The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-01-30

;, 10 thc HooT. tel you j beard the steel
n plainly as it grated on the stone There
s. was an awful convulsion of all the limbs,
and then the huge mass lay quite still.
is Then came lul for several moments
& The Irish covered back to the door like
b pounded sheep. There ammunition was ex-
S hausted, and uone dared to cross the hide
GUS barrier that now was between them and
/ the terrible Cuirassier.
d All this took about half the time to act
} that it does to tell. l was hestating whe-
k ther to descend or to stay where my duty
e called me-near my wife. Fritz knelt be.
hind me, silent and motionless; he had got
s his orders to stay by me to the last but
d the sturdy keeper arose to his feet.
: "Faix," he said, I'm but poor hand at
the swordin', but ! must help my master,
anyhow; and he began to climb over the
breastwork. The colonel's quick glance
caught the movement. and his brief impe
. rious tones rang over the hubbub Of voices
: loud and clear.
Don't stir. Connel; stay where you are.
| can finish with these hounds alone"
AS he spoke, he dashed in upon them with
lowered head and uplifted sword
don't wonder that they all recoiled his
whole face and form were fearfully transit
CURED; every hair in his bushy beard was
bristling with rage and the ipcarnate deyel
of murder was cleaning redly in his eyes.
just then there was wild cry from with
out, answered by shrek from my wife,
who had been quiet till now. At first tho't
that some fellows had scaled the window,
but soon distinguished the accents of
great joy. NV poor Kate! She had rough
ed it in barracks too long not to know the
rattle of steel scabbards.
When the Dragons came up at hard
gallop there was nothing left in the court
yard but the dead and dying. Mohun had
followed the flyers to get a last stroke at the
hindmost. We clamtered down into the
hall, and. just as we reached the door, we
saw miserable crippled being clinging
round his knees, crying for quarter Poor
wretch he might as well have asked it
from famished jungle tiger. The arm that
had fallen so often that night, AMI never in
vain, came down once more; the piteous APP
peal ended in death-ye and, as we reach.
ed him, Mohun was wiping coolly his drip
! ping sabre; it had no more work to do.
| | could not help shudderng as took his
offered hand, and saw Connel trcmblc for
the f. st time as he made the sign Of the
cross.
Tie dragons were returning from the
! pursuit; they had only made two prisoners;
the darkness and broken ground prevented
/ their doing more. Ralph went up to the
officer in command.
How very good of you to come Yourself,
! Harding, when only asked you for sroop.
Come in you shall have some supper in
half an hour, and Fritz will take carr of the
men. Throw all that carrion out" he went
on, as We entered the hall, strewed with
corpses.-" Wen give them 4 truce to take
up their dead"
Clontarf came to meet US he had only
Z haer cttiuppH and hruiu.A l. Ia. &
pale face flushed as he said, 81 shall never
! forget that have to thank you for my life"
IT'S not worth mentioning" Mohun re-
piled, carelessly. IL hope you are not
much worse for the tumble. Gadl il was
a near thing, though. The Quarrymans
arms were a rough necklace"
At that moment they were carrying by
the disfgnred remains Of the dead Colossus.
His slayer stopped them, and bent over the
hideous face with grim satisfaction.
NJ Evvd fi1ud Delaney" h~ rIiuttcIed,
"you will own that have kept my word
If ever we meet again, thnd shall know
you. An reroir," and he passed on.
| need not go through the congratulatory
scene, nor describe how Kate bushed as
they compimented her on her nerve. For.
tunately for her she had seen nothing, tho
she had heard all. Just as We were sitting
down to supper, which Fritz prepared with
his usual stolid csolness, and when Kate
was about to leave US, for she needed rest,
we remarked the attorney lowering about
us with exutation on his face yet more SCR.
vile and repulsive than its abject terror.
Mrs. Carew," said Nohun, 'if you have
quite done with your lrotege, think wen
send him down stairs Give him something
to eat, Fritz; not with the soldiers, though;
and let some one take him home soon as
it is light. Ifyou say one word, sir, III
have you turned out n0c."
Nr. Kelly crept out Of the room, al most
as frightened as he had been two hours b..
fore.
The supper was more cheerful than the
dinner, though there was a certain con-
straint on the party, who were not all SO
seasoned as their host. lie was in unusual
spirits so much SO that Clontarf conGded
to a cornet, his particular friend, that "it
was pity the colonel could not have such
bear ight once a fortnight, it put him into
such charming humor."
We had nearly finished when, from the
road outside, there came a prolonged, ear
piercing wall, that made the window panes
tremble. have never heard any earthly
sound at once so expressive of utter despair,
and appealing 70 Heaven or hell for ven.
seance.
We all started, and sat down our glasses;
but Mohun finished his slowly, savoring like
connoisseur the rich Burgundy.
1t was the wild Irish women keening
over their dead" he remarked, with perfect
unconcern. They'll have more to howl
for before have done with them. | shall
60 round with the police tomorrow and pick
up the straggers Your men are too good
for such work, Harding. There are several
too hard hit to 60 far, and my handwriting
is pretty legible."
The stout soldier to whom he spoke bent
his head in assent, but with rather queer
expression on his honest face
"Gad!" he said, "you do your work
cleanly, Mohun."
1t is the best way. and the shortest in
the end" was the reply; and SO the matter
dropped.
The Dragons left US before daybreak
their protection was not needed we were
as safe as in the Tower of London. The
next morning, while was sleeping heavily,
Ralph was in the saddle securing the coun.
tIy, with what success the next assizes could
tell.
60 there again this winter for the cock
shooting but don't much think Kate viii
accompany me.
MEDIUMS AND PRINTERS INK.-The follow
ing analysis Of the manner in which spiritu-
al music is some times produced, occurred a
few DAYS since in Lowell The Vor P0pui