The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-03
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ma,Id al, himself.
C. Rise" said he "but make not ill.,,
slightest noise. Cullect yourselves
AMI pay attention to the sliyhtrs;
Thing Leave yunr sh,rs; take ,unr
swords. As it is So dark tnere will
probably be confusion. We must
have watrhwor,ls, therefor Lei them
b. Jena and GoNimgen. Also, to
avoid onr b!rndly emc',nntrring one
amnhcr. let each of uS. If it comes to n
fight, keep calling, B"rscheu! Bur
schsn! believe the attack appre
hrndrd wi come from the dnor. Let
us range ourselves three on each side
at it. W. from Gnltin.en will take
the right side, ynI from Jena The left.
When they open the door W. rush into
u'c passage. | will lead my file, aud
do y,u bro:hrr,'' sail he to the
t''rnchman. lead yours. When YOU
hear me cry Burseten! follow me,
and remember, you strike for your
lives All this WA. SAT-, in the low.
,'s. whisper. hni 'l.,t..t,, all ,.c
iibrratcly that we did not lose u word.
We took the places assigned us,
gra>piig our barred swords. For n
limc-iL seemed IN intcrm:nablr i,nr
we stood still, aud hearing nothing
OF course We could not seec ell other
i"r the place wn> quite dark. ~, las,
our excited ears heard fiu:StepS can
"Csl approaching. Son,u one came
.o The door nn, was evidently listen.
ing. In about n minute VIZ heard the
listener whisper lo some one in the
passage" they must all be asleep
now. Tell Hams 20 cat t,s'sc." Our
hca.ts beat quick. There wns a pause
at so minutes; then s,ld1rnly We
heard overhead P cracising sound
among the f'nz,, bushes sIpit curup,,sr,
lie ru {, and the next infant s,iiie.
thing fell t. the gr"rn' With crash
:" lr4nlen.i.,uS tha, H. -S5.ala gh:,use
seemed To .li,kc. :'hrn Re heard -
h"it wi:hHlr"wi--thrn Il key w:.s irn.
"a. .!'u ;i:..i !''.,.i, i, .,i;.ii. iGhr-
Schen = r-iu,! macdonald. ,S H., dash
cI ii wide "a ar, ;im slr;;ny INTO the
G>SaIr. BnrscheH cried the French
man aud Tic next n,n:Ilr,it he was b,
| our c mr;,,lr SD. "BurAchtn - c,ir,l
We all, as We ii:t,ir III III rr them. The
robbers rcirtalrd prcriniiai"ly into
,hu nail, wi..rc We hud seen the old
woman lnr previous night. 1t waS il.
Illuminated ly :: large fire which L'azcl
~. hr hearth lire We l;",shl. "Bur.
seheu I" ,hmllLcicd Macdonald, ~ lie
| struck down u man armed wiki n
| batcl-,. ~ Jas les rn.eurs!' erred
| inc trrn,hn,an. quitting German ior
his n",hc: tongue in the hra, Of the
n,nn,rnl. "Jeaa GuNtnyea shout,
e'l >',n' al Ms. inrgetliny in our ex
c,,.mcnt that these name were nnr
passwords ami not or war cry. "Hr
Schen = cried l.auirnhcrg. as he drove
into Il cuI'nr uilH ni the enemy armed
"ih dagger ani II sword. "Bur.
schen ciri llc again, as hr passed
his "ra'un twice through tn" r"hbrr'-
n,i,. '.Jemu !" ,c,l.L Richter. a,
hi left arm, which ht inter u>rd Il.
''cirnI ,.> heat, was broken b. ~ blow
fi'"n ri IRON bar. And noHimyenr
n led ne with Il roar, rs hr laid III.
a>>u,laEt at his feet. M...lwl!n III,
Pie ami iiaI sustained {, Iicrcr .r
lack from tn rc robbers, WIN. ul .uar
ing the cries and riaShins OF arms. lia,
ru-nrd out ut ON. ut lli. doors opening
mo the hall. The Pole WAS arcAd,
slightly wounded, and it was sniny
nnrI with uA, when the others came /.
our a,>istamce. This decided Tie ii.h.
aud we found ourselves viclurS.
We had s;.ilied the victory, | repeat
and all 'hc robbers inI about the ll,n
killed or wounded. We >tu.d sill
n"n,rnt to take breath. At :hs il
s,ant, the girl "i the preY'ous nigh
rushed Iuln the hall, aud threw her
Sell on the body of tic nl&n y .m In,
ra!l.n b, the harrl ut l.anr.al.ru.-
She put her hand on his heat; ,hel
she approached ..er check Ia his moIti
"iie is IraJ y cried she, starting l.
lie. feet. p" luu have killed ny HEN
rich my b,l"ve'l Heinrich !--yo
have kiIet NY Heinrich dead, dc:t
! dead !"
Still speaking. sho Disappeared, hu
, returned almost in>,an'Iy,a pistol i
each hand.
1T was yo", young sir said sh,
= calm j and deliberately. ksaw you;
: and, US she spoke, she covered Lau
. ennerg with her weapon, taking
!. cnul ann. With bound Mae,lonal
T. threw hinlsclt before tho sictin-b,
/ the generous movement was yni
She fired, ami the bnI!, craving Ma
, d'nald shoulder, passed through pn,
!. Laurcnhergs throat, and lodged in
!. door behind him. ilc staggered al
|: tell. We all stood thludrrstr ok.
). Your IiIc tnI his and mlne, sa
It The girl.-Uilh these words sh, di
a.. | ln.r In, r,;-,.I