Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1888 — Page 7

THE ESTDIAKAPOUB OTWa, SATURDAY, JTTJSTK S, I88a

THE OUTLAWS or TUNSTALL FOREST, A Stirring Serial of Romantic Adventure, BY ROBERT LOUTS STE VESTSOlSr, ▲ttftbor of Jokyll »nd Mr. Hrdo.** ••Trooaur# ' M Kidn»p«d/* Kto. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

JUomU&C ▲rtiats Kor th« Ontury, H»rp»r’* t BU KiobolM, Kto.

[Copjrlgbisd, US8, bf Ik In McClur*—All Ri«hu Raemd.]

CHAPTER VL ARBLARTCR AOAIK. VEXING had al*

when

Lavlua aaficrtd to

back

way, out oi tba houM wbera Lord' Ruiofham baldbia gsrnaoa. They pawed lo •bailor of Iba gar* dao wall to eooauit on (hair boat courso. The daugcr waa ax* troma. If out ol Sir DaBlal’a bmd eaucbt aiphl ot tham and raiaad tba viow-halloo, tbay would ba rundown and butchered inatanlly. And not only waa Iba town of Shorebr a mare not of peril to tbeir lifaa, but to make for tba open country wm to ruu tba riak of ttl * patrol*. A luUa way off, upon aoma open ground tbay apiad a wind-mill atanding; and hard by that, a Tory largo granary with open do<>r». “How if wo lay thara uatil tba night fall?” Diafc propoaad. And Lawlaaa baying no bettor anggaation to offar, tbay made a atraight puab for tba graaary at a run, and concealed thamsalee* behind tba door among aoma atraw. Tba daylight rapidly departed; ayd presently tba moon waa aUyering tba frozen enow. Now or nevet waa the opportunity to gain the Goat aBd Bagpipes unobserved and change their tall-talo germsuis. Yet aran then it was advisable to go ronad by tba outskirts, and not run the gauntlet of too marketplace, where, lathe concourse of people, they •toad tba more imminent peril to ba reoognixed and slain. Tba Course waa a long one. It took them net far from tho bouse by the beach, now lying dark and silent, and brought them forth at last by the margin of the harbor. Many of the 'hips, as they could tee by the clear moonabioe, had weighed anchor, and, prefltlng by the calm »ky, proceeded for more distant parts; answerably to thia, the ruda nlehoaaea along tho beach (although la doAaaee of the curfew law, they atilt shone with* flra and eandle) were no longer thronged with easterners, and no longer echoed to the oboras of eea-iongs. Hastily, bait-running, with tbeir monkish raiment kilted to tho kaoe. tbty plunged through the deep snow and threaded the labyrinth of marine lumber; and they were already more than half way rowwd the barber when, aa they wore passing oloee before an alehouse, the door auddesiy opened apd lei oat a foah of light upon their fleeting ftgarea. * p ^ Instantly they stopped, end made believe to be engaged in earnest conversation. Three men, one after another, same out of the ala houe, and the last oloaed the deor behind him. All three were aeetendy open their (bet, as if they had passed the day in deep pptattoas, and tbev now stood wavering !•) tbs moonlight, like men who knew not what they would be after. The tallest ef the three waa talking in n loud, lamentaide to toe. “Seven pinnae ef ea good Gasooey as ever • tapster broached,“ he was saying, “the beat abip out o' tba port u’ Dartmouth, a Virgin Mary parcel-gut, thirteen pounds of good gold money “ “1 nave bad loanea, too,” interrupted one

