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CHAPXER II-THK BATTLE OF SHORIBT

Ms small party would soonand exterminated in the open

In the town however the Lancastrianswere far from being in so good a postureIt was as Dick had said The night guardhad already doffed their harness the restwere still hanging unlatched unbracedall unprepared tor battle about theirquarters and in the whole of Saorebythere were not perhaps fifty men fullarmed or fifty chargers ready to bemounted

The beating of the bells the terrifyingsummons of men who ran about thestreets crying and beatingnpon the doorsaroused in an Incredibly short space atleast two score out of that half hundredTheee got speedily to horse and thealarm 8111 fifing wild and contrary gal-loped

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in different directionsThus it befell that when Richard of

Gloucester reached the 4rst house of-

Shoreby be was met in the mouth of thestreet by a mere handful of lacces whomhe swept before his onset as the etormchases the bark

A hundred paces Into the town DickShelton touched the Dukes arm theDuke in answer gathered hisreins put the shrill trumpet tohis mouth and blowing a con-certed

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point turned to the right hand outcf the direct advance Swerving liKs e

single rider bis whole command turnedafter him and still at the full galh p otthe chargers Bwept up the narruw byestreet Only the last score of rldjrsdrew rein and faced about in the en-

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the footmen whom they carriedbehind them leapt at the same instant

y to the ground and began some to bendtheir bows and others to break into andsecure the houses upon either hand

Surprised at this sudden cbaago ofdirection and daunted by tte flm frontof the rear guard the few Lancastriansafter a momentary consultation turnedand rode farther into town to seek forreinforcements

The quarter of the town npm wh cb-

by the advice of Dick R char1 cf Glou-cester had now eozd consisted cl fivesmall streets of poor and ill iohiblttilhouses occupying a very genilo emi-nence

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and lying open towards the bickThe five streets being each secured by-

a good guard the resetve would thus oc-cupy

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the center out of rhot and yetready to carry aid wherever it wasneeded

Such was the poorness of the neighbor-hood

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that none of iho Liucastrian lordsand but few cf their retainer hd beenlodged therein and the inhabitants withone accord deter cd their houses endfled Equalling along the streets or overgarden walls

In the center whore the five ways allmet a somewhat illf tvored alehouse dis-played

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the sign ol the Caeqtfo and herethe Duke of Gloucester chdic his head¬

quarters for the dayTo Dick he assigned the guard of one

of the five streetsGo he end win ycur spurs Win

glory for me one Richard for another Itell you if I rise ye shall rise by thessme ladder Go to added shakinghim bylthc hand

But as soon as Dick was gone hoturned to a little shabby archer at hiselbow

Go Duiton and that right speedilyhe added Fallow thai lad It ye findhim faithful yn answer for his safety ahead for a heid Woe unto you if ye re-

turn¬

without him But If he be faithlessor for otie instant ye misdoubt him

stab him from behindIn the meanwhile Dick hastened to se ¬

cure his post The street he had toguard was very narrow and closely linedwith houBe3 which projected and over-hung

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the roadway but narrow and darkas lt was since it opened upon themarket place of the town the main issueof the battle would probably tall to bedecided on that spot

The market place was filled withtownspeople fleeing in disorder butthere was yet no sign of any foemanready to attack and Dick judged he hadsome time before him to make ready hisdefence

The two houses at the end stood de ¬

serted with open doors as the inhabit-ants had left them in their flightand fromthese he had the furniture hastily tossedforth and piled into a barrier iu tne entryof the lane A hundred men were placedat his disposal end of these ho threw themore part into the houses where taeymight lie In shelter end deliver their ar-rows

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from the windows With the resttinder his own Immediate eye hd linedthe barricade

Meanwhile the utmost uproar end con-fusion

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had continued to prevail through-out

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the town and what with the hurriedclashing cf bells the sounding of trump-ets

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the swift movement ot bodies ofhorse the cries of the commanders anathe shrieks of women ihc rnlee wasalmostd fcnirgxy tho < nr Presentlylittles by 1 I w i a i jside and soon Utsr flca ot men iu ar-

mour¬

and bodies cf archers began toassemble and form in line of battle in themarket place

A large portion ot this body were In-murrey and blue and la the mountedinight who ordered thr array Dick rec-ognized

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Sir Daniel BrickleyThen there befell a long pause which

was followed by the jlmost simultaneoussounding of four trumpets from four dif-ferent quarters oftho town A fifth rangIn answer from the marketplace and at

miuimtm

HE whole distancei be crossed was

jot above a quarterof a mile Bat theyhad no sooner de-

bouched¬

beyond thecover of the treesthan they were awareof people fleeing andscreaming In the

meadows nPon otherupon handAlmost at the samemoment a great ru-mor

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began to wisestd spreadand growcontinually louder inthe town and theyvere not yet halfvsy to the

before theielIs began to

liackward fromteepleThe young Duke

round his teeth together By these so

early signals alarm he feared to findhis enemies prepared and if he failed togain a footing in the town he knew that

be broken

the tame moment the fles began tomove and a shower of arrows rattledabout the barricade and soucded likeblows upon the walla ti the two flankinghouses

