Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-12-07
PoIERoY, TUESDAY, aDEcEMBER Z, 1858.


else. But there viii be thorough drar
when the door is down, t,at is one comfort
One word with you. Catew.
lie drew me aside, and spoke almost in
a whisper, while his face was very grave
and stern,
you will do me this Justice, whatever
happens. Unless it had been forced upon
me, would not have Fisked a hair o.
your wife's head to save all the attorneys
that are patronized by llle father OF lies
But, mark me, if it conIes to the worst
keep bullet for her Ilon't leave her te
the mercy OF those eavags b devils. Iknow
them. She had better die ten times ovei
than fall into their brutal hands. You
must use your own discretion, though.
shall not be able to advise YOU then. MOI
man of them will be in this gallery till
am past praying for. Nevertheless, ! hope
and believe it will be all right. Don't
trouble yourself TO reload; Fritz will do
that for you. have given him his orders.
Aim very coolly, too; we must not waste
bullet. You can choose your own sword,
there are several behind you. All! hear
them coming up. Now. men to your posts.
There was the tramp of many feet, and
the surging of crowd about and against
the hall door. Then harsh, loud voice
spoke.
'Onst for all, will Je have him up, or
sball we take him, and serve the rest of
yez as bad? Ye've got women there,
too
l will not add the rest Of the threat for
very shame. / know it made me more
wolfish than ever 1 thought it possible to
feel, for | am good naLured man in the
main. Mohun, who is not, bit his nous
tache furously, and his voice shook little
as he answered.
do you ever say prayer, Pierce De-
laney? You need one now. IF you live
to see to-morrow's sunset, l wish my right
hand may wither at the wrist
A shrill howl pealed out from the assail-
ants, and then the stout oak door cracked
and quivered under the strokes Of heavy
battering beam; in hundred seconds the
hinges yielded, and it came Gathering in !;
over it leaped three wild figures, bearing
torches and pixies, but their chief, Delaney,
was not one of them.
The leit-handed man is yours, Carew;
Connell, take the middle one,' said Ralph,
as cooly as if he had sprung pack of
grouse. While he spoke his pistol cracked
and the right-hand intruder dropped across
the threshold without cry or sta9ger,
shot right through the brain. The keeper
and were nearly as fortunate. Then there
was pause; then rush from without,
an irregular discharge of musketiy, and
the clear part of the hall was crowded with
enemies.
can't tell exactly what ensued. know
they retreated several times, for the bar
ricade was impossible; and while their shots
fell harmlessIy on the mattresses, every
one of ours told-nothing makes man
shoot straight like being short of powder
but they came on again, each time with
added ferocity.
l heard Mohun mutter more than once,
in a dissatisfied tone. why does not that
show himself?' l can't make
out Delaney. All at once heard a stifed
cry on my right, and, to my horror, 1 saw
Clontarf dragged over the balustrade in
the gripe Of a giant, whom l guessed at
once to be the man we had looked for so
long. Under cover of the smoke, lie had
swung himself up by the balustrade of
,he staircase, and grasping the poor boys
collar as he looked out incautiously from
his shelter, dropped back into the hall, car
'ying his victim with him.
With a roar of exultation the wild beasts
closed round their prey. Before / had
ime to think what could be done, / heard,
,lose to my ear, a blasphemy so awful that
t made me start even at that critical mo-
nent. 1t was Raj lph's voice, but hardly
Knew it-hoarse and cultural, and indis-
met with passion. Without hesitating an
Instant, he swung himself over the balus-
rade, and lighted on his feet in the midst
# the crowd. They were half drunk with
and maddened by the smell of
'lood; but so great was the terror of Mo-
lun's name, all recoiled when they saw
lin thus, face to face, his sword bare and
lis eyes blazing. That nome ntary panic
aved Clontarf. In second, Ralph had
brown him under the arch of a deep door
way, and placed himself between the sense
ess body and its assailants. Two or three
hots were fired at him, without taking
fleet; it was difficult to take aim in such a
ossing chaos. The one man, Delaney,
prung out at him with dubbed musket
At last!' we heard Mohun say, laughing
ow and savagely in his beard, as he
topped one pace forward 10 meet his enemy.
blow that looked as if it might have
elled behemoth was warded dexterously
y the sabre, and, by quick turn of the
Frist, its edge laid the Rapparee's face
pen in bright scarlet cash, extending
rom eyebrow to chin.
His comrades rushed over his body, flu
ious, though somewhat disheartened at
eeing their companion come to grief; but
hey had to deal with blade that had
ept half dozen Hungarian swordsmen at
ay, and, with point or edge, it met them
magically. They were draw
lg back, when Delaney, recovered from
he first effects of his fearful wound,
rawled forward, gasping out curses that
eemed floating on the torrent of his rush
1g blood, and tried to grasp Mohun BY
be knees and drag him down.
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