The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-11

light we saw 1t swing oNcn before rs.
With the Lamp IN my hand 'qneeI"d
nv way in, followed by my companion,
We Wera in tho powder magazine nj
the castle--a rnugh.wRllGd cellar, with
barrel, all around 1t, aud ono with the
top STAYED in in tho couter. Tho pow
der from it Law ina black heap on the
floor Beyond there was another door,
but il was locked.
ave are no better OF than before
cried Duroc "Wc have no key
eve have dozen" Cr.oi.
"Whera?"
Ipointed to tho line OF powder bar.
"You would blow this door opOn?"
"Preciaely."
"Bnt you would explode the maya.
zine"
It was true, but | was moi at tho end
Of my resources.
"Wo shall blow open tho stororoom
door." cried.
ran back and seized tin box which
had been filed with ClniIei 1t was
about tho size OF my bushy-larI8
enough to hold several pounds OF pow.
der Dur0C filed II while cut OIL the
end Of candle. When wo had finished
1t would have puzzled colonel OF On.
giResrs to make better pollard. | pat
three choices on top OF each other aud
placed 1t above them 80 as to lpRn It
against the lock. Then wS III our eau.
dlc.end and ran for shcler shutting the
door Gt tho magazine behind ~.
II waa no joke, my friends, TO lie
among all those ton, OF powder, with
the knowledge that II tho flame OF the
explosion should penetrate through one
thin door our blackcnci limbs would DO
shot higher than the castle keen. VINO
could Lave believed tia! half.inCh OF
candle could take so long 10 burn? My
ears were straiHing all the tins i0f the
thuiling Of tho hooI1 OF the Cosacks
who wcro coming to destroy H. had
almost made np my mind that the
candle must have gone out when thOre
wac II smack like bur'ting bomb. Oar
door How to bits. and pieces ul choose
with shower q turnip', apples aud
Hplinicrs OF Cnsrs wcrc shot In among
us. As We rulhcd out wo had to atnggOr
through M impOnetrabir smoke, win
all Sorts OF debris beneath our foot, but
there was n glimmorDngsQuaro where
tho dark door had boom Tho pCtnrd
hal done iis work.
IN fnct, II had dona mofO for ~ TINA
wo hNd vcntnrCd to hope. THAI shat.
tered iailcrs a. well ~ jail. Tho first
thing that ] saw as ! came ont was n
man with butchers aN In his hand,
lying flat on his back with gaming
wound across his iorcleni The spnni
was a hugo doc with two Of it, logs
broken twistingin agony upon the floor,
As II reared ltsclt saw the broken unda
Tapping Ike fails. Al tiO Same instant
| heard u cry, and there WA Dnrnr
thrown against tho wall Nilh tho other
homnh'H tncth In hntnrDnt. iicunsnot
1t III with his lott hnui while Nulln
nnu ugnin lao pnvud lisglhtN ilfnut IN
iia body, but II wac not iinNil blow ant
i's brains Wlllmy pistol that tUn ron
jaws fnlnSoI and tho liofCc, blood hot
eyes we've pO2rl IN doalh
There Wa no timo for us 10 rnusc.
a Wnrlnn's scream from IN lront--n
scream nj m1t0I tofrOt that told W.
even nuW wo mglIt l,h too late.
There wrro lwoolnnr mon In tim hail.
but they covered away from our drawn
swords aud lufi1u. faces,
! Hhr htpn'wn strunmrOr from purofa
urclS and dycnc the gray iur NJ hia 10,
I1tc hunu VII, tnu lhdl nro, however,
that llr phnl IN trout NJ ino, aud II wna
urly over hl' rhoullur Ihnt ctnpnt II
gllmusn pl the sogHp a., we frahnl into
lho chamber IN whlrn No not llrt aeon
tho master VI tho Cnslloui Gluum.
The baron vas standing Ia tho mid.
die ~ tho room, with hin tnnplol mnno
| btiHlnp lIkn az auyfy lion. llo vna, m
have fnid, u nniu man with enormous
shoulders, mud M hn STOOL llIpto viii,
ma lnro ild7hol with rngo aud lir
sword advanced, / could moi hut mini,
! but that IN spite Of all Ills yillianoa liz