The attack had begun by a commonsignal on all the five Issues of the qusr-ter Gloucester was beleaguered uponevery side and Dick judged If he wouldmike good his pest he rely entirelyon the 100 men of his command

Seven volleys of arrows fallowed onsnowy the and in the very thick of

either

nearestlouse

ringthe

of

must

toe discharges Dick was touched frombehind upon the arm and found a pageholding out to him a leathern jacketstrengthened with bright plates ot mall

It is from my Lord et Gloucester3 Id the page He hath observed SirRichard that ye went unarmed

Dick with a glow at his heart at beingso addressed got to his feet and with theassistance of the page donned the defen-sive

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coat Even as he did so two arrowsrattled harmlesslylupon the plates and athird struck down the pjge mortallywounded at his feet

Meantime the whole bedyef the enemyhad been steadily drawing nearer acrossthe market place and by this time wereso close at hand that Diik give the orderto return their shot Immediately frombehind the barrier and from the windowsof the houses a ccunttrblast of arrowssped carjicg dea n But the Lancas-trians

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as if they had but waited for a sig-nal

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shouted lonely in answer and beganto close at a ran upon the barrier thehoieemen still hanging baik wish visorslowered

Then followed an obstinate and deadlystruggle hand to hand The assailantswieldlsg thsir falchions vlth one handstrove with the other to drag down thes tnctnre of the barricade On the otherside the parts were reverstd and thedtf nders exposed themselves like mad-men

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to protect their rampart So forsi me minutes the contest raged almost In-

ellence trmnd and foe tailing one uponanother Bat it Is always the easier to-d stroy and when a single note upon thetucket recalled the attacking party fromthis des erat > service much of the barri-cade

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had been removed piecemeal andthe whole fabric had snnk to half Itsheight and tottered to a general fall

Aud cow tho footmen in the marketpdce UU beck at a run on eveiy sidei ne hurtemen who had been standing in-

i Hue two dpep wheeled suddenly andmade their flmk ln o their front and asswift as a striking adder tne long steelclad column was launched upon the ruin-ous

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barricadeOf the first two horsemen the flrstfell

rider aid steed and wns ridden down byhis companions The second leaped cleanupon the summit ot the rampart trans-piercing

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an archer with his lance Almostin the same instant he was dragged fromthe ssddli and his horse dispatched

And then the fnil weight and impetusrf the chaige burst upon and scatteredthe detenders The men atarme sur-mounting

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their fallen camrades and car ¬

ried onward by the fury of the onslanghtdashed through Dicks broken line andpoured thundering up the lane beyond as-

a stream bestrides and pours across abroken dan

Yet wa3 the fight not ever Still inthe narrow awa of the entrance Dickend a fewisumvois plied their bills likewoodmen aud already across the widthof the pyMge there had been formed a-

nesocd a higher and a more effectualrmpm of fallen men and disembowelled-corf u lashing in the agonies cf death

Biffld by this fresh obstacle the re-

mainder cf the cavalry fell back and asat the sight ot this movement the flightot arrows redoubled from the casementsof the houbcs their retreat had for amoment almost degenerated Into flight

Almost at the same time those who hadcrossed the barricade and charged fur-ther

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up the street being met before thedoorot the Chequers by the formidablehunchback and tne whole reserve of thereikis began to come scattering back ¬

ward in the excess of disarray and terrorDick and his fellows faced about fresh-

men poured out of the houses a cruelblast of arrows met the fugitives full inthe face while Gloucester was alreadyrldirg down their rear in the inside of aminute and a half there was no livingLancastrian in the street

Then and not till then did Dick hold-up his reeking blade and give the word tocheer

Meanwhile Gloucester dismounted fromhis hors < and camo forward to Inspectthe post His face was as palo as linenbut his eves sboneln his head like somestrange jewel and his voice when hespoke was ho rseand broken with theexultation ot battle and success Helooked at the rampart which neitherfriend nor foe could now approach with-out

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precaution so fiercely did the horsesstruggle In the throes of death and at thesight of that great carnage he smiledupon one side

Despatch these horsesthey keep yon from your

Richard Shelton he addedplea ° ed me Kueel

The Lancastrians had already resiirnedtheir archery and the shafts fell thick Inthe month ot the street but the dukeminding It not at all deliberately drew hissword and dubbed Richard a knight uponthe spot

And now Sir Richard he continuedif that ye see Lord Rlsingham send me-

an express upon the instant Were Ityour last man let me hear of It inconti-nently

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I had rather venture the postthan lose my stroke st him For markme all of ye he added raising hisvoice if E rl Rsingh m fall by anotherhand than mine I shall count this victorya defeat

My lord etukr said one cf his at-

tendants¬

is your grace not weary ot ex-

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his dear life unneedtullj Whytarry wehert-

Catesoy returned the Duke Herela tho battle cot elsewhere The restarc but felgLtd onslaughts Here mustwe vanquish And for the exposure If-

ye wrro an ugly hunchback end thechildren peeked at you upon the streetvo would count > uur body cheaper and

i iu7iVtiiiUo Howlwi-tJ ye will let us ride en and visit theotrer posts Sir Richard here my name-sake

