The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06

low wall They were. especially intere es "
a.s lS Bs sSSSfr b ssss Sec Ss 'HS
lay St on his ss3mssaa T tSen se "n would
him HIM to ' reload his gun: and his moyemsnta
were dro cunning 70 spppl,eb thS Na ,ssby
cd him U' He must have seen Prussis,n l,
head, for he stood up suddenly and took aim
Sqt before he had s Tof the dsh
for an instant his limbs worked IN tho s9nyu I
slve stiIonnG OF The claws Of hen WITH be =
death Instinotiyely FRANCHISE, had seized
Dominiquo,s hand and was tlinging to twin
tbo not stay there" cried tho Captain.
THE balls are coming this far" ,, q, ,,o
ins ton to the neg Ground But the young people ala
5 aSs a shc Rt Ss sS
wood man had suddenly issued from behlnd
St s s. srm TSn and i SsS ssS N
a sf @Gn IN he sff n re the sT
Father Moriier looked at the 6aptai il in sur
pFfh 1 hs st a RIeat ended tn.
latter DO not trust them. Move away from
He had not ceased to speak. when a friGhtful
moved as II with sickles. a yolley Of leaves
aimed too high. Dominique dragged Fran.
Soise away, almost carrying her. while Father
Ego INTO tSs little little cellar" he cried; 1.-The
But {hsy dd not heed; They went into the
looking through the cracks The caPtsi1
he eT WA. sSe h b. aoas sSaEas s' 1on
outside were Yielding GROUND a stop at time.
hnV all nvx,lt tn hot n
FROM m thss hiding aS sns%s a''19at sSsP
that The i russians might no. Know what mum.
bers they had to contend with. Another hour
vent By. When a sergeant came n. saying
the qftlcer looked ct his watch. .o.
"H9lt-past two" he murpured., Come. We
He caused the great gate admitting into the
yard to be shut and prepared for making an
on re shss .ss 81 The So sf
indeed bridge At a distance Of two kilometres.
would attempt to cross the river, by fording 1t;
guarded. All short was direct directed toward the
The f;lnE again bad ceased The mill looked
ajar. not q sound issued from it's interior:
Gradually. however. the Prussians showed
They put their heads out and grew boider.
Within the mill a few soldiers were already
n T Sd the Let aaR Ssm Sasssss hs
They used great prudence watching tho mill
The old bullying. silent and
them, But they still advanced. When there
were nifty OF them in tho meadow In front the
0i!!f firs gave the word;
ts.aing sound was heard few Isolated
spite OF herself. Dominique. behind the SOL
oilers, was looking out and. when the am oke
slams stretched out on their backs in the mid
die OF the field. The others had sheltered
The mselves behind tho willows and poplars.
died with Ut, balls; They boat against the old
stones one could hear them crush ard drop
back into the water. They sank into tho wood
ed that the wheel had been enea te1ehed
The soldiers inside used economy Of their
Efforts, shooting only when they could take
shu ttsrs and lodged in the ceiling ling ou' u 'A'
sy poq ho,9 9 Sh, he muttsred I'VE shall
RI O ID 1 %Ili wa, IL in fact being GRADUALLY
y mattress Father Merlie 70 was asp'S oen.
E 3saS e az hi; , heart n WOHd be finished
mend It again BON iniauo had i bepeed Fra Franz 10
;oise to e away but she insisted on remain
ny with him: she was seated behind q great
enRth made it's way. Into the dresser. whose
blanks gave forth o deep sound. Then Dom
10 had not yet fred; he held his rifle il his
lands. but was unable to approach the win.
q iRe by the the
loor Quivered.
Attention. attention" cried the Captain.
rom the wood. immedistely a formidable
y 9Sy opsned IpOn tn. them It was Ike Nhlr
and yaWnns ~ tse
window the balls came in. Two soldiers rolled
n the floor { One Of them never owed again:
hem to Put him out q his agony So but st iRe9
ey0rybody @ s out NS for sI ana
s,SI5 ne !, snsnys Arc; 4 third soldier was
imself to slip down BY the side Of table. with
b nsd and %adth hafgsrd eyes Face to face
Gated herss the oSr "a" against ehF tho heo wn
dsn nss ss S esd
The hail ied WITH SittihDe dsbr rhe w VIE
ri They are gQfIas 70 gross sks liver" nod
sa! ustsEsd hsr ole
cad; few drops OF blood appeared.
,e window. he fred his fret shot. and from
rat moment continued to fire. He loaded and
red, paying no attention to what was going
af fs ran n% anyr ra from tine
IN time time, he WAS IA NO haste; he
10 line OF poplars. were attempting to cross
10 Morelle. as the Captain had foreseen; but
soon as one Of them ventured to show him |
III he fell struck in the head by one OF DomI-
que's bullets. Tho Captain. following this
,tion' was amazed. Ho, eompllmented the
.ye large force OF marksmen Of his ability.
omlnique did not hear HIM. A ball grazed |
. SHOULDER another bruised his arm. And
J kept on shooting.
There were two more deaths. Tho torn
actresses no longer stopped the windows. II
yay the phil. The position was no longer
nable. The oflcer. however. reiterated his
y Hold hrm." he repeated "A half hour
he I.ss counting the minutes now He had
ere until evening. and no was not willing ,
withdraw before tho hour he had set for re-
'at He kept his amiable manner and smiled
,franGoise; to reassure her. He had lust
cked Op himself, the gun OF n man slaIn