The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-16

ing IN the harbor. thinking that all
was safe.
But women are only sklttish creat-
ures after dll, so when the ship she
was on was stopped at Rosetta, Miss
Lucy foolishly resolved to return over
land to her father. This was, of course
the very worst thing she could have
done, and the result was that Lieu
tenant Grahame met the native SER
want who was looking for the ma
jor to tell him that the girl had re-
turned to the house ana was hiding
there in great danger.
when we had run on for about
ten minutes We came across an ugly
crowd of armed liffraff, who seemed
inclined to dispute the road with us.
stand clear!' yelled the cap'n, as he
dragged me into an open doorway. on
ly just in time, for had I been a min
ute later l should certainly nave lost
the number of my mess there and
then, as a perfect storm of bullets
hissed by me. We slammed the door
| to. and luckily the fastenings were
still good, as we could hear the mob
hammering against 1t and endeavoring
to blow the lock open
"'Quick; up here again shouted the
| capn, leading the way up some crazy
| stone steps on to the fiat roof There
was a kind of hatchway over the stairs,
and this We managed to clap on in half
a trick. AS luck would have it we also
! found a pile of loose masonry. which
/ had fallen from the dome of "a temple
! place next door.
when l had shoveled about half a
ton of this rubbish on to the hatch, l
thinks it time to have a spell and take
our bearings. l looks around but
cCulQn't see the cap'n nowhere
Just then I heard his voice pellng
| and shouting curses in q most awful
manner, and running in the direction
Of the sound found him waving his
arms and stamping about as If he was
Lalmy on the crumpet.
Look at the fiends, he roared
dancing with rage. Now, Lucy, I'm
coming, dearest!'
"And believe he would have jumped
over the parapet, sheer drop of sixty
, feet, if l hadn't Clinched his coat with
both hands.
There across the narrow street We
saw two English females .crouChed on
the opposite roof. The lower part of
the building was in flames, and in the
street below a crowd of yellow mon
grels were shouting and brandishing
their guns.
"NOw, if there Is one thing morn
aruther that Tom Saunders pats his
self on the back about it is that he
never loses his head. The roof we
was standing on had Flagstaff in the
middle, and in a moment like it came
10 me that this spar was to be the
salvation of them two girls.
Help me pull the stick down, Gra-
hame" I shouted. forgetting his rank
in the furry of the moment. He
catched on my meaning at once, and
we both tugged away for dear life.
can't say now whether the staff was
rotten or how 1t came about. but all
know is that in q brace of shakes we
had the spar down and stretched be-
tween the two roofs. The next minute
my boots were off. and | was across
before the chaps below had time t.
think what was adding Of
Mrs. Grahame--I mean Miss Lucy as
she was then-like Il true woman, want
cd to stand argufyinG with her maid
as to who I should take first, but / cut
their tackle short by seizing the young
, lady in my arms and starting of. She
was true blue and didn't scrcech, but
,, nestled in my arms. bless her heart, as
,, if she was baby.
, II know 7 must be getting old. fol
whenever / think of that time now cold
beads of persriration stand out on my
| face, and / can feel my heart beating
like the rod of a donkey engine.
And soon as I stepped out on the
boom a hoarse shout came from below
| l,o DF lc ho =
anything else. Then I could hear pop,
guns going off, but there couldn't have
been a decent shot in all the billing o.
'em, or we should never have got across
Before you could count two l has
: placed the purity creature in the cap'n':
: arms and was halfway back again.
"'Come along, my LASS said. An(
without a whimper the plucky gal cams
right to the edge of the roof to NEE
me. Then the worst part of the bean
feast began. Afore l had taken half ,
dozen steps a bullet plugged through
: my cheek and / spit out two of m,
: best biscuit crushers. Polly, too-that'
9 the missus's name-got nasty scratch
Z though / didn't know that till after
I ward. Then | feels a singing pail
9 above the right knee. and, thinks
Z it's all up this time, Tom, my boy
{ when / feels the cap'n laying hold o
q me, and we was drawed into safety
4 [ thought at least il was safety
q but soon found l was wrong. The de
q mons had managed to force the tran
q and now came swarming up by doz
4 ems. Luckily for us, two British tar
= is a match for hundred ragged cam
' followers, and up-ended score or S
q before they knowed where they wa'
. | don't go for to say, though, tina
y things wasn't looking serious wheI
Y lust in the nick of time, we heard tn
. tramp of patrol, and the yellow chap
y scooted so quickly that in about te
Y seconds there wasn't nary one to b
y seen.
e About a month afterward when
q was getting round again-fOr l was
v bit knocked up after the sCrimmage-
y ! was taking a walk round the hO.
y pitaI when l pumps up agen Poll.
y The meeting was So sudden that "
y We're both rather taken aback. ST
Y colored up like a beautiful rose: thel
y afore | could say lay a-crying, wit
" her head on my shoulder. ] waited Il
y she had calmed down n bit, then
y suueezes her and says, Polly, sha
y we?' without no shilly-s -shallying abol
Y she ans cred, Yes And that Wa
y what they calls the sequel 10 our az
v ventures.
y Here comes tother three seque
y home from school, and / reckon it
" about mess time, so I'll say good da
= sir, and thank you ly."--ChicaG
v Times-llerald.