The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22

thud on The wooden bridge, a bound over
the stone wall OF the Kitchen garden; comes
black With nigh every tooth iu Its mouth
barred, foaming. smokiDg bloody; rider bent
/ double 70 saddles bow, singing with legs
| and arms
"HomIgg Nell and the highwaymanl Tom
'Homlng SeIl:'' he shout goes up from
/ every throat there. from his lordship to
/ the ostlers and boys
Tom kiddc! Tom Kidd
ny Cad. sir cries the earl ~ knew
! Nclld come back sooner or later sur.
round him Bag hun,
Peggy hears the shouts as the ungovern-
+ able steed lunges lurches, rcars beneath
/ her spurs and still tightly grlpped rc.ils;
| she takes Tn the situation but not 10 lls
[ fun Import. until she now hears the voice
Of Riggs upiiftcd.
( Lord Brookwo a LORD BrooLvcod mind
I her heels. my lord. mind her heels. Leave
tho t9ki1 Of the damned cutpursc to me
At the word 'Brookwood," her ladship
! reHiizes that she is OF tho domains Of LADY
n9nn's father! mud being mistaken for
/ T6c hitter she frlt she oo1id easily abide
nnd ae easily refuto: hut the FORMER was
siond So rs Rlrrs. lis loriship, toe
/ grUoms. tho stable boys and 0stlers and
] helpers all formed Into ring With whips.
| canes. stones and hallooes 70 take hcr prs.
| oucr. she pluckcd MP courage from tho
/ depths, and. rnislng herself IN hcr saddle
and her head In the air with ono super
! NuinHn fUE Hl Inc NFlulr ana iIlr6 WIN
| The stools, she made 70 get of and awH5
| But her Ia ysbtps nerve wls not tho equal
| Of Homiug NeNs g, nor yet 20 be pitted
| with success against the waving arms ana
/ jumping legs of dozcu stout men. VITA
! tho 6pnl rrHCk Of the head grooms lash
/ about her heels. with the pop In the alf
| above her hat Of NJ, Riggs blunderbusS
/ caught from the baud " one nj the lads
/ Homlne Ncll" vas brought n qulvoring
| standstill, aud my lady Percy to bay ~
| tho stable yard of Rrookwood castle'
a..H1 40 fol.
! you're trapped nj last, The night you stole
! the black mare from me- I shouted after
| YOU, as vol as toe gag at ny mouth WouiI
| permit TINT she'd bring YOU no luck, ana
| that muscles " iron wouldn't hold her tho
/ day she made up her mind to get bone
Peggy glad Of the use Of her
! Ink With laughter nj being SO glibiy mis-,
I'm all England, took on her hat bowed
! low. aud said
/ bp,n the honor n addressing
/ Ho, ho' TO-" Nr. Hlzgs FROM = survey
| Of Doe sad,lIo.bow now bursts out 'n hin"
"Ud.s bocd. my lord but here's .luck.
/ here's Justice. here's what comes ot my
! bolu' here when / ann and Mr.. Biggs now
/ holds nloft upon the point Of MS stick tle
/ the rogue had dropped when he was ny,
and which had caught and hung ny lIS
| I,band from that moment to iI's' u"s''h
'.IIigGwoy man! blghw0ymau. nishway.
mnn"" wells every lung IN the place Wni'G
the whole dozen, including his lordshlp am iI.
/ the justice, threaten Lady Pcgg} WIN 'h'''
cud5cls IashcS aud stones o,a
/ # pray We, my lord, gehueucl' anl
Eood fellows cries she. remembering .,s ~"
/ Tho entire history Of tho Enlmhi sue y.
| strides. ms rehearscd some six hours Ga carrie.
los Ecau Brummoll ana Mr. Nane. Il am
nv A i groan Of derlslon grcets this announce
"Nay. but the rather am I the victim OF
Tom Kidde, than he himself l1EeIlhtGGr
WITH a party of my friends. being at mn
night last. on the return from visit TO
I M Brummous seat, Ivy Deqc. we, Welt
set upon by the rogqeS IN me ,a miaSr ,oo Ui
ana bad to put ball into Tom 20 Get
my horer shot under me ana to mount lI. di,t
scoundrcs stccd, the which has brought
me tn YOUR lord~hp's door. and IN mare;
~ damned Gnc story fore George eS-
clams Riggs laughing triumphantly' nov
mond snuf box seal, two mhsnlhce,n i
Ming and n most splendid leweieu
stomncher. high above his head IN the UP
~ the sunshine. -,.,.,u
'"Sdcath' cried Lord Rrookwood' se,@i,ngg
Ills spy. glass. whats thisI PetGy hGG
Rohun Christmas from his an mother,
reads his lordship. Then another. MyhIl
Lowell souvenir Of Italy" Cad, Blggs; 100 r.
ing her ladyshlp over where she stu si ~,
atop ~ the steaming black, we've SOY tn.
cursed blackgmrd this timci What else III
his saddle pockcts2 aughtf'
These Biggs, assisted by the head groom
is energcticnily cmpyng Of a miseclln-
ncous collection Of valunbles, while Lacy
Peggy looks on in amnzemcnt rs YET only
Favored with amusement, and one NOR
win regret for her abandoned petucoats'
'Ycs my lord these thousands OF pounds
worth" replied the Justice holding alotL
his treasure troyc. and zen be n snort
shrift FOR the devil, I can say that,
: "Hark, yc," now saws her ladysnip, MS
she recalls with II not unnatural tremor
tho death warrant she had heard was lying
20 hand I'm Mr. BiEg's pocket Lord
Rroukwood, ] am no hiEhwnymnni my
story is true; | ain'-the words STUCK IN
Pcggys throat; she coughed, the stq3 tnle3
bows tlttcccd. then the mead groom ll't.l
the snddlr and Spilled her out OF 1t to tho
ground. ut word from Rigs q COUP
Of the men tied her, hand and foot, WIN
stout rope, and pair ~ FARMING relns
shout her middle .
Nov who do YOU Gnu NourscH' my uh'
fcllowI' says his lordshlr
"Sir Robert McPart or Rohlnswolu,
Kcut" cried Peggy Gnd TO ne aple 10
answer without the lilo direct Ana l o.
nand instant freedom and Immunity, cries
she, tortured and duiyerihc beneath thc
rude hands and ruder Glhes OF tne Eroohs
and 'ostlcrS
Demand away, my pretty huckskln, Win
YOUR icwced hllt,' returns BlggS: stripping
, : tho weapon from her thigh, ~ our satin