The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-13
"But it is not he commenced


to say.
The brave girl, however, waited for no
words, but springing to the door, she said
"This is our home, and truly we will
not be driven from it save in legal man.
ner. We would never resist officers of
the law, and if they come in due form We
will obey them, but such as thou art we
neither fear nor obey
by my soul, little Quakeress, the
rascal cried. you've heap of life in your
delicate body, and | don't mind it you
stay. But the rest must tramp. Come,
git out o this, or we'll throw We outf'
1--WE shall not go, neither shall we be
thrown out" returned Ruth. 1--WE do not
fight with carnal weapons Tor such is not
our faith, but if you NEEDLE with us You
will speedily find yourselves in hot water
Come on, fellers,' said Bob, as Ire
sprang from his horse. ''See if one of
these prayin gals kin fight on their knees
as well as we kin afoot"
With hoarse laugh the maranders
sprang from their animals. and when they
had been fastened to tho Qnakers garden
fence they turned to enter the dwelling,
But the door was fast against them
No danger from bullets, boys the
leader laughed; so we'll have some fun.
Plenty Of wood here to make ram Of.
Sam, YOU git q tick, while | lersua lie
en- to open the door for us
In accordance with this plan, ii small
log Was raised by tour Of the men, while
Bob grasped the door and shook il vlo>
! nifty.
Open. he said with many oaths and
disgusting language. which we have no
right to record; open, or it'll be the wuss
for yc Wen break the door down, and
ven find nest of roarin' wild cats in yer
late peaceful home. Yes, verify thee will. )"
But his words brought no response
and presently the men hearing the log mp
preached.
Smash her dom" he growled. They
are stubborn as --, or they are @oin
to play some trick on rs,
The bearers Of the batlering ram now
| approached, and Rob, after giving the
door two or three not very gentle kicks,
indicated the place where the blow SHOULD
be given.
But even while the beam was poised,
! and almost ready to descend, the valiant
| leader of the gang gave il fearful howl,
AMI sank upon the ground, crawling
| away like huge spider, and accompany
| jug each movement with grosu.
why. Bob, What ais ycrf demanded
on" OF his followers, in surprise
Before any answer could he given noW>
ever the questionrr executed a like moves
! mrnt, and with very little less ado hasten
ell from the vicinity. closly followed by
Ill the others
| 10 explain thu cause of their singular
discontinue We must return /, the inter- N
| OF the h0usc.
When Rulh closed aud barred the door
! the ul1n She had in mind was soon appqr.
ept Naomi had been to the loft ana now
raturncI with IN enrinr which had been
used in Watering The garden during the
summer months, in fact within few DAYS
II was very simple in design, being mere,
IL Il hollow cylinder filled with y piston.
| the whole formino ma more nor less than
a I,~oc son,rt pun,
This I'M. sisters had mt in perfect work,
inv or Ter the NIGHT previous, when the,
would otherwise have been sleeping. 5;
tL4t if was now NIL ready for use.
It required Int a few moments To I'LL
! tbr cavity with boiling water and whrf
| il was forcibly elected hg the indlgnan
majien's arm landing upon the person
and clothing of Bob Bellows. it is easy tc
foresre that the REGIMENT did, as III
Orol,aross had affirmed find himself il
hot water
Nor was he alone for before the alarm
had fully been taken every one of tn
others had received sprinkling, which Il
such short RANGE did most effective ser
vice.
II was some time before the riders ven
tured to return and unhitch their horses