•f the others. "I have had 1 own, goaaip Arblaster. 1 was

Alartinmaa of five ahillings

of mine

robbed at

and n leather

wallet well, worth ninepeooe farthing.” Dink’s heart smote him at wbat ha heard. Until that moment he hud not, .perhaps, thought twice of the poor akipper who had Ih-sb ruined bv the lo«a of the Good Hope; •a eareleea in t&oae days were men who wore anus ot the goods and iatereate ot tbeir infonors. But this sudden encounter reminded him sharply of the high-handed manner and ill-ending ef bis enterprise; and both he and Lawless turned their hesda the other way, to avoid the chance of recognition. The ship's d»g had, however, made his ea•apa from the wrack and found hia way back •ga.n lo Shoreby. Ha waa now at Arljlaairr's he-iis. and suddenly, sniffing sod pricking ins •art, be darted lorwtrd nod began to bark lurin««]y attbo two sham frisrs. • Hia master unsteadily followed him. "Hey, shipmates!” ba cried. “Have ye ey. r a penny piece for a poor old ehipman, Clean destroyed by pirates? 1 am a man ibat would have paid for you both o’ ^Thursday morning; and now here I be, o’ Ssiurds'y night, Itegfing tor a flagon of ale! Ask my man Tom, if ye misdoubt me. Seven pieces of good Geeron wine, a ship that was my owa. and my father's before me, a Blessed Mury of ptaue-uee wood and parcel gilt, and thirteen pounds in gold and silver, llry! want say ye? A man that louaht the French, toe; tor 1 have fought ttw French; i have gut more French throats upon the high seas than ever a mao that sails out of Dartmouth. Come, a pgnny piacf.” Neither Dick nor Lawless dnrat answer him n word, lost he should recognize tbeir Voices; and they atood there as lielplaaa as a ship ashore, not kncNrmg where to turn nor

what to hone.

“Are ye dumb, boy?” inquired the ekip> per. “Mateo,” he added, with a hiccup, M ihey ha dumb. 1 line not this manner of discourtesy; for eu a man be dnmb, so be as ha’a courteous, he will still ipuak when be

was spokan to, maibinks.*’

By this time the sailor, Tom, who ways • man of great personal strength, sermed to have ooMeived some sutpioion of these two speechless figures; and being soberer than bis oaptaia, stepped suddenly before him, took Lawless roughly by the shoulder, and asked him, with aa oath, wbat ailed turn that be held hia toagua. To thia the outlaw, thinklog all waa ever, made answer by a wrestling Mat Ufft steetehed the sailor on the sand, and, calling upon Dick to follow him, took

to hie heels aiqoag the lumber-

The affair passed in a second. Before Dick •Mid ran at aft. Arblaster had'him in bia arms; Tom, crawling on his faro, had oaugbt him hy owe foot, and the third baaa bad a drawn cutlass brandishing above his bead. It was net so much the dasger, it waa not an mwah the annoyance, that now bowed

eppirita ot young Shelton; it was itid hnmilation to have escaped , convinced Lard Rlslogbam, and

now toil helpless in the bends of this old, drunken aailer; and not merely helpless, but, ns his sense lance loudly told him when it waa too late, aetoally guilty—aotnallv tho b»,abrupt debitor of the man whose ship he “Bring mo him back late the alehouse, till

I am hia face,” said ArWe-tor.

“Nay, any," returned Tom; “bat let as ffret uaiuml hie wallet, last the other lads cry at though ho was searched froth head to act a peaay wan found upon him; netht Lord Foxbam’a aignet, wkioh they

ed savagely from hie finger.

me him to the moon,” auM the skiptaking Disk by thoohin, he cruelly • head iato the air. “Bleaaad Vu-

•toed, “It is the niratai”

And so be rnn on, winding the <

while about Dick’s limbs with thesfexterity

peculiar to seamen, and at every torn

rn and

“Hey!” cried Tom.

“By the Virgin of Bordeeux, it Is the man

bim«e!f!” repealed Arblnslet. “What, seathief, do I bold you?" he cried. “Where is my ship? Where is my wine? Hey! htivs I you in my bund*? Tom, give me one end of j a cord here; I will so tru s me this sea thief hand and foot together, like a basting turkey —marry, 1 will so bind him up, and there-

after I will so beat—so beat him!” And so he ran on, winding the cord mean-

. _ . . ry

cross securing It with a knot and tightening

the whole fabric witha savage pull.

