, 1897-12-04

counted thirty of the devils, and said
at once: on with your coats; don't
let them have anything to catch mold
Of but our naked bodies II they ge. in,
and we can handle ourselves better
Thirty to three said AL. 'Whew,
this amt going - be any boys play;
and the chances are nightly agin u.s.
we've got to fight for all there is in it,
"Rube, he took an ak and stood
right under the hole in the roof so
that If any of the devils got in he could
brain them. In a minute five rifles
cracked; for the Ingins were pretty
we'll armed for them times and their
bullets ratified agin the logs like hal.
agin a tent. Some of EN- was on top
the roof by this time. and soon the
leader Of the party. a big painted devii,
thrust his ugly face into the hole; but
he had hardly got a good look before
Bill dropped him by a well-directed shot
and he tumbled in on the floor.
You darned fool said Bill. as he
saw the effect Of his shot; did you
think we was asleep?'
There was one opening that served
for air. and a savage. seeing that the
boys had forgotten to barricade it,
tried to push himself through, an not
succeeding, tried to back out. but at
that instant Bill caught him by the
wrist-Bill was a powerful man-and
picking up a beaver-trap that laid on
the floor. actually beat his brains out
with it.
while this circus was going on in
side, three more of the Ingins got on
the roof and wrenched off a couple of
the logs that covered it; but in a min
ute they came tumbling down and lay
dead on the floor.
THAT leaves only %, don't it, in
quired AL, as he mopped his face with
his shirt sleeve.
Howl, you red DEVILS said Bill.
as the Ingins commenced their awful
yelling when they saw their comrades
fall into the room. Don't you know.
you blamed fools, you're fell in with
experienced hands at the shooting
'Spat! Something hit AL. and he was
the first wounded, but 1t was only a
scratch. and he kept right on attending
to business.
by gosh! look at RUDE, will your
said AL. The dumb boy had in his grasp
the very chief of the band, who had
just then discovered the hole in the
roof made by the three Ingins who had
passed in their checks for their i'm
pudence. and was trying his best to
push himself down. Rube had made
a strike at him with the ak, but the
edge had turned aside, and the savage
was getting the better of the boy; he
had grappled RUDE by the hair
and one arm, and they were flying
round like a wild cat and a hound.
Bill tried three times to sink his knife
the old chief, but there was such
a cavortin' in the wrastle be,
tween him and the boy. he
afraid to try any more, for
fear 1t might hit RUDE instead. Sud-
denly the Ingin fell to the floor as
dead as a trapped beaver what's been
drowned; Rube had stuck his buck
horn handled knife right into the
heart Of the brute.
set him agin the hole in the side
of the building said Bill; he amt fit
for nothing else than to stop a gap;'
SO RUDE set him agin the hole and
him there with half a dozen
knives what was lying round loose.
Just as they had fastened the dead
body Of the old chief to the side of the
cabin. a perfect shower Of bullets came
round like a hailstorm. AN
right, let us have your waste lead
said Bill.
"A few more Of these dead Ingins
and We can make a regular fort OF
this old cabin; we want two for that
said AL. as he pointed to a
gap in the west side Of the wall:
but before he had got the words fairly
out Of his mouth, two Of the attacking
party jumped down into the room. AL,
being a regular giant, as 500 as they
surprised them by Selling one
with each hand by the throat. and he
actually held them at arms length till
he had squeezed the very life out Of
them, and they both fell corpses.
While AL was performing this two
Ingin act, a great light burst into the
cabin, and by the time he had choked
enemies to death, he saw. while the
Ingins outside gave a great yell Of ex>
ultation, that they had fired the place.
Damn EN- shouted Bill. as he
pitched the corpse of the chief from the
gap where Rube had set him. Fellows,
we've got to get out OF here right quick:
follow me, boys!'
Holding their rifles In hand, and
c%lutching a hunters-knife also they
out into the brush surrounding
the place. and started on the run for
the heavy timber on the bank of the
They had reckoned unluckily; a wild
war-whoop greeted the flying men as
they reached the edge Of the forest,
and without being able to use their
arms. they were taken prisoners. Bill