St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-30

A''' I" ""'Ih anu Suiiu my lllc. oiccp
was not hard to fight off In fact, it
never even attempted to come tc me.
concluded that it would be best TO
put out the light, so as to conceal my
self to the best advantage, in case they
had any pecp-holes through which to spy
me. NV room was in the front of the
house, and looked ont upon the road. /
put out the light, and then walked softly
to the window. 1t was too dark to see
any thing. found some sticks which |
placed ON the windows in such way as
TO prevent their being opened, thus ma
ing them still more secure and thcr
sitting down ON one side of the door,
with my revolvers III my hands, | waited
for events.
1t was not long before | heard foot
steps slowly ascending the stairs, and
soon the door was tried. The weights
which had placed against it prevented
II from being opened.
'.He's fastened the door," SAID a voice.
.pooh. There's no lock. Push
hard"
There was push The door yielded
"What do YOU want ," said |. qniailv.
There wa, pause heard wills
pers, but at last some one said:
"It you're awake open the door
Il will not" sad /.
"You must. |! you don't wc'Il push
it open"
"Do if you dare" said calmly.
They pushed The door opened. |
put my pistol close to the opening and
fired.
There was a wild shrirk, Some one
was HH There w;ts fearful confusion
! | could nc; rc>i,, thc opportunity. |
| fhouoht t}at had ro die at apv rate
,,,I thrrarnr. It u.oniJ h,. L..t IN n,t
.o,.,, ,,f tL.., C.ll.,,.. n,t Of ,hr ,.n,II
TOO :, fired ar.,in. Au,tIc. vl,
followed One. more fired There
was another Veil. Then heard a rush
down stairs. and cruans outside oc nv
door.
cit,ncut hal mad, every nerve a. rioid
and a. tens, ~ iron. uIlI,l AWAY
.bc tllir.s and upcncd the door. F,,.ing
N the DARK. found the .roaning wretch
- Tu,rr w,r, three hastily dr,,o-
ed ,Lr,n INTO the room. AMI then bar
,csd,I the door one more.
..You ,cou.irrl- =" said l. II ou.ht
-, ,l,,yy ~.,, ,., ,,,,r,v. bur vou'r,. su,-
t.r;,.., ,nJ II, helm y.,n "
They only or,an.i in reply.
IiIh;.J ri,,. l,nn and lueeI.n.r u,,
,l,,. floor examined ;b,ir wounds On,
WAS wounded IN ,.,, tbi.h, anufhrr had
his arm, broLrn. = Iiir,l b,d been Lit IN
rho rinht breast
| always carry diti.reu, nintmen,- and
druu- viii, me in case OF accidents. Here
they wcr, anitc useful. | brought out
NV little stock If lint ard remedies. and
Ir, s,cI their wound, The one who had
heen struck in tie breast did not sty =
word The others h,..,L NV forgive
ness. did this waliiv and carefully.
WAS afraid OF TEN. >c,n through the
windows or throu.n ia, ere, ices Of th,
door But tie occupation served 10
will. a.>ay ;ne lime and these wretch
-. miserable. i, tacy wcr,. afforded COM
nan, At least.
Alter making tn,n ea,y. | pat out
tIir li,Lt and waited knew thai sucil
= d,,p,r;,,. a,un - ,h,-y would now l.,
only ,no,,. ,lria.s than ever. and deter
mined T., watch sill NOR, warjlv.
Afer - Time heard :, Ioi... outside
c,r;crtur,i ;uat thcy wcr. putin, 4
IluJ.Irr au.,iu.t tb, window. TLc,r men
we're c,r;airly. fools. for what po,,ib,,
chance could th,y I,y, there since th,y
had failed a.ainsi tue door III any OF
you saw On. wo.I." / muttered to ia,
wounded r...,. IN blow vour brain.
ont" Satisfied with this threat.
watched beside one OF III. windows. |;
was 80 dark that nothing could he seem
I waited tor what seemed a LONG time
At last b.aIJ the door md;y, 4, the i'm
nulS, Of symo s;ronc push. Then tn,
whole frat, iI,.I,d upnn me. The,
yora ottarLinr m. rom botb side.
thinkiuu thu, to bpviI,l,r me Nv reso.
hu;on was taken At once, I rushed tc
the door and fired. There was Il croan
and 4 fall fired aoaiu, another
shrek followed, and again. As bcIule
here WAS a rush down Stairs. At til,
,o,ue time tLcr. WAS = crash at the win.
low. \ ouu was fired into the room.
T,,ud curse, arose. rushed TO the
NIn,iow. My outs.rei,hei hand tuuchel
,h,. knee Of a man. which WA. resting OF
. rbc winlow-l.L.c. | fired again. Th,
villain staggered back. | caught hin
5slnrr Lr Eli III. wirdow-sash ha,
n.su smashed aw,v br = Llow which h,
had dealt upon it. | dragged hin