath again; and, by the
mass. 1 will be as stout-hesrted as your
self"
"Here is my bold fellow!" returned
Dick. "And yet, L1wless, it goes hard
against the grain with me to die; but
where whining mendeth nothing, where
fore whine?"
"Nay, that indeed!" chimed HAWKES.
"And fig for death. at worstl 1t has to
be done, my master, soon or late. And
hanging in good quarrel is an easy
death, they say, though I could never
hear Of any that came back to ssy So"
And so saying, the stout old RASCAL
leaned back in his stall, folded his arms,
and began to look about with the greatest
air of insolence and unconcern.
"And for the matter of that" Dick ad-
ded, sit is yet our best chance to keep
quiet. We wot not yet what Duckworth
and when al is said, and II
the worst befall, we may yet clear cur
feet of it."
Now that they ceased taking, they were
aware of a very distant and thin strain OF
music which steadily drew
nearer, louder, and meIrler. The bells in
the tower began to break forth into 8
doubling pesl, and greater and greater
concourse of people to crowd into the
church, shu fling the snow from eff their
feet, and clapping and blowing in their
hands. The western door was flung wide
open, showing glimpse of sunlit, snowy
street, and admitting in great gust the
shrewd air of the morning; and in short,
1t became plain by every sign that Lord
Snoreby desired to be married very early
in the day, and that the wedding train
was drawing near.
Some OF Lord Shoreby's men now
cleared passage down the middle aisle,
forcing the people back with lancestocks;
and just then, outside the portal, the
secular musicians could be deserted
drawing near over the frozen snow, the
ifers and trumpeters scarlet in the face
with lusty blowing, the drummers and
,he CAPITALISTS beating as for a wager.
These, as they drew near the door Of
the sacred building, filed OF on either
side, and, marking time 70 their own
vigorous music, stood stamping in the
snow. As they thus opened their ranks,
he leaders of this noble bridal train sp-
3esred behind and between them; and
'uch was the variety and ga,ety Of their