Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-03

than those who had 10 pear the Dur-
den Of the tree. Again the Counts rifle
was heard. and the men broke for the
wood without waiting for more. The
leaves closed over them and there WAS
great and instant stiffness.
As Count ST Poiten-Vassima stood at
his wicket ne could hear Gertrude
Richter in the room above loading her
artillery and laying each gun as it was
ready on her little dressing table. He
himself FASTENED to DO likewise Then
all suddenly a new turn was given TO
the situation. for AIT Karl strobe out Of
,he wood and across the wide green TO-
wards The front door HIS daughter
saw him first. for that was her chosen
side Of the house
Run she cried, run for the door,
father, l will open il" But Alt Karl
was an Under-Officer of the Kaiser, and
il was not his habit 60 run till he saw
cause. So ne faced about and looked
calmly all about him. a gun went Of
TO the right and watt of white smoke
arose. Alt Karl took the towing piece
from his shoulder and laid it TO his ear
ready for action. Then steadily, as II
had given himself the order TO charge,
ne wen. az the double straight fer the
place from whence the bUllec-had come.
But before he had gone dozen yards
2 second shot was fred from the ieft.
Az Karl wavered. stumbled. ana went
over on his face with swirl aus gun
exploding as be fell.
BY this time TrUda had the front door
omen and was on the point OF rushing
forth 10 succor her father But Count
ST. Polten took her by the shoulder
roughly and thrus, her behind him.
stay where you are he commanded;
he is too heavy for you 70 carry.
And he laid down his gun on the
spared rustic seat on the porch and
rushed across the lawn bareheaded.
Bullets whstled about him as he ran.
But i'm a moment he reached the side o.
the fallen man. He stopped and raised
Alt Kari in his arms. A crowd OF men
broke from the coyerJs on right and left,
and with fierce bowls OF rage rushed
towards the Count, who stumbled IN
der his heavy burden.
Nevertheless he carried his Jagd-
meister swiftly enough in his arms TO-
wards the open door. As he came he
saw Gertrude kneeling upon one knee
behind the trellis of the porch. swiftly
She fired one gun and then another till
she had exhausted her store. Then she
stood I'D with her fathers revolver il
her hand. and as he approached the
door with his unconscious burden on
his shoulder he could hear the sharp
crack of the repOrt and simultaneously
the spit and whistle of the bullets as
thev passed on either side Of him, first
over one shoulder and then over the
other. So accurate was the young sirl 5
aim that The charge Of the convicts was
STAYED. though not wholly prevented.
AZ Ger,rud changed the door and shot
the bolts two men flung themselves
arains, IL and one fired his gun into the
kevhole. But the solid oak and tho
GOOD iron bolts stood the stress.
ITO your wicket" cried Truda; i
shall 90 back 70 my window
she only reached her station in time
10 see the disappointed assailanJs run
ming back 70 cover. But the lawn was
fairly snrinkled with the wounded,
some limping. some crawling, and still
more wing deadly still. All was safe
for q little while so having again load
ed her rifles Gertrude ran swiftly TO look
after her father.
Alt Karl lay with his head supported
on the Counts shoulder. His daughter
cut away mis- coat deity. The bullet
had gone clean through the shoulder,
between the joint OF the right arm and
the spring of the neck, but very near
the surface-too near TO have touched
any vital part. 1t was the shock more