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he shall still hold this entry wherehe wadeth to the ankles In hot bloodHim can we trust But mark it SirRichard ye are not yet done The worstis yet to ward Sleep not

He came right np to young Sheltonlooking him hard In the eyes and takinghis hand In both of his gaveIt so extremea squeeza that the blood had nearlyspurted Dlckqualled before hlsicyesThe insane excitement the courage

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he said-vantageye have

and a-

tnaJiwimn tjJL

the cruelty that he read herein filled himwith dismay about the future Thisyoung Dukes was indeed a gallant spiritto ride foremost in the rarks of war butafter the battle iu the days of peace andin the circle of his trusted friends thatmind it was to be dreaded would con-tinue

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to bring forth the fruits of deathCHAPTER III-

THK ATTLK OF SHORKBY ConcludedDick once more left to his own coun-

sels¬

began to look about him TherrowFhot bd somewhat sleekened-

On all sides the enemy were falling backand the greater part of the mnrk < tplacewas now left empty the snow heretrampled Into orange mud there splashedwith gore scattered all over with deadmen and hordes and bristling thick withfeathered arrows

On his own side the loss had beencruel The Uw of the little street and nifcrf TtT fc

the ruins of the barricade were heaped conslderable fightwith the dead and dying and out of the

hundred men with whom he had begunthe battle there were mot seventy leftwho could still stand to arms

At the same time the day was passingThe first reinforcements might be lookedfor to arrive at any moment and theLancastrians already shaken by the resuit their desperate unsuccessful was so stiff and sore soonslaught were in an 111 to bruised and cut above

invaderpress a freshThere was a dial In the wall of one of

the two flanking houses and this In thefrosty wintry sunshine indicated ten ofthe forenoon

Dick turned to the man who was at hiselbow a little inslgniflcant archer ¬

a cut on bis armIt was well fought he said and by-

my sooth they will cot charge us twiceSir said the little archer ye have

fought right well for York and better foryourself Never nath man in so briefspice prevailed so greatlv on the Dukesaffections That he should have entrustedsuch a post to one he knew not is a mar-vel

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or a miracle But look to your headSir Richard If ye be vanquished ay ifye give way one foots breadti axe orcord shall punish it and if ye do aughtdouittul I will tell you honestly I am sethere to stab yen from behind

Dcfc looked at the little mau In amazeYou he cried And from behind 1

It is right so returned the archerand because I 11kg not the affair I tell it

yon Ye must make the post good SirRichard at your peril Oh our Crook-back is a bold blsds and a good warriorbut whether in cold blood or in hot hewill have all thinng done exact to hiscommandment If jny fall or hinderthey shall die the death

Now by the saints cried Richardis this so And will men follow such a

leaderNay tbey follow him gleefully re ¬

plied the other for it he be exact topunish he is most open handed to re-

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And If he spare not the blood andsweat others he is ever liberal ot hisown still In tho first front of battlestill the last to sleep He will go farwll Crookback Dick o Gloucester

The young knight if he had beforebeen brave and vigilant was now all thomore inclined watchfulness and cour-age

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His sudosen favor he began to pei-celve had brought perils In its trainAnd he turned from the archer and oncemore scanned anxiously the market placeIt lay empty as before

I like not this quietude he saidDoubtless they prepare us some sur-

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And as if in answer to his remark thearchers began once more to advanceagainst the barricade and the arrows totall thick Bat there was something hes-itating in the attack They came not onroundly but seemed rather to await afurther signal

Dick lookf d uneasily about him spy-ing

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for a hidden danger And sureenough about half way up the littlestreet a door was suddenly opened fromwltkin and the continned forsome seconds and both by door and win-dow

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to disgorge a torrent of Lancastrianarchers These as they leaped downhurriedly stood to their ranks bent theirbows and proceeded to pour upon Dicksrear a light of arrows

At the same time the assailants in themarket place redoubled their shot andbegsu to close in stoutly upon the bar-ricade

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Dick called dowm his whole commandout of the houscE and facing them bothways and encouraging their valour bothby word end gesture returned as best hecould tho double shower ot shafts thatfell about bis post

Meanwhile home after house wasopened in the street and the Lancas-trians

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continued to poar out of the doorsand leap down from the windows shout-ing

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until the number of enemiesupon Dicks rear was almost equal to thenumber bis face It was plain that hecould hold the post no longer what wasworse even 11 he could heva held It It

now become useless and the wholeYorkist army lay in a posture of helpless-ness

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upon the brink of a complete dis-aster

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The men behind him formed the vitalCaw In the general defense and It wasupon these that Dick turned charging atthe head of his men So rigorous wasthe attack that the Lancastrian archersgave ground and stsggerod and at lastbreeklcg their ranks began to crowdback into the honses from which they hadso recently and so vainglorlously sallied

