Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-04

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 In cold blood VIC should scarcely Lave dono it. Indc,a for a minute, as our stc,ds stumbled and recovered themselves and slid forward, only to draw back trrm bling-as the water rose nhcvo our boots or WAS flung by our fellows in our eyes, and all was logging and scramhling and splash!nS-it seemed as if We were to be caught i'll trap despite eur rrSOlvc. But at last Master BCrtio's horse took the plunge. His wifo's followed, and both, partly laundering and partly swimming, set forward. snorting the whilo in fear. To my joy l slw them Imcrgc safely not ten yards uwny, and shaking themselves stand comparativcly high out of the water.
 "Comc! cried my Indy imporativrly as she turned in her saddle with a E'stUrr of defiance "Come' IL is all right. "
 Come indro,E I wanted nothing better for was beside myself with passion. But tlus as might, could not get Anne's brute to take the plungC. The girl herself could give me no aid ClinginS to her saddle. pale and half faintiug, she could only beg mo to leave her, crying out again anu uSulH III ltTTllION NOlCt lllSA6 SLb would he drowned. With her cry thcre suddenly mingled anothrr-thc hail of our purSucrs aS they sighted us. I could hear them drawing nearer, and l grew dCspcr- ate Luckily they could not make any speed in water su deep, and time Was given mo for one last furious effort. It succeed cd. My horse literally fell into the strcam. It dragged Aunr's after it. How We kept our seats, low they their footing, I never understood, but somehow, splash ing and stumbling and blinded by the wa ter dashed in cur faces, we came out on the other side, where the duchess and her husband, too faithful tu Ills to save them selves had watched the struggle in an agony If suspense. l did but fling the girls rein to Master Bcrtic, and then wheeled my horse to the stream again. had made up my mind what I must do. ''CO on l cried, waving my hand with gesture of farewell. "Go on! 1 can keep them here fer awhile"
 ''Nonscn>o, heard tho duchess cry, her vuic, high and shrill. It is''-
 ''Gu un!" I cried. "Go on! Do Tot lose a moment, ur it will bo useless. N!oIrr l"rti" hrsitatcd, hut he, too ] saw that this WAS the only chance The SpaniardS Were on the brink uf the stream | now and must, if tlAy passed it, oVrrtakc
  a mulnvut Then Ev seiztd his wife rein and drew her on. and l heard the three hor>,S z" slnlA>hing away through the flood. threw a glance at them uvcr my Shuull>r, Ntihinking me that l had not told t!.} duC!o'-> my story, and that .-ir Anthuhy and Prtrnulla would nr.rr- but, I.>!I' W nat w;LS thinking of That | Was thought fur d woman. had only to har"'n Iny heart now and set my teeth tug, thrr. My t">k was very simple in | deed. l hAd just tu keep thvS,' ncn-thrru Were fuur-!irr, ;ls long as l could and if | pOssihlr tu stop ClarrnCo's pursuit alto | gvt!rr.
 For l h"d .uudr nn mistake The first | man t1 cone np WIS ClarcnCc-Ciarruco 1 himself llr let fAli a slNaEr word as his hcr>r stepped Sudl,'nly with its fore feet spread out Cn tllr edge uf the strvail, and | his dark tIcr l:r,w darker as he saw the | SwiEliNE vGdIr> and me standing fronting | him i'll tLs' moonlight with my sword out. l He rdi>rcrnvd Ut rl.cr, think. the strength 1 of my Iu-i5i'n. Mhvr" >t,"d the water whS svArr,'y over my hur>,'> fvtlorkS. l Whvrv hr ~;.''d il wn> over his hursv's | ku,''>, and L. tween us iI flowed nearly | four frvt urrp.
 He L,ld a nasty iarlry with hi- com | paniom>, anl turu he hailed ne Twin | you surr'n,., r" hr cried ill English I've will GI>r !ou quarter.
 :-urr.ud, T. Tn wh,.lu:" said And | wlH Wl : ,''r uId l >urryn,lrr> Are y,u l ruii' r. and r!:Iur~,~
 ~u!r..rl,I. iu t!"' Ii irrv"f Ih, t.rmI',.rrr. | yuu I"'I he ;.m. wrG,r! st"rnly and rough ly.
 l II know nothing; ahuut thrrmprror." l | rcturttd. What emperor:
 In thr queen $ name. then"
 'TEr Duke "f Clrvrs iS queen hcrc!" l cried, and a> the iluul is rising" 1 add eI scornt&lly, Il would advise you to go hom2 again.
 ''Nou would advi>n would you' Who ! arr you: Ec replied in n kind of wrathful | curiosity
 I gave him no answer. I havc often since I, lcvjrd, with n fuller knowledge of | certain facts that nu stranger interview ever tNuk place than this short colloquy | Nvtwotn lis; that no stranger fight ever wIS fought than that which We Cuntem- | plated as We >toud there hathcd in the May moonlight. with the water all round us and tho cold sky above, A strange fight ;nd,td it would have been between | hIIu and Inc had il ever come to tho sword $ | point,
 Bu, this was what happened. His last Word, Lad scarcely rung out when my Itf--t' -I!4 tt lI4NtE NilNCE lllt tillu SWs4N h"rr"urd and forward l had just time to Hike Jh, alarm when the poor beast sank dow n and rolled gently over, leaving me bv>tridinG i!S bod! my feet in the wa ter Whatever tho Cau>t of this l had tu dIeynIau-Iv u! self. and that quickly, foI the four N!vn UprusitV me, seeing me dis nIDuEl,d. plunged with a cry of triumph int" the water and began to founder across Without more ado stepped for ward Ia keep the ford.
 IT." foremost and nearest to mo was Clarence, whose horse began, half way acru>>, To swim. IL was still scrambling tn T, gain its footing when it came within my Trlch. and 1 slashrd it cruelty aCrOs. tl" nv-IrIls IL turned in an instant or i,s side. l SAW the riders face glean whit" in tho water, His stirrup shune Iuun!rl.t as the horse rolled over; then il a Id the two w,IC gone down tn,
 >tF't'n l. Was .it II" so easily, so quickly
 .t amazed n,'. One gone, hurrah!
 turned quickly to the others, who wer, A!"'nt landing. My blood was fired ant
 my yell "f victory, as dashed at them s,ar,d hack two of the horses. Dcspit, thrIr riders urging, they turned an, scrambled out on the side from which thel Lad entered. Only one Was Ieft--the far ! thc>: from me. He got across indeed, yet he was the most unlucky of all, for hi: horse stumbled on landing, came dowr heavily on its head and flung him at my very feet
 II was no time for Quarter-I had tC thi:k uf my friundS-and while with on' hand l seized the flying rein as the hOrs, scrambled, trCmhling, to its feet, with tn,
 other lungcd twice at the rider as ht
 half tried to rise, half tried to grasp a
 mo The sccmnd time ran him through