Wben be bad d We, the lad was a mere package in hie hand*—as belples* as the depdr The skipper h-id him al arm's length, and then laughed aloud. Then be fetched him a ■tunning buffet on the ear; anti then turned him about and furioudy kicked and kicked him. Anger rose up in Dick's bo«om like a ■torm, anger strangled him, and be thought to have died; but wben tbe tailor, tired of this cruel piny, dropped him all bin length upon 'the sand and turned to consult with hie companions. he instantly regaioed o»mm'\od ot hie temper. Hare whs a momentary respite; ere they began again to torture him, be might bare found some method to escape from this

degrading and fatal misadventure. Preaentiy. sure enough, hod woile his cap

lore were stUi discussing what to do with him, he took heart ot grace, and, with a

pretty steady voice, addressed fhera.

“My maetere,” he began, “are ye gone

ee much me dew* thesnirii Ihtpi&toiKl sir Daaiei, cot

The table at which they ant, like nil the others in tbe ale bowse, consisted of a heavy, square board set on barrels, and each ol tbe four curiously-assorted cronies sat at one side of tbe square, Pirret facing Arblaster and Dick opposite to the common sailor. “And now, young man,” said Pirret, “to your tale. It doth appear, indeed, that ye have somewhat abused our gossip Arblaster; but wbat then? Make it up to him—show him but this chance to become wealthy, and I will go pledge be will forgive you.” 8- far Dick bad apoken pretty much at random; but It was now neeessnry,’ noder the supervision of six ayes, to invent and tell some marvelous story, and, if it were possible, get back latobis bands the all-important signet. To squander was the first necessity. The ion ur his ■ iy lasted the more would bis captoi* •>..». and the surer ■uould be be when he attempted his escape. Well, Dick wae not much of an inventor, and wbat he told waa pretty much the tale of Ali Baba, with Shoreby and Tunsutli Forest substituted for the east, and the treasures of the cavern rather exaggerated than diminished. As the reader is aware, it ia an excellent etory, and has but one drawback— that it ie not true; and so, as tbese three simple ebipmen now beard it for the first time, their eyes stood out ot iheir faces, and tbeir months gaped like oodfish at a fishmonger’s. Pretty soon n second measure of mulled ale was called for; and while Dick waa etill artfully apinuing out the incidents a third followed the second. Here wat the position of the parties towards (be end; Arblaster, three-parts drunk and one-half asleep, hung helpless on bis stool. Even Tom bad bi-en much delighted with the isle, and hie vigilance bad abated in proportion. Meanwhile, Dick bad gradually wormed hia right arm clear of its bonds, and was ready to risk all. “And ao,” said Pirret, “y’ are one of these?" . “I was made so,” replied Dick, “against my will; but an 1 could bat get a sack or two of gold coin to my ahare, I should be a fool indeed to continue dwelling in a filthy cave, and standing shot aud bullet like a soldier. Here be we four; good! Let us, then, go forth into the forest to-morrow ere tbe sun be up. Could we oome honestly by a donkey, it were better; but an we cannot, we have our four strong backs, and I warrant me we sball corae home staggering.” Pirretlicked hia lips. “And this magic,” he snid—“this pussword, when by the cave is opened—how call ye a friend?” “Nay, none know the word but the three chief*,” returned Dick; “but here is your great good fortune,that, on this very evening, 1 should be tbe bearer ot aspell to open it. It is a thing not trusted twice a year beyood the Captain's wa let.” “A spells!” said Arblaster half awakening,