Meanwhile the men from tho market-place had swarmed across the undefendedbarricade and fell on hotly upon theother side and Dick siust once againface about and proceed to drive themback Once again the spirit of his menprevailed they cleared the street In atriumphant style but as they did sothe others Issued again out of the honsosand took them a third time upon therear

The Yorkists began to be scatteredseveral times Dick found himself aloneamong his foes and plying his brightsword for life several times he was conscions of a hurt And meanwhile theIght swayed to and fro In the street with ¬

out determinate resultSuddenly Dick was aware of a great

trumpeting about the outskirts of thetown The warcry of York began to berolled up to heaven as by many and tri-umphant

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voices And at the same timethe men In front of him began togive ground rapidly streaming out ot thestreet and back npan the marketplaceSome one gave the word to 4y Trum-pets

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were blown distractedly some for arally some to charge It was plain thata great blow had been struck and theLancastrians were thrown at least fortne raomsst into full disorder and somedegree of panic

And then like a theater trick therefollowed the last act cf Shoreby BattleThe men in front of Richard turned taillike a dog that has been whistled hemeand fled like the wind At the Eame mo-

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there came through the marketyace a storm ot horsemen fleeing andpurfnlcg the Lancastrians turning backto striku with ihe s rcrd the Yorkists-ridlng them down at the point ot thelance

Conspicuous in the mellay Dick be-

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the Crookback He was alreadygiving a foretaste of that furious valorand skill to cnt his way across the ranksof war which years afterwards upon thefield of Bosworth and when he wasstained with crimes almost sufficed to Sho Nf Hurch tower not onlychange the fortunes ot the day and the ulilM W mapdestiny of the English throne TrCstriking riding dowBjJb

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aptly defended himself and so liberallyscattered death to his opponente thet newas now far ahead of the foremost of hiknights hewing his way with tnttruncheon of a bloody sword to whereLord Rlsingham wag rallying the bravestA moment more and they had met thetall splendid and famous warrioragalnstthe deformed and sickly boy

Yet Saelton had nevtr a doubt of theresult and when the fight next openedfor a moment the figure of the earl haddisappeared but still in the first of thedanger Crookback Dick was launchinghis big horse and plying the truncheon ofhis sword

Thus by Sheltons courage in holdingthe mouth of the street against the firstattack and by the opportune arrival ofhis 700 reinforcements tie lad who wasafterwards to be handed down to the ex ¬

ecration of posterity under the crime of

CHAPTEEIVT-HK BACK OF 8H0RKBT

There was not a foe left within strikingdistance and Dick as he looked ruefullyabout him on the remainder of his gal-lant

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force began to count the cast ofvictory He was himself now that theol but danger ended

temper Eup and broken and

bind-ing

of

to

house

victory

in

had

even

all eo utterly exhausted by his desperateand unremitting labors in the fl hr thathe seemed incapable of any fresn ex-ertion

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But this was not yet tho hour for re-pose

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Saoreby had been taken bv as-sault

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in any manntr to be charged with the re-slstaixe it wm plain that these roughfighters would be not less rocgh nowthat the fight was ovar and that thomore horrid part of war would fall to beenacted Richard of Gloucester was notthe captain to protect the citizens f tornhis mfuriatd soldiery am even if hehart the will It might be questioned if hehad the power i Si-

It was toercfore Dicks business tofind out and to protect Joanna and withtnat end he looked about him at the facesof his men The three or four whoseemed likeliest to be obedient and tokeep sober he drew aside and promisingthem a rich reward and a special recom-mendation

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to the Dnke led them acrossthe marketplace now empty of horse-men

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and Into the streets upon the furtherside

Every here and there small combats offrom two to a dczen ttlll raged upon theopen street here and there a house wasbeing beselged the defenders throwingout stools and tables on the heads of theassollants The snow was strewn witharms and corpses but except for the3epartial combats the streets were desertedand the honses some standing open andsome 6huttered and barricaded had forthe most part ceased to give out smoke

Dick threading the skirts of theskirmishers led hi3 followers briskly inthe direction of the abbey chutch butwhen ho came the length of the milnstreet aery of horror brcke from hislips Sir Daniels great houso had beencarried by assault The gate3 hung insplinters from the hinges and a doublethrong kept pouring in and oat throughthe entrance seeking and carrying bootyMeanwhile in the upper storifs some re-sistance

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was still being offered to thepillagers forjnst s Dick came withineyeshot of the ouildlng a casement wasbroken open from within and a poorwretch in murrey and blue screamingand resisting was forced through theembrasure and tossed into the streetbelow

The most slckmlsg apprehension fellupon Dick He ran forward like one pos ¬

sessed forced his way into the houseamong the foremost and mountedwithout pause to the chamber on thethird floor where he had last partidfrom Joanna It was a mere wnck thefurniture hsd been overthrown the cupboards broken open and in one place atrailing corner of the arras lay smoulder-ing

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on the emoers of the fireDick almost without thinking trod out

the incipient conflagration and then stoodbewildered Sir Daniel Sr OliverJoanna all were gone but whetherbutchered In th rout or safe escaped fromBhoreby who could say

