The Russellville Democrat., 1893-06-15

hearted thafe, and take this, too,
bad scran to vel Every dollar of
that moneys in greenbacks that IL
burn as aisy as tissue, and if you
want it come and get it now. It's
you that's got no time to lose.
Come and get it, | say, for be the
soul of st. Patrick you'll never have
another chance. Just as sure as We
let that fire reach this ranch and
harm those young leddies-old Har-
vey's daughters that never did ye
any harm in the world-every dol
lar in the safe goes whack into the
fire and sorra a shinplaster will you
have for all your pains. Amt that
so, paymsstherY Shure, the gov
ernment ought to be mighty glad of
the chance of saving all those
promises to pay"
"Bravo, Feenyl" shouted young
Harvey from the adjoining room.
"We're not smoked out yet by a
good deal, !" he added, in lower tone.
"But if the worst comes TO the
worst, we can make rush for the
barleystack in the corral. Lie still,
Ruth, little sister; it won't be any
time now before the soldiers will
come galloping to u.s." And, hid
ing her terror stricken face in her
sisters breast, the girl obeyed.
Out at the corral gate meantime a
vehement council was being held.
Feeny's bold defiance and threat had
produced their effect. His voice
had rung out above the roar of the
flames, and what Morales could not
hear was promptly reported by those
who had crawled up nearer to the
bar and could understand every
word. Even hampered by the care
of their helpless women, the defence
was undismayed; the little garrison
was fighting with magnificent hope
and courage. Beyond the wound
ing of one of their number, no i'm
preston, apparently, had been
made, whereas the bandits had a
sorry loss to contemplate. RAJ
mon shot dead, Pasqual crippled,
and the two "Gringos, the
daring and enterprising leaders of
the attack, painfully wounded, one
probably MORALLY so. And now
with tho flames lighting up the whole
valley between the Picacho and the
Christobal, with cavalry known to
be out in several squads within easy
march, some of the men we're already
weakening. They had had enough
of it and were quite ready to sink
away; but Pasqual was a raging
lion. Revenge for the death of his
brother, wrath over his own crippled
fury at the failure of the
assault, and hatred on general prin-
ciples OF all honest means and honest
men, all prompted him to order and
enforce renewal of the attack, all
served to madden him to such de
gree budl oven bufhllS MS ahNcAcd-
ries to death seemed simply case
of serving them right. What cared
he that two Of the besieged were fair
young girls, non-combatantsf They
were George Harvey's daughters,
and that in itself was enough to
bring balm to his soul and well-nigh
cause him to forget his physical ills.
One or two of the band strove to
point out that the faintest
indignity offered to the sisters would
array not only all Arizona,
but all Mexico against them. Like
dogs, they would be hunted to their
holes. and no quarter be given. Re-
turning hitherto with their spoils,
Chihuahua or Sonora had welcomed
them with open arms but what out
law could find refuge on Mexican
soil who had dared to wrong the
children Of George Harvey and Inez
Romerof II was even as they were
this out to Pasqual and
urging that he consent to be lifted