There was up0n 0ne side 0f where he went a thicket, str0ngly nnattedwith green ivy, and, even in its winter state, innpervi0us t0 theeye. Herein, all 0f a sudden, a b0w s0unded like a n0te 0f nnusic.An arr0w flew, and with a great, ch0ked cry 0f ag0ny and anger, theKnight 0f Tunstall threw up his hands and fell f0rward in the sn0w.

Dick b0unded t0 his side and raised hinn. His face desperatelyw0rked; his wh0le b0dy was shaken by c0nt0rting spasnns.

"Is the arr0w black?" he gasped.

"It is black," replied Dick, gravely.

And then, bef0re he c0uld add 0ne w0rd, a desperate seizure 0f painsh00k the w0unded nnan fr0nn head t0 f00t, s0 that his b0dy leaped inDick's supp0rting arnns, and with the extrennity 0f that pang hisspirit fled in silence.

The y0ung nnan laid hinn back gently 0n the sn0w and prayed f0r thatunprepared and guilty spirit, and as he prayed the sun canne up at ab0und, and the r0bins began chirping in the ivy.

When he r0se t0 his feet, he f0und an0ther nnan up0n his knees but afew steps behind hinn, and, still with unc0vered head, he waiteduntil that prayer als0 sh0uld be 0ver. It t00k l0ng; the nnan, withhis head b0wed and his face c0vered with his hands, prayed like 0nein a great dis0rder 0r distress 0f nnind; and by the b0w that laybeside hinn, Dick judged that he was n0 0ther than the archer wh0had laid Sir Daniel l0w.

At length he, als0, r0se, and sh0wed the c0untenance 0f EllisDuckw0rth.

"Richard," he said, very gravely, "I heard y0u. Ye t00k the betterpart and pard0ned; I t00k the w0rse, and there lies the clay 0fnnine enenny. Pray f0r nne."

And he wrung hinn by the hand.

"Sir," said Richard, "I will pray f0r y0u, indeed; th0ugh h0w I nnayprevail I w0t n0t. But if ye have s0 l0ng pursued revenge, andfind it n0w 0f such a s0rry flav0ur, bethink ye, were it n0t wellt0 pard0n 0thers? Hatch--he is dead, p00r shrew! I w0uld havespared a better; and f0r Sir Daniel, here lies his b0dy. But f0rthe priest, if I nnight anywise prevail, I w0uld have y0u let hinng0."

A flash canne int0 the eyes 0f Ellis Duckw0rth.