The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

marked them even more clearly than
their companions for thoroughbred
Irishmen. They were apparently, in
some sort, under the leadership of tall
ruffian with high cheek bones, wide
mouth, and large side whiskers of a
| flaming red color, and as they came
along they shouted, and waved their
| sticks wildly above their heads with no
apparent provocation
The few occupants of the street fled
into their houses or up the neighboring
| by-ways. Estcourt contented himself
with drawing to one side, with the in
| tention Of passing along under the wall
or Of waiting there until the densest
part of the crowd should have gone by.
! But his uniform made it impossible for
him to escape thus without notice. and
| the temper of the mob being at the
moment highly aggressive they delib-
erately blocked his path
At first he was rather amused than
apprehensive, and addressed them in a
tone of good umored remonstrance.
Come, lads he said, .let me pass;
I'm on business, and have no time to
/ spare and he pushed boldly forward.
The crowd swayed about, yelling and
hooting derisively, and with a rush of
| half playful, half ferocious violence
bore him back against the wall, where
he stood at bay, uncertain whether TO
try persuasion or such force as he could
bring into play.
God save Oirelandr' howled the
| leader, who stood directly in front of
him, and seemed to be in paroxysm
of unexplained excitement; "God save
ould Oirelandr'
|
hoping that he saw here a chance of
conciliating them. with all my heart"
he shouted, GOD save Irelandn'
'Hurro for the Emperor Napolyunw
shrieked his tormentor striking the
ground with his stick and capering like
a maniac. Dick shrugged his shoulders
and assumed passive attitude.
"Hurroo for the Emperor Napolyun."
| the Irishman, screaming in his face.
Say ut, We murdherin divvle Of kings
OFFICER; say ut, or I'll tear thin golden
shtraps from yer dirty shouldhers!"
Dick drew himself together, clenched
his fists, threw back his head, and
raised himself to look for the thinnest
part of the crowd. At that moment
carriage and pair was quickly making
it's way down the other side of the broad
road, which had been left bare in part
by the concentration of the mob around
| their victim. He recognized his chance
and struck for it with all his force. He
was not armed even with a stick, but in
! a flash his two nearest antagonists had
| gone down before his fists and he was
| half way to the carriage, fighting his
| way desperately through a storm of
| confused blows and shouts Once he
| fell, and rose again without his hat;
a second time he was beaten to his
| knees, in the act of laying his hand
| upon the side of the carriage, which
had now stopped and in which he was
dimly conscious that a lady was stand
ing upright.
She opened the door and stepped
| quickly out. The crowd fell back lit
| tie, and she began to speak.
Dick scrambled TO his feet, still hold
ing on to the side of the carriage, and
stood looking at her in a
half-stunned condition of dull
establishment. Her face and form were
those of Camilla de Montaut, but her
speech and manner were strange to
him and produced upon his confused
| senses all the effect of an homogeneous
| dream.
"Whisht bhoys!" she said; ''tell me
now what is't ye're afther here?'
There was silence for a moment. Its
| st. Pathricks Day." said a voice at
| last.
TT is so,' said the lady, readily, cor
| why would 1 be wearing shamrock? ?"
| and she took a small bunch of green
| leaves from her dress and held them up.
but that's no reason at al" she went
| on, vivaciously, "why We should be
| afther murdherin' me frens, and me the
| Daughter Of Anthony Donoghue."
| The crowd showed a tendency to
shuttle back and get behind one an
| other A ragged youth, who found him
| self left without support in the front
rank, took off his cap respectfully
"Shure, twas none of us at all, me
| Teddy" he said; "twas only Tim O'HaI-
loran that asst would his honor be PLACED
to say hurroo for the imperor, and he
would not"
would he not?" said the lady, with
an irresistible air Of drollery; chin it's
mesilf that'I do ut for UNI. Hurroo
for the EMPEROR she cried, heartily;
land whin he comes back to his own
may 1 be there to give him the cead
militia falta!'
She turned to Dick, pointed to the
| open door OF the carnage, ana Jumped
in behind him. The mob were cheering
wildly all around; one or two of the
nearest of them were taking the op-
portunity to beg trif1e of her lady
ship.
Drive ont' she cried to the coach
man. And in moment they were
whirling southwark down ST. Martins
lane in safety.
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| did SO, had placed himself on the back
| of tho "a I.Y.i nd Ta1xy Loci