Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29
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CHAPTER V.

cupauts of the two rooms farthest to
the east We're being bcsieged by 10 or
/ ) outlawed men, some Mexican, some
"gringo," but all cutthroats and up
to this moment the besicged had had
the best OF it.
And yet their plight was desperate,
In the casternmost room, secure from
bullet or missile OF any kind so long as
they crouched close to the ground and
' back from the doorway, lay trembling
| in silence old Harvey's daughters AT
the door, Only the barrel of his rifle
protruding, keeping under cover all he
| possibly could behind an improvised
parapet of barley bags, linclt their de-
voted brother, cool and determined. cv-
cry now and then whispering words of
| hope and encouragement. In the adj
/ Joining room, connected with the east
ern chamber by a doorlcss aperture
. through the adobe wall, lay the pay
master, aorclv wounded, hut still con-
scious and rlucky, his faithful clerl;
minstcling to him as best he could,
stanching the flow Of blood and comfort
ing him with cool water.
tramplcd space at the southern front of
the ranch, shclterins himself behind
his lreastWork of barley, but never re-
laxng vigilaut watch, knelt Sergeant
Foeny, Gandaua bound about his fore
head. the blood trickling down his right
cheek. the sleeve of his flannel shirt
rent by bullet that Just grazed the
upper arm. Kneelng on tho counter
and pecping through a hole in the bot
tom of the wooden window shutter.
one Of Harvey's men kept guard. Tho
other faced the doorway into Moreno S
domestic apartments, every now and
then letting drive Il shot through the
Woodwork to keep them, as he said.
from monkeying with the bolt ON the
other side.
In planning his roadside ranch More
no had allowed outer doors only to those
rooms which We're for public use. The
three which lay to the west Of the bar
could not be entered except through
that resort or by door giving ON the
corral, both of these doors being sup
piled with massive bolts as security
against intrudcrs, and all three rooms
reing furnished with air ports rather
han windows, pierced at such Il height
through the adobe that no one from
without, except III saddle, could peer
fhrough the aperture and see what w8s
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