He caught a passing archer by the tab-ard

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Fellow he asked were ye herewhen this house was takea

Let be taid the archer A mur¬

rain let be or I strikeHark ye returned Richard two

can play at that Stand and be plainBut the man flushed with drink and

battle struck Dick upon the shoulderwith one hand wbilo with the other hetwitched away his garment Thereuponthe full wrath ot the yovng leader burstfrom his control He seized the fellowIn his strong embrace and crushed him on-tho plates ot his mailed bosom like achild then holding him at arms lengthhe bid him speak as he valued life

I pray joumeicyl gasped the archerAn I had thought ye were so angry I

would a been charier of crossing youI was here indeed

Know ye Sir Daniei pursued DickWell do I know him returned the

manWas he In the masslo-nAyslrhe was answerodth9 archer

but even as we entered by the yard gatehe rode forth by the garden

Alone cried DiesHe may a had a score of lances with

him said the manLances No woncfen then asked

Shelton xTroth I saw not said the archer

But there were none in the house If thatbe your quest

I thank yon said Dick Here is agold noble for your pains But gropingIn his wallet Dick found nothing In-quire

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for mo tomorrow he addedRichard Shelt Sir Richard Sheltoi-

he corrected and I will sea you hand-somely

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rewarded IAnd then an idea struck Dick He has

tily desceided to the courtyard ran withall his mignt across the garden andcame to the great east door ol the churchIt stood wide open within every comerof the pavement was crowded with fugi-tive

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burghers surrounded by their fami-lies

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and laden with the most precious oftheir possessions while at the high altarpriests in fall canonicals were imploringthe mercy of God Even as Dick enteredthe loud chorus began to thunder In thevaulted rool3-

He hurried through the groups of refu-gees and came to the door of the stairthat led into the steeple And here a tallchurchman stepped before hlmandarrest-ed his advance

Whither mv son he askedseverely-My father answered Dies I am

here upon an errand of expedition Stayme not I command here for my Lord ofGloucester

For my Lord of Gloucester repeatedthe priest Hath then tho battle geneso sore

The battle f ither is at an end Lan-caster

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ceis s my Lird of Risiccntimheaven rest him 1 lefc upon the field

And now with your good leave I followmine affairs And thrusting on one sidethe priest who seemed stupefied at thenews Dick pushed open the door andrattled up tee stairs four at a bound andwithout pause or stumble till he steppedupon the open platform at the topg

combntlooked

JpreMeMorwaru Be gad a It> 3 <a> the day ot4 c1

as Dck looked around him he couldmeasure the consequence of the battle

A confused growling uproar reachedhim from the streets end now and thenbat very rarely the clash of steel Nat aship not so much as a skiff remained In-naibor but the eea was dotted mta sailsand rowboats laden with iu itives Oashore too the surface ot the snowymeadows was broken up with bands cfhorsemen some cutting their way to ¬

wards the borders ef the foresr otherswho were doubtless ot the Yorkkt sidestoutly interposing and beating themback upon the town Over oil tne openground there lay e prodigious quantity cffallen men and horses clearly definedupon the show

To complete the picture those of thefoot soldiers as had not fsued place upona ship still kept up an archery combat onthe boraers ot the port and from thecover ot the shoreslde taverns In thatquarter also one or two houses hadbeen flrtd and the smoke towered highin tne frosty sunlight and blew off to seain voluminous tolas

Already close upon the margin of thewoods and somewhat in line of Holywood one particular clump ol fleeinghorsemen riveted the attention ot theyoung watcher on the tower It wasfairly numerous in no other quarter ofthe flsld did so many Lancastrians stillhold together thus they had left a widediscoloured wake upon the snow andDick was able to trace them step by stepfrom where they had left the town

While Dick stood watchlcg them theyhad gained unopposed the first fringeof the leafless forest ana turning a littlefrom their direction the sun fell for amoment full on their array as It was re ¬lieved against the dusky wood

Murrey and blue cried Dick Iswear It murrey and blue

The next moment he was descendingthe stauway

It was now his business to seek outthe Duke of Gloucester who alone inthe disorder of the forces might be ableto supply him with a handful of menThe fighting In the main towr was nowpractically at an end and as Dick ranaither and tnlther seeking the com-mander

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the streets were thick vb wandsrirg soldiers some ladf n with morebooty than they could well stag ¬ger under others shouting drunkNine of thsm when questioned hsdthe lesst noilon of the dukes wherea¬bouts and at last iv was by sheer goodfortune that Dick found him where hesat in the saddle directing operations todl lodge the archers from tne harbor side

Sir Richard Shelton ye are wellfound ne sid I owe yon one thingthat I value little my 1fe and one that Ican never pav you for his victory Cat< sby if I had ten such captains as SirRlcnard I would march forth right onLondpn Bui now sir claim your re-ward

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Freely my lord ssli Dick freelyand loudly Oae hath escaped to whomI owe some grndges and taken with himone whom I owe leve and tarvice Giveme then fifty lance that I may pursueatd for any obligation that your graoiou3-ne s is pleased to allow it ehall be cleandischarged