Disk ventured from his hidiog-plaee at.4 came, safe and sound, but aching with ooid and brniaea, to the door of the Goat and Bagpipes. Aa tbe law required, there was neither fire nor candle in tbe honse; bat he groped hie way iato a corner of the icy guest, room, tonnd aa end of a blanket which he hitched around his shoulder*, end, creeping close to the nearest sleeper, wae soon lost in (lumber. BOOK V.—CROOKBACK. CHAPTER L THE SHRILL TRUMPET. Very early the next rooming, before the first peso of the day, Dick arose, changed hia garments, armed himself onoe more like a gentleman, and act forth for Lawless’! den in the forest. There, it will be remembered, ho had left Lord Foxham’s papers; and to get tbese and be hack in time tor the tryet with tbe yoong Duke of Gloucester could only be managed by an early start and the most vigorous walking. # The frost was more rigorous than ever; the air windless and dry ami stinging to the nostril. Tbe moon had gone down, but tbe stars were atill bright and numerous, and the reflection from the snow was clear and cheerful. There was do need for a lamp to walk by. nor, in that still but ringing air, tbe least temptation to delay. Dick had crossed the greater part of the open ground between Shoreby and the forest, and had reached the bottom of the little hill, acme hundred yards below tbe Cross ot Sh Bride, who, through the stillness of the i black morn, there rang fortn tbe note of a trumpet, so shrill, clear and piercing that he thought he had never heard the match of it for andibility. It was blown once, and then hurriedly a second time; nud then the dash of steel succeeded. At this voting Shelton pricked his ears, and, drawing his aword, ran forward up the bill. Presently he earns in sight of the cross, and was aware of a most fierce encounter raging on the road before it. There were seven or eight assailants, and but one to keep head against them; but so active and dexterous was this one, so desperately did he charge and scatter his opponents, so deftly keep his footing on the ice, that already, before Dick could intervene, he had slain ooe, wounded another, and kept the whole in check. Still, it was by a rahacle that he continued his defense, and at any moment, any accident, the le^st slip of foot or error ot hand, his life would be a forfeit. “Hold ye well, sir! Here is help!” cried Richard; aud forgetting that he was alone, and that the cry was somewhat irregular, “To the Arrow! to the Arrow!” he shouted, as he fell upon tbe rear of the assailants. These were stout fellows also, for they gave not an inch ut this surprise, hut faced about, and fell with astonishing fury upon

