The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25

etsppsd short under u. arch Of n. r.tsysy,
Martin. take What men you have snd 20
risks. See See 70 it' yo1rssii II harm come. TO
th Sp Ish hI mot icrslys yHu esssil I IN
isiy called to him to stay with her.
abs s:t , h9S-. sSs and .Ss
take your men. IL you do not obj:et'' - 80
A hoarse murmur unlike snJthlne l bad
ri.ins ana isllins in waves o. sound. now :
mere whisper end nov dplIL; sHss sage roar .
thrust halt pike into my hand, and meehspI-
eally counted out the men four Of the Wald-
and hys I seven 81 . .s5 SyS
cried Not by the High street. Through the
Ian. sy the WALL" and the next %opsn, ".
rough steps three at a time.
The way We had TO gQ was short. but II
the castle steps and Kinks house Thought OF
the poor girl ct her prayers. and pictured
Yet we cannot have been moro than Ave min.
utss going from the steps TO the corner beyond
Hs sss sSns RAs a
eleavlne the dark mist which filed the alley
islI rgddiy on the town wall The room WAS Was
eyes. Al crowded tosst6er, and ali alike dis:
toroSes ~ bsid close TO Tie esiIins.' 'oup'' VI
stretched t my hands G tsfou al the bars. and,
81 me- y III hPa afG in d II. .s
needless whether he knew rue. or TOOK me for
S 5s 4. the s5Ss sS we're r. battling &c
neresly. reslstina all his efforts TO get iree.
Nothing r he answered. elaring at me-
&n % the q si qHs' s ses2' you see
Gone. the Papist witch. on a b,oomstlck r.
ing or the keyhole. or through this window;
but tSi, only on br0OmstioE. The bars would
/ let him go aud looked at the bars. They
were an inch thick. and a very few inches
apart It seemed impossible IS that child hi much
The crowd had got wind OF our presence and
resented It; All who could not get into the
pressed into the nArrov alley where We stood,
while the air rang with cries Of No Poperyi
lutte movement all together. we charged In
front for moment aud. taking advantage OF
scns s6und 6t
lowers were coming on too boldly for safety.
In this way, the knaves with me being stout
as the end fO Of shoe WIND Then dIscoversd
made along tho High street and we're waiting
tor us on tho steep ascent where the wynd runs
x brief pause and gave the word to face
about again: As l expected the gang IN the
ss s ss Sny ss0S bood GI
now. their patience exhausted and for a few
moments pike and stan played a merry tune.
heels Stones began to be thrown. and pres
emily one. dropped ! think, from window.
struck a man beside me and felled him to the
ground.
That was our FIRST loss Drunken Steve. q
great gross fellow. always in trouble. but
giant In strength, picked him up. We could not
leave tho man to be murdered. and plunged on
"Good mani | cried between my teeth.
And l swors It should save the drunkard from
many . scrApe. But the next moment another
Then saw that We were, as good as doomed.
Against the stones We had DO shield
The men saw It, too and cried out. beside
a pit to DO worried, in the dark with hun:
dred foes tearing ut US. And tho town seemed
to have gone mad. mad! Above tho screams
and wicked laughter. and all the din about us.
and hurting lts notes. now sharp now dnll;
down upon the seething atreets swell and
swell the tumut until the very sky seemed one
In the league against us
turned on the mob which followed US and
hurled 1t back, back almost to the High street.
But that way was no exit for us. the crowd
stood SO close they could not even ny. Round
We whirled again, wild and desperate now. and
charged down the alley toward the west gate.
thinking possibly to win through and out by
that way. We had almost reached the lock-
smiths when another man fell;
What happened after that | only knew in
part. remember q man dashing torch In
Tny face, and the blow binding me- Never
Then something tripped me ND. something or
som one struck me az / fell. 1 went down
Ike an or, and for me tho fl ght was over.
Drunken Steve and two OF the Waldgrave's
more. Then Steve fell and an odd thing hap
peued. The mob took fright at nothing, took
fright at their own work and coming sud
denly to their senses poured poll nell out OF
the alley faster than they had come into It.
CHAPTER v.