How call ye him Inquired the dnkeSir Daaiel Brackley answered Rich-

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Oat upon him double face criedGloucester Here is no reward SirR chsrd here Is fresh eervlce offredand-it that ye bring his head to me a freshdebt upon my conscience Catesby gethim these lances and you sirbethlnkye-In tne meanwhile wort pleasure honoror profit It shall oe mine to give you

Just then the Yorkist skirmishers car-ried

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one of the shoreslde taverns swarm-ing

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in upon it en three sides and drivingobi or tekicg its defenders Crook-back was pleased to cheer the exploitand pushing his horse a little nearercalled to see the prisoners

Taere were tour or five of them twomen of my Lord Shorebys and one ofLord RIslnghems among the numberand last but In Dicks eyes not least atall shambling grizzled old shipman be-tween

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drnnk aLd sober and with a dogwhimpering and jumping at his heels

The young Dnke passed them for amoment under a severe review

Good he said Hang themAnd he turned the other way to watch

the progress ofijthe fightMy Lord said Dick so please you

I have found my reward Grant me thelife and liberty of yon old shipman

Gloucester turned and looked thaspeaker in the face

Sir Richard be said I mako notwar with peacocks feathers but steelshafts Those that ere mine enemies Islay and that without excuse or favorFor bethink ye in this realm of Englandthat is to torn in pieces there is not aman of mine but hath a brother or afriend upon the other party If then Idid begin to grant these pardons I mightsheathe my sword

It may be so my lord and yet I willbo overbold end at the risk of your dis-favor

¬recall year lordships promise

replied DickRichard of Gloucester flushed

Mark It right well he said harshlyI love not mercy nor yet mercymongsrs-Ye have this dav laid the foundations othigh fortune Hye oppose to me myword which I hive plighted I will yieldBut by the glory of heaven there yourfavor dies I

Mine is the loss said DickGive him h s sailor said the duke

and wheeling his horse he turned hishack upon young Shelton

Dick was nor glad nor sorry Ha hadseen too much cf the young dnke to setgreat store on his affection and the ori-gin

¬and growth of his own favor had

been too Ainuy and too rapid to inspiremuch confidence Oae thing alone hefeared that the vindictive leader mightrevoke the offer of the lances But herehe did justice to neither Gloucestershonor such as it was nor above all tohis dscislon It he had once judgedDick to be the right man to pursue SirDaniel he was not one 10 change andhe soon proved It by shouting after Catesby to be speedy lor the paladin waswaiting

In the meanwhile Dick turned to theold shipman who had seemed equally in-different

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to his condemnation and to hissubsequent release

Arolaster said Dick I have doneycu ill but now by the rood I think Ihave cleared the score

But the old skipper only looked uponhim dully end hsid his peace

Come continued Dick a life is alife old shrew and It is more than shipsor liquor Say ye forgive me for if yourlife be worth nothing to yen it hath costme the beginning of my fortune ComeI have paid for it dearly be not so chur ¬

lishAnd I had had my ship said Arolas-

ter¬

I would a been forth and safe onthe high seas I and m man Tom But yetook my ship gosjip and Im a beggarand for my man Tom a knave fellow in-

raett shot Mm duwn Murrain 1 qaoh-he ssd pile never aciin Murrain wsthe list cf his words and the poor spiritof him passed A will never sail no morewill my Tom

Dick was seized with unavailing peni-tence

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and pity he sought to teke theskippers hand but Arblaster avoided histouch

Nay said he let be Y haveplayed the devil with me and let that con-tent

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yonThe words died In Richards throat

He saw through tears the poor old man

shimbllng away with bowed headacross the snow and the unnoticed dogwhimpering at his heels and for tha firsttime began to nnderssnd the desperategame that we play In life and howthing once done Is not to be changed orremedied by any penitence

Bat there was no time left to him forvain regret Catesby had now collectedthe horsemen and riding np to Dick tedismounted and effsred him his ownhorse

This mornlrg he eaid I was somewhat jealous uf your favor it hath notbeen of a long erowth and now SirRichard it is with a very good heart thaI offr you this horse to ridewith

Softer ma yet aDick Tiis vor ofwas it founded

Upon jour name answered CstesbyIt is My Lords chief superstitionWere my name Richard I should be a-narl tomorrow

Well sir I thank you returnedp ckj and since I ara little likely tofollow tnesa great fortunes I will evensay farewell I will not pretsnd I nadupeased to think mypelt upon the roadto fortune but I will not pretendneither tht I em over sorry to bo donewith it Command and riches they erebrave thing to be sure but a word inyour ear > on Duke of yours he is afearscme lad-

Catesby laughedNay said he of a verity he that rideswith Crooked Dick will ride deep Well

God keep us all from evil Speed vewell

Tnereupon Dick put himself at thehead of his men and giving the word cf-commsnd rode off

He made straight across the town fol ¬

lowing what he supposed to be the routeof SirDinial and spying around for anysisns that might decide it he were right

Tae streets were strewn with the deadand the wounded whose fate in the bitterfrost was far more pitiable Gangs otthe victors went from house to housepillaaing and staboinc and sometimesgayly sieging together as they went