clean foolish? Here hath heaven put iato your hands as pretty an occasion to grow rich as ever ahipman bad-rsuch as ye might make thirty over-aea adventures and not find again—and, by the mass! wbat do ye? Beat me?—nay; so would an angry child! But for long-headed tarry-Jobne, that fear not fire nor water, end that love gold as they love beef, methinke ye are not wise.” “Ay.” said Tom, “now j' are trussed ye would cozen us.” “Cozen you!” repeated Dick. "Nay, If ye be tool*, it would be easy. But it ye be shrewd fellows, as I trow ye arc, ye can aee plainly wbefe your interest lies. Wueu 1 took your ship from you. we were many, we were well clad and armed; bnt now, bethink you a little, who mustered that array? (. n iucouteatably that bath mucti gold. And it he, being already rich, continueth to bunt after mora eveo in the face ot - storms—bethink you once more—sha'I there not be a treasure somewhere hidden?” “Wbat meanetb he?” asked one of the men. “Why. if ye have lost aa old skiff and a few jugs of vinegary wine,” continued Dick, “forget them, tor the trash they are; and do ye rather buckle to aa adventure worth tbe Dame, that shall, in twelve hours, make or mar yon forever. But take me up from where I lie, an>i let ue go somewhere near at heud and talk across a flagon, for I am sort and frozen, and my mouth is half among the enow.” “He seek* but to cozen us,” said Tom, contemptuou ly. “Cozen! cozen!” cried the third man. “I would I could see the man that could coxeo met Ha were a eozeoer iadeedl Nay, I wa* not born yesterday. 1 can aee a church when it hath a steeple on il; and for my part, gduip Arblaster, metbiaks there ia aome sento in this young mdu. Shall we go near him, indeed? Say. ■hall we go near him?” “I would look glndiy on a bottle ot atrong ale, good Matter Pirret,” returned Arblaster. “How say ye, Tom? But then the wallet is empiy.” “I will pay,” said the other—“I will pay. I would tom aee this matter oui;f do believe, upon my eonseieoce, there is gold iu it.” “Nay. if ye get again to drinking, all ia lost!” cried Tom. “Gossip Arblaster, ye suffer your fellow to have loo much libertv,” returned Master Pirret. “Would ye ba led by a hired maa? Fy. fyl” “Peace, fellow!” said Arblaster, addressing Tom. “Will ?• pot your oai in? Truly a fine pass, when the craw is to oorreot the •kipper!’’ - • , “Well, then, go your way,” said Tom; “I wash my hands of yon,” “Set him.tben. upon hie feet, “said Master Pirret. “1 know a privy place where we may drink and discourse.” “If I am to walk, my friends, ye mail tot my lest at liberty ” said Diok, when he had been one# more plitotod upright like a post “He saith true,” laughed Pirret. “Truly, he could not walk accoutred as ba ia Give it a slit—out with your knife and give it n slit. Gossip.” Even Arblaster pansed at thia proposal; bnt aa bis companion continued to inaist, nod Dick bad the eense to keep the merest wooden indifference of expression, nod only shrugged hie shoulders over the delay, the •kipper consented at last, and cut the cords which tied hie prisoner’s feet and legs. Not only did thia enable Dirk to walk; bat tbe whole ae> work of bis bonds being proportionately loosened, be felt the arm behind his bask begin to mom mora freely, and could hope, with Amis and trouble, to entirely disengage It. So much bo owed already t« the owlish ailiiaaas aud (rood of Master pirret. That worthy sow assumed the lead and eond acted them to tbe very same rude ale house where Lawless had token Arblaster on the day of the gale. It waa now quite descried; the fra, waa a pile of red embera, radiating tba moat ardent heat; and when they bad chosen their places and the landlord bad Cat be tore them a meaanre of melled ale, both Pirret aad Arblaeter etratobed forth tbeir toga aad squared their elbows Ilka maa beat apea a pUeaaat bwoA

