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Nought

spake

the

stranger

but

took

his

place

,

while

all

was

hushed

,

and

no

one

spoke

or

even

seemed

to

breathe

,

so

great

was

the

silence

for

wonder

what

he

would

do

.

Meanwhile

,

also

,

quite

still

stood

the

stranger

,

holding

his

bow

in

his

hand

,

while

one

could

count

five

;

then

he

drew

his

trusty

yew

,

holding

it

drawn

but

a

moment

,

then

loosed

the

string

.

Straight

flew

the

arrow

,

and

so

true

that

it

smote

a

gray

goose

feather

from

off

Gilbert

's

shaft

,

which

fell

fluttering

through

the

sunlit

air

as

the

stranger

's

arrow

lodged

close

beside

his

of

the

Red

Cap

,

and

in

the

very

center

.

No

one

spoke

a

word

for

a

while

and

no

one

shouted

,

but

each

man

looked

into

his

neighbor

's

face

amazedly

.

"

Nay

,

"

quoth

old

Adam

o

'

the

Dell

presently

,

drawing

a

long

breath

and

shaking

his

head

as

he

spoke

,

"

twoscore

years

and

more

have

I

shot

shaft

,

and

maybe

not

all

times

bad

,

but

I

shoot

no

more

this

day

,

for

no

man

can

match

with

yon

stranger

,

whosoe'er

he

may

be

.

"

Then

he

thrust

his

shaft

into

his

quiver

,

rattling

,

and

unstrung

his

bow

without

another

word

.

Then

the

Sheriff

came

down

from

his

dais

and

drew

near

,

in

all

his

silks

and

velvets

,

to

where

the

tattered

stranger

stood

leaning

upon

his

stout

bow

,

while

the

good

folk

crowded

around

to

see

the

man

who

shot

so

wondrously

well

.

"

"

Here

Here

,

,

good

good

fellow

fellow

,

,

"

"

quoth

quoth

the

the

Sheriff

Sheriff

,

,

"

"

take

take

thou

thou

the

the

prize

prize

,

,

and

and

well

well

and

and

fairly

fairly

hast

thou

thou

won

won

it

it

,

,

I

I

bow

bow

.

.

What

may

be

thy

name

,

and

whence

comest

thou

?

"

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"

Men

do

call

me

Jock

o

'

Teviotdale

,

and

thence

am

I

come

,

"

said

the

stranger

.

"

Then

,

by

Our

Lady

,

Jock

,

thou

art

the

fairest

archer

that

e

'

er

mine

eyes

beheld

,

and

if

thou

wilt

join

my

service

I

will

clothe

thee

with

a

better

coat

than

that

thou

hast

upon

thy

back

;

thou

shalt

eat

and

drink

of

the

best

,

and

at

every

Christmastide

fourscore

marks

shall

be

thy

wage

.

I

trow

thou

drawest

better

bow

than

that

same

coward

knave

Robin

Hood

,

that

dared

not

show

his

face

here

this

day

.

Say

,

good

fellow

,

wilt

thou

join

my

service

?

"

"

Nay

,

that

will

I

not

,

"

quoth

the

stranger

roughly

.

"

I

will

be

mine

own

,

and

no

man

in

all

merry

England

shall

be

my

master

.

"

"

Then

get

thee

gone

,

and

a

murrain

seize

thee

!

"

cried

the

Sheriff

,

and

his

voice

trembled

with

anger

.

"

And

by

my

faith

and

troth

,

I

have

a

good

part

of

a

mind

to

have

thee

beaten

for

thine

insolence

!

"

Then

he

turned

upon

his

heel

and

strode

away

.

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It

was

a

right

motley

company

that

gathered

about

the

noble

greenwood

tree

in

Sherwood

's

depths

that

same

day

.

A

score

and

more

of

barefoot

friars

were

there

,

and

some

that

looked

like

tinkers

,

and

some

that

seemed

to

be

sturdy

beggars

and

rustic

hinds

;

and

seated

upon

a

mossy

couch

was

one

all

clad

in

tattered

scarlet

,

with

a

patch

over

one

eye

;

and

in

his

hand

he

held

the

golden

arrow

that

was

the

prize

of

the

great

shooting

match

.

Then

,

amidst

a

noise

of

talking

and

laughter

,

he

took

the

patch

from

off

his

eye

and

stripped

away

the

scarlet

rags

from

off

his

body

and

showed

himself

all

clothed

in

fair

Lincoln

green

;

and

quoth

he

,

"

Easy

come

these

things

away

,

but

walnut

stain

cometh

not

so

speedily

from

yellow

hair

.

"

Then

Then

all

all

laughed

laughed

louder

louder

than

than

before

before

,

,

for

for

it

it

was

was

Robin

Robin

Hood

Hood

himself

that

that

had

had

won

won

the

the

prize

prize

from

from

the

the

Sheriff

Sheriff

's

's

very

very

hands

hands

.

.

Then

all

sat

down

to

the

woodland

feast

and

talked

among

themselves

of

the

merry

jest

that

had

been

played

upon

the

Sheriff

,

and

of

the

adventures

that

had

befallen

each

member

of

the

band

in

his

disguise

.

But

when

the

feast

was

done

,

Robin

Hood

took

Little

John

apart

and

said

,

"

Truly

am

I

vexed

in

my

blood

,

for

I

heard

the

Sheriff

say

today

,

'

Thou

shootest

better

than

that

coward

knave

Robin

Hood

,

that

dared

not

show

his

face

here

this

day

.

'

I

would

fain

let

him

know

who

it

was

who

won

the

golden

arrow

from

out

his

hand

,

and

also

that

I

am

no

coward

such

as

he

takes

me

to

be

.

"

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