Daily globe., 1879-01-26
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y, for she had taken sudden dislike to the
The condition, lady, is that you will give
me one kiss from those red lips of yours.
| JoYei but they are the sweetest [ have ever
seen!"
Diana drew herself M nroudly.
"Sir!' she said, haughtily. "You are no
gentleman!,
! "Hey dey! Do YOU know that am Major
| Gridley; of his maiesty's army. PRAY recol-
lect the uniform wear!"
| 'I repeat that you are no gentleman. If
| YOU were, YOU wouldn't Insult a rirl when
! her ONLY protector lies dead at her feet. Oh.
shamen
"Hold your tongue, YOU saucy minx!, cried
| the major, his face red with rage. "Here.
Arrowhead" turning to the Indian who had
With a grim smile and grunt of approval,
! Arrowhead stepped forward, and then Dora
| interposed In piteous accents, she addressed
the Younger of the two officers
ooh sir! I beg YOU let our hOnOred fathers
remains be undisturbed, and heaven will
| surely bless you! Have pity! Oh, have pity =,
The officer whose face was noble &c yleT &c
handsome, seemed moved by her appeal and
| turning to Major t3ridley. he said in low tones.
| "My dear sir. had Won not better order Arrow.
| head TO desist? fear General @ will
blame us if we allow this brutality. We must
recolect tnat Colonel Marshall was respected
| even bv his enemies
| s.WeI we'll Harley nv how ,arhone ro,,
are right" mot;onlng Arrowhead to desist
| tAnvhow thot nrattv h1ool- arod NV, 1nnIrc
as though she'd murder us all. And we
| haven't fine 10 waste over a SCENE Our mon
| want their dinner, and after that must rife
! wonder Wheatfeld of its loaded ears Jovei
what rejoicing there'u be when we carry ali
! tnat GRAIN bsct> To camnp
Major Grijlev ordered tho ho6v of tbe
| colonel to be carried uD to the house. and
| Captain Harley and one of the tories voIun.
| teered to do this. and Dora assisted Them hv
supporting the head Of her father. on whose
gray hairs she dropped many tear
Major Gridey alightcd from his horse an d
| DersjSted in Walkip,r beside Diana Who
| treated him with the utmost ha,1Uht;ness
| At last stnno by her scnrn he SAID anor
":
"I'u break your high snirit nv vo,,no Ia
! dy!n and upon reacbioo the house he locked
| her in one OF the upper rooms. telling her
| that when she made M her mind to treat one
Of his maesty's officers with proper, respect
he would let her out Otherwise there was a
prospect OF her travelling to Canada as pris
oner
Scarcely had the key turned upon her be-
! fore Diana's wo1nanly wits were az work to
find some way whereby she might thwart the
pompous major.
''I have lt!'' she presently exclaimd. 81
heard him speak about a Wheatteld If he
thinks the British are going to have the hen
eft OF that he is mistaken
continued:
II suppose he thought he had me safe up
here. Bah! have climbed this cherry tree
too often! It reaches way ND to the VIM
The major and his crew are all in the dining
room on the other side Of the house, so they
won't see me-"
With one little bound, Diana was out OF the
window and in the tree. Scrambling down
among its branches, she soon reached the
ground. Stealing cautiously around the
house, she peeped INTO the kitchen; no one
| was there except old NANNY Lucrece. whose
| face shone with perspiration as she bent over
the fiie at her cooking.
"Mammy!" whispered Diana.
"Bress us, chile! Is tba. you?n
Eyes, n ammy. Whatare YOU doing9n
"Fryin' fapjacks-and de Lord presarve
| us! dis is de sebenth n1ata of dem pse nodai
And de meat and bread ca ' and - weaetabIes re . BIZ ' and
cider dem pesky Britishers has done made
away wid would make yer brack eyes stare!
pse had to 90 all the cookin' myself, for Lily
! and Su and Venus hurried off when dey see
deired coats comin' I didn't go, fur was de-
terrnined 10 stand by you gals. Dat pesky
Major Grlddle does swear SO! De oder officer
am gentleman, and he am helping yer pore
sister watch wild de dead colonel. Oh dea.
! 1lo, tAab SuOulu i've TO see my ola maSSa
! murdered! But what can | do for We, Miss
Dip"
Nothing, nanny, only give rae some light
ed bran:,s from your fire. Ill put them in
this pau. Mag 1?'
"Sartin But what be yer goin' ter do
chile? Nothin' rash, hope ?''-anxiously.
| Don't worry NANNY: pll do nothing tn at
my poor father would disapprove;o and, TAX
ing the pan and glowing Goals, Diana hur
ried away, bent on carrying out her purpose.
"Shes mad, she is" quoth Nanny Lucrece,
as with deXterous twist she turned another
tlapjack. "Fur high spirit she is de coloneps
own darter. Hark! Dere's dat Major Griddle
hollerin fur more iapjacks. Gracious! I
wish he'd done choke hisself wild ore!"
Meanwhile, with swift steps Diana was
speeding along. She reac ed the barn, and
paused there long enough to gather an arm
ful OF dried hay. Bearing it in her arms, she
continued on her way to the wheatfield. A
| pleasing sight of plenty was this army of
golden grain.
What a pity to destroy it!' thought Diana
| "Yet better than have the British enjoy it,"
She carefully arranged the dried hay in lit
| tie heaps here and there, and applied the red
Goals to them. There had been no rein for
several days, and it was not long before the
whole wheat field was in blaze Seeing that
her task was completed, Diana fastened back
to the house and entered her chamber by the
way she had left it.
| Major GrlGGV and his men had been so
busy gormandizng that it was some time be-
fore they knew of the fire. All rushed out to
check the flames, but in vain: the DESTROYING
| element had already passed over the wheat,
field, leaving only a few black smouldering
remains. stWho did this ?" angrily demanded
| they major. stalking about in an infu1iated
| manner.
"Some of the servants, probably" suggest
! cd one of the soldiers.
"Where are Colonel Marshall's servants? ?"
| fed eyes, clasped hands, and turban all awry.
| was standing in the kitchen doorway. "Oh,,