From different quarters as he rode osthe sounds ot violence and outrage cameto young Saeltons ears now the blowsot the sledgehammer on some barricadeddoor sad low tne miserable shrieki cfwomen

Dicks heart had jaat been awakenedHe had just seen the cruel consequenceof his own behavior and the thought cfthe sum of misery tnat was now acting Inthe whole of Shoreoy filled him with da-ep ir

At lesgth he reached the outskirts andthere sure enough he saw straight beforehim the same broad beaten track acrossthe snow that he hnd marked from thesummit of the church H re then hewent the fister on but still as he rodehe kept a bright e > e upon the fallen menand horses that lay beside the trackMany cf tnese he was relieved to seewore Sir Dsiceia colors and theaces cfsome who lay upon their back ho evenrecognizyd-

Aaout half way between the town andforest those whom ha was following hadplainly been assailed by arcners for thecorpses ley pretty closely scattered eachpierced by an arrow And here Dickspied among the rest the body of a veryyoung lad whose face was somehowhaantlngly 1 imlllar to him

to e continued I

TUB CROP EEP0ET

away

moment repliedmine whereupon

K tcw Issued by tha Department o-

lisrcnrure nt tha Rational Capi-

tal¬

The Acreage

7ba Condition of the Ornlni Redaction in-

Aarficc of Wheat Barley Itearlj U-iBmo i L1H Tsar

Waihinotok June I Fallowing isthe crop report issued by the Depart-ment

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of AgricultureThere was some reduction in seeding

winter wheat in some states though theaverage acreage cf all is but slightly re-

duced¬

In tho east and south there wasno material ioss from freezing but inseveral northwestern states it was con-siderable

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The apparent reduction of theacreage of winter wheat as comparedwith last year is abont one and threefourths million of acres The per centagoot reduction for the entire winter wheatregion is placed at 72 per cent It is 13-

in Illinois 14 in Michigan and 9 InIndiana This is in comparison with theredaced area harvested last year

Tnera has been an increase of area ofspring wheat in Dakota acd in the In-

terior¬

farther west but the decrease InIowa Wisconsin and Minnesota makethe average decrease tor spring wheat inthe region of 1 per cent

The area In wheat is apparently slightlybelow J8C00000 acres There Is slightlocal change of the condition ot winterwheat some Improvement In New Yorkand Pennsylvania and a marked declinela Missouri and minor changes of thestatus elsewhere making the acreage73 3 against 731 in May The lossby the oveiflow ot the Mississippi inIllinois consists In part improvementin other connties In Ohio and Michiganand Kansas the average condition isnearly the same as In May

The acreage of barley is nearly thesame as last year New York and Wis-consin

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are credited with an increase of 1per cent Minnesota 2 and Dasota with10 Colorado Missouri and Californiareport a small reduction The conditionot barley averages 13 8 It is only 80 inCalifornia The area ot rye Is practi-cally

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the same as last year The condi ¬

tion is 139Cotton Drop Report

Washington June J The monthlyreport of the Agricultural Burean nas thefollowing about cotton

The area of cotton appears to have In-creased

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in every state except FloridaThe lncreasement Is the largest west otthe Mississippi as usual A preliminarysurvey of the acrcsge makes the increase2 2 per cent and brings the segregatebreadth close to 1J000000 The stateaverages are Virginia 105 North Caro-lina

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100 South Carolina 141 5 Georgia101 Florida 99 Alabama 101 5 Mis-sissippi

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1017 Louisiana 102 Texas105 Arkansas 102 Tennessee 10S

There has been on excess of rain in theAtlantic cotton belt with a low night tem-perature

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and in some distiicts in Texascomplaint ot too much rain is made

On the eastern Gulf coast the tempera-ture

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has been nearly nominal part of thetimo We3t of tho Mississippi ccsst moistweather hs3 rstarded the growth of thecrops

Theaversgfs cf condition are Vir-ginia

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81 Nnth Carolina 86 SouthCarolina 88 Georgia 92 Florida 94-

AHbsm 92 Missiisppi 90 Lonistwn88 1 xad 80 Arkass s 91 VenLtssee82 General nverage 882

WKKKLT REVIEWChicago III June 10 The Farmers

Review this week will print the followingcrop report

Unfavorable conditions for germinationof seed this spring excessive moistureand unusually low temperature have madtreplanting of corn a necessity in many

InisaedUi x> Hit eABdlbttnued with llqwr una sorrow golloc iitie Replanting Is not

Warner s Safe Curt>

has been before the public novabout ten years and In tin

Proved itself to be altnat it has been represented

It is purely vegetable con-tains

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notnmg narniul and DOESpurify the blood and CUBE dis¬ease as it puis an kiaueyB theonly bloodpurifying organs in-complete healtn

It Cures PERMANENTLYJye nave leus of toousauaa ot tei-qmonials to this effect from peop ewho were cured years ago anawh are well today