DICK IX TUB HANDS OF SEAMEN. and squinting upon Dick with one eye “Aroint thee! no apeile! 1 be a good Christian Ask my man Tom, else.” “Nay, but thisi* white magic," mid Dick. “It doth naught with the devil; only tin powers ot numbers, herbs, aud planets.” “Ay, ay,”ri;iid Pirret; “’tie but white mag ic, gossip. Thera is no sin therein, 1 do a* sure you. But proceed, good youth. Toi* spell—iu what should it cousist?” “Nay, that I will incontineniiy show you,” answered Dick. “Have re ihrie the ring >e to.,k from my finger? Good! Now hold n forth before you by The extreme finger-ends, ai the arm’s •ength, and over agamst the shining of these embers. ’Tis so exactly. Tnus, then, is the spell.” With a haggar-t glance, Dick saw tbe coast waa dear between him and the door. He pul up an internal prayer. Then whipping forth hie arm, be made but one snatch of the ring, and at the same'instant, levering up the table, be sent it bodily over upon thseaman Tom. He, poor soul, went down bawling under the ruins; nud before ArbU*ter understood that anything was wrong, or Pirret cou>d collect his dazzled wits, DicK bad ruu to the door aud escaped into the moonlit night. The moon, which now rode in tbe midheaveus, and tbe extreme whiteness of the •now, made the open ground about the harbor bright ns day; and young Shelton, leaoing with kilted roue among tbe lumber, waa a conspicuous figure Irom alar. Tom and I’uret followed him with shouts; from every driukiug-shop they were joined by others, whom their cries aroused; and presently a whole fleet of sailors were in lull pursuit. But Jack ashore was a bad runner, cveq in the fifteenth century, and Dick, besides, had a start, which he rapidly improved, until, as he drew near tba entrance ol a narrow lane, be even paused aud looked laughingly beniud him. Upon the white floor of snow all the ehipmen of Shoreby came clustering in an inky mass, and tailing out rearward iu isolated ciumps. Every man waa shouting or screaming; every man was gesticulating with both arms iu air; some one was continually falling, and^to complete tbe picture, wben one fell a dozen would fall upon the top ot him. Tbe confuted maae of sound which they rolled up as high aa to the moon was partly comical and partly terrilying to the fugitive whom they were hunliug. Iu itself, it wa* impotent, for he made sure no seaman in tbe port could run him down. But the mere volume of uoiee, in so far as it must awake all the sleepers in Shoreby and bring all tbe skulking aentriea to tha atrest, did raally threaten him with danger in the front. So, spying a dark doqrwav at a corner, ba whipped briskly into It, and Ut the uncouth hunt go by himj still shouting nud gesticulating, and ail red with hurry aud while with tumble* in tbe enow. It was a long while, indeed, before this great invasion of tha town by tho harbor came to an end, and it was lougbelore silence was restored. For long, lost sailors were •till to be heard pounding and shouting through tbe steeeta la all diraetioaa, aad in every quarter of the town. Quarrels followed, •omeumaa among themselves, sometimes with the men of patrols; kaivea were drawn, blows given and received, and more than ooe dead body remained behind upon the enow. When, a fall hoot later, the last teaman returned grumbling to tbe harbor aide and hia pavtivalnv tavern, it neav fairly be questioned if be had everkuown what manuer of man ha waa punning, but it Waa absolutely aura that he had now forgotten. By next morning there were many etrange' atories flying; aad a little while alter, tbe legend of tbe Devll’a nocturnal visit wae an article ol faith with all the lade of Shoreby. But tbe return ot the last seaman did not, even yet, set free voung Shelton from hie cold imprisonment In tbe doorway. For aome time after there was a great activity of patrols; and special parties came forth to make the round of tho place and report to one or other of tbe great lento, whose ■lumbers had been thoa unusually broken. The night wae already well epaat before

"My Leri Duka,” said eae maa, "beseech von, tarry net hero alone. Keep bnt a haad-

ral of laaoes at yonr band.”

“Fellow,” said the Dike, “I have forborne to chid# yon for yonr slowness. Crou mo not, therefore. I tract my band and am, for all that T be crooked. Ye were backward when the trumpet sounded; and ye are now too forward with your couaaele. But it ia ever so; last with the lance and first with tba

tongue. Let it ba reversed.”

And with a gesture that waa nat without a sort af dangerous nobility, ba waved them

off.

The footmen climbed again to tbeir aeata behind tbe men-at-arms, and the whole party moved slowly away and disappeared ia twenty different directions, under the cover of the forest. Tne <lay waa by thia time beginning to break and the stars to fade. Tha first gray glimmer of dawn shone npon tbe countenance* of tbe two voung men, who now turned once more to faco each other. “Here,” said the Duke, “ye have seen my vengeance, which is, like my blade, both •harp and ready. But 1 would not have you, for ali Christendom, suppose me thankleva. You that came to my aid with a good •word and a better courage—unless that ye r«coil from my misahapeness—come to my heart." And ao laying, the young leader held oat his arms for an embrace. • In the bottom of bis heart Dick already entertained a great terror and some hatred tor the man whom he had rescued; but the invitation was so worded that it would not have been jnereiy discourteous, but cruel, to refuse or neitate; and he hastened to com-

ply.

