Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04
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Keeping well outwards from the wall
ard proflting by every height and hollow
they passed about two sides beholding
nothing. Ga the third side the garden
wall wss built close upon the beach, and
to preserve the distance necessary to
their purpose, they bad to go some way
down upon he sands. Although the tide
WAS still petty far Cut, the surf wes so
high, snd the satds 90 fit, that at each
breaker q CREST sheet OF froth and water
came careering over the expanse, and
Dick and Greensheve made this part Of
Their Inspection wadi1g now to the ankles
aud now IS deep as to the knees, in the
salt and icy wsrers OF the German ocean
A. last thy were rewarded. Suddenly,
against the comparative wilderness OF TIT
garden wsll. the figure OF man was seer,
Ike faint Chinese shadow, violently sig.
Mailing with both arms. As he dropped
again to the earth, another arose little
farther en- and repeated the same per-
iorm:nce. Ard SO, like silent watch
word, these gestlculations msde the
round OF the beleagusred garden.
"They keep good WATCH" Dick whis-
pered.
stL.t MS go back to land, good master"
ans wered Greensheve. "We stand here
too open; for, look ye, when the seas
break heavy snd white out there behind
US. they shall see us plainly against the
foamn
EYE spesk sootb," returned Dick
"Ashore with us. right speedily"
CHAPTER II.
sKIRMIsH IN THE DARK.
Thoroughly drenched and chilled, the
two edventurers returned to their posi-
ton In the gorse.
III pray heaven that Capper make good
speed!" said Dick. 81 vow candle to
81. Msry ct Shoreby If he come before
the hour!"
"Y' are in q hurry, Master Dick?"
asked Greensheve.
Say, good fellow" answered Dick
"for in that house Iieth nv lady, whom
love, and who should these be that lie
about her secretly by night? UnfrieGds,
for sure!"
SWELL" returned G-eensheve, can
John come speedily, we shall give good
account of them. They are not two score
at the ontside-I Judge sc by the spacing
of their sentries-ano, taken where they
are, lying so widely, one score would
Master Dick, as she be in Sir Dsnleps
power already, it will little hurt that she
should change into snother's. Who
should these be?"
sI do suspect the Lord of Shoreby,"
Dick replied. "Wnen came they?"
"Tney began to come, Master Dick"
said Greenshevt, "about the time ye
crt ssed the wNll. 1 hsd not lain there
the space Of a minute ere 1 marked the
first OF the knaves crawling round the
corlsr."
The last light had been already e1tiu-
guished in the little house when they
were Wading in the wash of the breakers,
and it WAS impossible to predict st what
the lurking men about the ger
den wsll might make their onslaught. OF
two evils, Dick preferred the least. He
preferred that Joanna should remain IN
der the guardianship of Sir Daniel rather
than pass INTO the clutches OF Lord Shore
by; and he was decided, II the house were
assaulted, to come at once to the relief
of the besieged.
Bat the time passed, and still there was
no movement. From quarter OF an hour
to quarter of an hour the came signal
passed about the garden wall, as If the
leader desired to assure himself Of the
vigilance of his scattered followers; but
in every other particular the neighbour
hood of the little house lay undisturbed.
Presently Dicks reinfo1cements began
to arrive. The night was not yet old
before score OF men crouched beside
him in the gorse. And still the myster-
ious strangers lsy quiet, only from time to
time silently signalling one to another.
The outlaws began openly to grumble.
"F.ll on, and be done!" cried Lswless.
81 bad rather die of wound than die OF
cold. See ye not, Master Dick, that these
fellows will await the day7 With the first
peep OF morning, as soon IS they can see
their bowstrirgs, they will up. And are
We to lie here waiting them2 Nay, let US
have them by surprise. l give you my
good faith, and we lie here much longer,
not msn Of us but will shoot for the
church door and miss the parish"
"Master Richard" said smother, "tbe
,hrew speaks sooth. A frost-bitten archer
makes but wry shoot. How, II we fall
Upon them now"
"Nsy, fools" replied Dick, "give me yet
, while. Do ye forget that they patrol
he town twice In night2 How, then, If
he patrol came by while we and these
ire slogging3"
"Nsy, y are right, Master Shelton"
,aid the speaker; and the others resigned
themselves IN silence to the extreme dis
comfort Of their watch. y.
So time went by, until at length Dick
ldged it fit to move. Separating his
men into two bodies, he took the COM
nand Of the smaller himself and entrusted |
he larger to the Leadership OF Green's
leve.
SNOW. Kit" said he to this lsst, stake
ne your men to the near angle of the gar
len wall upon the beach. Post them
strongly, snd wait till that ye hear me
alling upon the other side. 1t is those |
lpon the sea front that would fain make |
certain of, Tor there will be the leader.
rhe rest will run; even let them. And |
low, lads, let no man draw an arrow; ye
will bat hurt friends. Take to the steel,
md keep to the steel; and If we have the |
lppermoss, promise every man of you 8
,old noble when come to mine estate"
Out of the odd collection of broken |
men, thieves, murderers, and ruined |
whom Duckworth had gath
red together to serve the purposes of |
lis revenge, some OF the boldest and the |
most experienced in war had volunteered |
% follow Richard Shelton, The service |
II watching Sir Daniels movements in |
ne town of Shoreby had from the first |
,een irksome to their temper, and they
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