It is a Sciennot pat upon-thoroughly tedorsetnent of E

pecific was

M A Pj CD oial Analysot foods smanedicinesfly Y StateBjard of Hwlth andsccYlstof emi-nent chcmiMs physicians and pro ¬

fessional eiperts fy

n H Wafr Co do not cureeverything from one bottle theyhavlug a specific for ecaimpor-tant disease Fight shy of anypreparation which claims Infall-ibility

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Tne testimonials printed by H-H Warner L are eo far ss-taey know genuineFor the five years tiey navetad a standing of S5OC0 rorproof to the contrary If yuu sksick and want get well

Warner s Safe Curesome localities out in otnersup and making fair progress

Tne average temperature for this sea ¬

son ot year is now most required to in-sure

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a good foundation for remunerativecrops Tne ground has dried very rap ¬

idly since the recent rains acd gentiewarm showers would be welcome lamany places

The appreciable increase this year lathe acreage planted to corn uagain noticeable from tho summarycf reports from our correspondentsin Minnesota there Is however nppsr-ently a failing in the acreage plantedwhile in Kansas Dakota and Nebraskathe Increase Is quite extensive Tiesummary of reports from our corresoond-enti gives the following average sy statesof the acreage planted to corn tais yearIllinois 101 per cent Dakota 135 per-cent Indiana 100 35 per cent Nebraska11 percent Ohio 10 per cent Ken ¬

tucky 1004 per cent Missouri 1C4 per-cent Iowa 104 per cent Minnesots-J5 per cent Kansas 125 per cent

as Indicated oyonr reportersappears to be a decided decrease in tneacreage of land sown to Epring wheB-tai3 jear as compared with last year Thsummary of o r reports gives the follow ¬

averages by states of the acrease-sesded os compared with last year Ml-nois 174 per cent Iowa 95 per centMinnesota ti per cent Dakota SI per-cent Hsbraska 7S per cent

Io Illinois chinch bugs been keptdown considerably by rains and hiTenot done any very great damage

Army worms injured the pesturei-iu some districts

Meadows and pastnres are aow in Jaecondition in Indiana A jooi fmit cropis expected in that Frnit pros-pects are much better since the rain

Bain is ranch needed In Kentucky Timeadows and pastures ore backwardJrult prospects are gooa but raia woild-be btneflclai-

Th prospects are fair In Hli-souri The meadows and pastares artin good condition but amy worns barebeen troableseme-

Sains have doa Mnch good la Ionslint la Minnesota baea too frepeatand plentiful aid in Kansas inmQleit

mariet untilnd has the enSALattlmore

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positivelypast

offer

to use

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the corn is

W U rCru dmUttl-aWaixiboton Jnne II Following i

the weather crop bnlletli for the week-ending Saturday Jane 3 lssatd by Usignal office

Temperature the week ending Junt Jkas been slightly warmer thaa asnil laNew Emland and Iront Texas northwardto the KlMoun Valley and slightly coolerthan anal from Virginia sonthwsrd toFlorida In the cotton and grain regtoni-of central valleys tha temperature fo r thweek has differed but sllgh lyfrom normal The seasoa con-tinues

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late throughout the northera states while the thercilconditions in the southera states and tsiOhio valley continue as previously re-

ported¬

the average dally tiraperaturidiffering less thaa ona degree from norail The large seasonal deficiency o-

fraperatmr la the wheat regions of tte-

aorthwest continues where ta crop con-ditions are from two to thrte weeks late

Kalnfall The rainfall for tha wetk hasbeen less thai usual except at stations in-

Northers Minnesota Southern Illinoislastern Missouri and southern portionsof Loulslaaa and Texas where slight ex-

cesies are reported Light showers oc-

curred¬

in New England the Middle A-

tlantic¬

states and the lower lake regionwhllo generally throughout the southernstates east of the Mississippi therewoe a total absence ot rain Tharainfall for tht season continueslightly in excess generally in the ststeiwest of tho Mississippi except In theLower Mississippi valley The rainfallhas also been In excess in the southernportion of the Galf states r nnsylvanlaand New York and In the interior of NewEngland In Virginia North Carolinalastern Tennessee Illinois and Indianathere has been over a tenth of the ujojrainfall in Eastern Kentucky the ex-

treme¬

southern portions of Ohio and Itdiane threefourths and in FloridsSouthern Georgia Northern Mississippiand Eastern Arkansas about twothirds cfthe usual amount ot rainfall

General Kemsrks The weather for theweeK has been generally favorable for allgrowing crops The reports show im-

proved¬

conditions over the precedingweek although cool weather in the extremenorthern section has probably retardedtha growth of corn In the wheat regionof Minnesota and Dakota the cosdt rwere generally favorable lor c-

growth01 all crops In tha corn sta3-of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys

the weather was generally favorable al-

though¬

more rainls needed in the sontflern portions of Ohio Illinois Indiaaa a

Missouri In the cotton region crop

were affected favorably except in SoitaCarolina where cool wet weather retard ¬

ed the growth of the cotlon plant whjjfis reported as email and backward 239

weather waax favorable for halvesSouthern Kmhi and Tenness

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