“And now, my Lord Dake,” he said, when he had regained his freedom, “do 1 suppose angbi? Are ye my Lord Duke of Gloucester?” “I am Richard of Gloucester,” returned the other. “And you—how call they you?” Dick told him hie name, and presented Lord Foxbam’s signet, which the Duke immediately recognized. “Ye come too soon,” he said; “but why should 1 complain? Ye are like me, that was here at watch two hours before the day. Hut this is the first sally of mine arms; upon this adventure, Master Shelton, shall i make or mar the quality of my renown. There lie mine enemies, under two old, skilled captains —Rishingharn anB Braokley—well posted for strength, I do believe, but yet upon two sides without retreat,/ inclosed betwixt the sea, the harbor, and the river. Methinks, Shelton, here were a great blow to be stricken, an we could strike it silently and suddenly.” “I do think so, indeed,” cried Dick, warm-

ing.

“Have ye mv Lord Foxbam’s notes?" inquired tbe Duke. And then Dick, having explained how he was wit! out them for the moment, made himself bold to offer information every jot as good, ot bis own knowledge. “And for mine own part, my Lord Duke,” ne added, “an ye had men enough, 1 would tall on even at this present. For, look ye, at the peep of day tbe watches of the night are over; but by day they keep neither watch nor ward—only scour the outskirts with horsemen. Now, then, wben the night watch is already unarmed and the rest are at tbeir morning cup—now were the time to break them.” “How many do ye count?” asked Gloucester. “They number not two thousand,” Dick replied. “i have seven hundred in the w^ods behind ue,” said the Duke; seven hundred follow from Kettley, and will be here anon; behind these, and further, are four hundred

Dick. Four against one, the steel flashed ibout him in tbe starlight; the sparks flew fiercely; one of the men opposed to him fell— ii the atirof the fight he hardly knew why; then he hitnselt was struck across the head. Hid though tbe steel cap below bis hood >rotected him, tbe blow beat him down upon oie knee, with a brain whirling like n windmill sail. Meanwhile the man whom he had come to rescue, instead ot joining in the conflict, had, •in tbe first sign of intervention, leaped aback and blown again, and yet more urgently and loudly, on that same shrillvoiced trumpet that began the alarm. Next moment, indeed, his foes were on him, and he waa once more charging and fleeing, leaping, stabbing, dropping to hia knee, and using iudiff-rently sword and dagger, foot and hand, with the same unshaken courage and feverish energy and speed. But that ear-piercmg summons bad been heard at last. There waa a muffled rushing in tbe snow; and in n good hour for Dick, who sow the sword-poiuia glitter already at bis throat, there poured forth out of the wood upon both sides n disorderly torrent of mounted men-at-arms, each cased in iron, and with vieor lowered, each bearing hie :ance in rest, or hi* sword bared and raised, and each carrying, ao to speak, a passenger, in the shape of an archer or page, who leaped one after another from tbeir perchea, and bad presently doubled the array. Tbe original assailants, seeing themselves outnumbered and surrounded, threw down their arms without a word. “Seize me tnese fellows!” said the hero of the trumpet; and wben hie order had been obeyed, he drew near Diok and looked him in the face. Dick, returning this scrutiny, was surprised to find in one who had displayed such -trengtb, skill and energy, a lad no older t an himself—slightly deformed, with one shoulder higher than tha other, and of a pale, painful and distorted countenance.* Tbe eyes, however, were very dear and bold. “Sir,” said this lad, <*ye came in good time for me, and none too early.” “Mylord,” returned Diok, with a faint sense that he was in tbe presence of a great personage, “ye are yoorselt so marvellous a good swordsman that I believe ye had managed them single-handed. Howbeit, it waa certainly well for me that your men delayed no longer than they did.” “How knew ye who I was?” demanded tha stranger. “Even, now, my lord,” Dick answered, “I am ignorant of whom I speak with.” “la it so?’’ asked tbe other. “Aad yet ye throw vouraelf head first into thia unequal battle.” “I saw ona man valiantly contending against many,” replied Diok, “and I had thought myself dishonored not to bear him aid.” A singular sneer played about the young nobleman’s mouth as he mad* answer; “Thee* are very brave words. But to tho more essential—are ye Lancaster er York?” “My lord, I make no secret; I am dear tor York,” Dick answered. “By the maaal” replied the other; “it to well for you.” And so saying, be turned toward one of hia followers. “Let me aee,” ha continued, in tbe same sneering and cruel tonea—“let me see n clean end of ’ >te bravo gentlemen. Trass me themu ,* There were bat fiveaarvivors of the attacking party. Archen seized them by the armt; they were hurried to the borders of the wood, and each placed below a tree of ■uitobltdimension; the rope waa adjusted; an archer, carrying the end of to, hastily clambered overhead: and before a minute wae over, and without a word passing upon either bund, the five men were awinging by the peek. “And now,” cried the informed leader, “beck to yonr poets, and when I summon yon •ext, be readier to attend.” •Richard Crookbeok would hat* baea really lar roungar at tfcia dMa

