The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-08

scarcely less unpleasant to remember.
here. BetWssn this and night they should be
ny Unless they have been warned" the oOup-
Prssently" hs answorsd-"unl's' they
After that my lady composed herself anew.
and the day wore on in desultorJ convsrs1-
and and afternoon. ana the Countess grew nervous
and irritable. But Gen. Tzerclas though the
SfInsns for wsSh s %stsd must have
hTSuehYat i. -. Is.dy to sss "a .st i.Sy
out bis Cesar s and read in t. as Il nothing de-
.n pO Of sc.otor 81. sTof ana found
him reading. and. for . time. sat staring az
n% Ssr.d 81. s.t up 1s with start and
y: :t ==:tISss =: :::::T$.r. closing
a moment later. / trust hear something
now: Keep back ittle' IL you please
We al stood Up among the trees iIsts 81 NJ
. RS s ss Sss sG%sS e: ms Sa
our ears: Il rsssmSi:d the swapping Of sticks
s%h!p.% Cen; TSorol.s mutt'red. Stand
Of The words p we're scarcely out Of his mouth
sudden in the road below ua They came on
soSe .tns .ds%s,s on tss horses
had kerchiefs wound round their hsad, and
Ss5e1s ssST s G.ps RRsy
saw them, and We watched them advance un-
into i line with the mustetmsn. These. too
they passed without suspicion. and so went
man with a bundle on his crupper. and strange
odds and ends banging and swinging against
NJ Two W hundred PAGES behind them the nrst
wagons appeared. dragged slowly on by
four laboring horses, and guarded by dozen
along beside the wheels with their hands in
breschos pockets. Their long. trailing weap-
Close Sps se on t6sr heels Srssfips and SroaSiDs
came ANOTHER wagon, and another. ana as-
ste nY, and horse ' boys. and here and there an
officer or knot OF men at arms: The foot
soldiers had mostly climbed up into ths Nag.
arms thrown wide, and their heads rolling
from side to side with each movement of the
y We Watched slightly. Of these wagons go by;
the first must have been mile and more a,s in
DERBY band of stragGlers., among whom we're
some women. Then thick. solid cloud Of
far :. that naS S9 sSs
while the heart OF 1t gave forth dull roaring
"Csttiel" Gep. Tz.rclas mpttered. FIVE
hundred head, / should say. There can be
The man he addressed stood a few PAGES be-
hind ue and at intervals along the ridge 9th
so who 30
soon as he heard the call would spring up. and
with nag pass the order to the cavalry below:
seemed an age before. the General gave the
word. He stood and appeared TO calculate.
convoy, which was fast disappearing In haze
Of dust. now gazing down at ne believing.
%s.n e. sa bsa al hs
pass he raised his hand and cried sharply;
The harsh blare OF the trumpet pierced the
upper stiffness In which We stood. II was re-
peated-rspeated again; then 1t died away
shiy IN the oa X. Py Sso%
us. We pressed forward to see what was hap
The surprise was complete and yet It was
. sorry sight we saw down in the bottom, whore
the sunshine was DYING and guns Tsss h. ;h
saty Of 'ssnas shot SF do%n
lucky troop OF stragglers who followed the
w VIA Soirid ssssan. urtser 10 the rear our
pikemen had seized the, pass. and. penning
sfs. PtS Il sss sSs s sSsa
fusion and dismay. things were different Our
cavalry did net appe.r.tSs dust prsSvssntsd t Y:
which to think, n.y. or stand on their defence.
was evident that they were, taking ADVANTAGE
OF IL. Possibly the General had not counted on
Tsn to gaze 81 @ toward the head q the
column and to mutter savagely at the footmen
wh s:% ns ori hs a.sd e sn to
sent down Ludwig with orders; then another;
But the mischief was done already and still
tho cavalry did not appear. being delayed. as
we atterward learned. by an unforeseen brook;
saietlS e DAWN W tossshsr al those among the
enemy who could hight or had mind to hight;
Two %assns sSd
the panic stricken TROOPERS and Transfers had
a haven In which they could stand at bay.
our musEeteers, following some strsgGlsrs
through the N lsy Of flying horses and mad
the ssI nas SEA came upon this rude fortress and
charged into II, reck lssslI or in ignorance. In
SGasn on IL. yGsy IRON ns and
scattered hithsr and thither. They were
ri
back from the front StAblinR their horses In
the intervals between the wagons they took
When our cavalry at last arrived on the scene
sn.Eo " work and those the fioWsr Of the
enemy. All except one had dismountsd' THIS
one AN % a. t on Tsis. charger seemed to DO
% our horse flushed with triumph and yelling
loudly, came down the linz like u torrent rem:
on one side Of the convoy and halt on the
other. They had mot with n o resistance bither-
to- and expected none and like the musket-
men. were on the bsrrieade before they knew
hsdg rhog OF pixies could scarcely have re;
sisted a charge driven homo with such blind
Iscklsssnsss: but behind the wagons IL Was
different Every intsrstiee bristled with pike
heads, while the muskstmen poured In a
deadly, IRE from the wagon tops. For few
Two or three score Of the foremost Assailants
went down horse and man. The rest saving
themselves as best they could. sweryed on to
either side amid . roar Of sxeerations and
shouts OF triumph
My lady, trembling with horror. had long
ago retired. She would no longer look; The
Waldgrays. too. was gone; with her. sup
posed. Halt the Generaps attendants had
been sent down the hill. some with one order.
some with another. In this crisis-for / saw
| clearly that 1t was crisis and that II the de-
| Tenders could hold out until darkness fell the
issue must be dOq6tful.I turned 70 lock AZ
brow was dark with passion. At one moment
he stepped forward as II to GO, down into the
melee; the next no repressef tho Impulse
| The level rays OF the sun which Just caught