St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-19

ty or thirty revolYers and as many de
termined men. Great was the JOY ex-
pressed when the brave and energetic
conductor hurried up.
''Do not leave the car" said he; al
have succeeded in getting force. to
protect us during the night, and now
we are comparatively safe"
We quickly retreated to our places.
1t was only a few seconds, however,
when we were Mortified beyond words.
The side of the car next the soldiers
crashed like nutshell, and the lamp,
for there had been only one lighted,
swayed to and fro.
''Fire !" shouted the captain !; and 0,
dear. such roar, as each musket
belched forth flame almost simultane-
eusly. Lie down. said the same
voice. and peered out to see the sol
diers slide down off their horses, and
there they remained, GREATNESS, APP
parently. We thought the command
had been given to the soldiers only,
until Mr.. Dunbar put. his head in al
the door and spoke low-'Lie down
fat We dropped very quickly, i in
among my children.
In a second, what / first thought was
hail came in an Oblique direction, di-
rectly over the soldiers, and whiZzed
past the children and me. Willie, Oul
eldest son, was SO crowded he cOulf
not get his head sufficiently low, OF
else he held it up to see, and was JUS
in range. | whispered to him to get
down. He answered, "See, mamma,
as he touched one of the Oaken seats
behind him where ball had grazed it
He knew it was shot and was not hall
so terrified as | was for him. ., the
anxiety for my dear ones 1t was ten
fold more intense than for myself:
That lasted few seconds, and then
the shout-"Up! Charge! FIRE." o, II
was terrible In Il second every soldier
was on feet Another roar! "FOllON
me-" was heard in the pause that en-
sued.
A rush rumble! Shouts, oaths
flashes of light, commingling o
sounds awful in the extreme, were
borne to our ears "Surrenderi Sur
render!n from our gallant preserver.
Our would be murderers are evi ,ent
" retreating, as the sounds get more
and more distant. Now it is but hor
rible din, as my husband comes to m'
and says, "Maria, we had better take
the next car" and quietly, but very
pale takes George from my arms.
started at once with the rest of The
children. All the other passengers fol
lowed. The car was uninj W.
placed our children in the lower end o
it, and slowed them us close as posi-
bic. Just then a flash of memOry-on'
is missing | count them over only
five!
go, my God, Barrie is gone"
"Where is Barrie 2" asks my hus
band
"LOst lost ~ answer.
The lamp had been blown out in TIL,
demolished car we had left, and anoth
er lighted in the one we now occupied
At that moment the captain put hi
head III at the door and shouted, SO
thousand dollars to the one that put
that lamp OUT | sprang to the middle
of the car and turned down the lamp
In Il second a roar of rifles discharginG
deatened us.
What followed | can but indistincly
remember. 1t seems like a horrible
dream, crawling OH my hands an(
knees, pulling open the door and pass
ing Ouu SUllI III udl hnCoS. INdShCt
the car we had so recently left, anC
felt my way to the place where we haC
lain, in search of my darling boy.
hoped he might have fallen asleep
Carefully l searched in the terrible
darkness.
"No. O God, have mercy he is MOI
here ~
For a moment listen to the din and
clash of arms. 1t was appalling in the
extreme, the shouts, curses, Oaths and
orders of the men as they sounded just
a few feet or rods distant. Again
feel around, and my hand comes il
contact with a curly head. God be
praised 1t is my angel boy fas
asleep feel him all over. kiss his
lips and press him tenderly to my
heart, and drag myself along. L get tC
the door and again find the door of the
other car. / whisper, George"
"Maria, is that you ?" is whispered
back.
eyes and here is Barrie" He take:
him from my arms, and places him
still sleeping, with the others.
He had been watching at the door al
the captains orders, in case any of the
murderers should get round to the
other side of the car.
| became unconscious and when
came to myself, | was in Il beautifully
furnished room, dimly lighted, and my
husband beside the bed wherOn | lay
and many strange and anxious faces i'll
the room.
George"
eyes, dear"
"What has happened Where are
we? %
"Among friends, darling"
And little by little | found out how
i'll | had been. My arm was bandaged
where a ball had struck it when | turn
ed down the lamp in the car on that
fearful night week ago. We were
now in Utah, whittier we had been car
ried the next morning after our terrible
adventure 10y the kind captain and his
friends. In the few weeks of cOnVa-
lescence we became very much attach
ed to our deliverers, and formed many
pleasant acquaintance. We arrived
safely in New Brunswick at last, and,
to certain extent realized the antici-
pations we had so many years looked
forward to.
Cruelty in Cattle Raising.
Tho horrible crualtv of tho WaStarn