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rnore;aud my Lord Foxhatn hath five hundred half a day from here, at Holvwood. Shall

we attend tbeir coming, or fall on?”

“My Lord,” said Dick, “when ys hanged these five poor rogues ys did decide the question. Churl* although they were, in these uneasy times they will be locked and looked for, and the alarm be given. Therefore, my Lord, if ye do count upon the advantage ot a surprise, ye have not, iu my poor opinion,

one whole hour in front of you.”

“i do tnink so, Indeed,” returned Crookback. “Well, before an hour ye (ball be in :he thick ou’t, winning spurs. A swift man to Holywoqd, carrying Lord Foxbam’e signet: another along the road to speed my laggarde. Nay, Shelton, by tha rood, It may be

done!” -

Therewith he once more act hie trumpet to hie lipeead blew. This time he wae not long kept waiting. In a moment the open space about tbe crou was filled with horse and foot. Richard of Glouceiter took hie place upon the s eps and dispatched messenger after messenger to hasten the concentration of the 700 men that lay bidden iu lue immediate neighborhood among the wood*; end before e quarter of uu hour bad passed, all his dispositions being takon, he’ put himself at tbeir head, aud began to move down the hill toward Shoreby. Hie plan wae simple. He was to seize a quarter ol the town ol Shoreby lying on tbe right baud of the high road, and make hie position good there in the narrow lanes until his reinlorcements followed. It Lord Risingbsm chose to retreat, Richard would follow upon his rear, and take him between two fires: or, if he preferred to b >ld the town, he would be shut iu a trap, there to be gradually overwhelmed by force of

numbers.

There was bnt one danger, lot that waa imminent and great—Gloucester ■■even hundred might be rolled up and cut to pieces in ■ he first encounter, aud, to avoid this, it was neediul to make tbe surprise of iheir arrival

as complete a* possible.

Tbe footmen, therefore, were all once more taken up behind the riders, and Dick had the signal honor meted out to him oi mounting behind Gloucester himself. For at tar a* there was any cover the troop* moved slowly, and when they came near the end of tbe trees that lined the highway, stopped to

breathe and reconuoitor.

The sun was now well no. shining with a frosty brightness out of a yellow halo, and right over against the luminary, Bboreby, a j field of snowy roots and ruddy gables, was

rolling up its columns of morning smoke. Gloucester turned round to Dick.

“In that poor place,” he said, “where people are cooking brpaktast, either you shall gain your tpurr and I begin a life ot mighty honor and glory in the world's eve, or both of us, as I conceive it, shall fall dead and be unheard of. Two Richards are we. Weli, then, Richard Shelton, they shall be beard about, these twol Their swords shall not nag more loudly on man’s helmets than

their names shall ring in people’s ears.”

Dick wae aetoniahed at eo great a hanger after fame, expressed with eo great vehemence of voice and language; and he answered very sensibly and quietly, that, for his part, he promised he would do hie duty, end doubted not of victory if everyone did

the like.

By this time the horeee were well breathed, end the leader holding up his sword end giving rein, the whole troop ot chargers broke into the gallop and thundered, with their double load of fighting men, down the remainder of tho hill and across the enowcovered plain that etill divided them from

Shoreby.

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