Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-02-10

Cries and confusion, the flashes and
reports of pistol shots and one loud
groan rang in my ears.
"Out, lads, out, and fight 'em in the
OPEN! Cutlassesl" cried the captain.
| snatched cutlass from the pile,
and some one Mt the same time snatch
ing another gave me cut across
the knuclles, which l hardly felt.
dashed out of the door into the clear
sunlight. Some one was close behind,
l. know not who. Right in front, the
doctor was pursuing his assailant down
the hill, and, just as my eyes fell upon
him, beat down his guard and sent him
sprawllng on his back. with great
slash across his face.
Round the house, lads! round the
house!" cried the captain; and even in
the hurly-burly perceived change in
Mechanically obeyed. turned cast
ward, and, with my cutlass raised, ran
round the corner of the house. Next
moment | was face to face with Ander-
son. lie roared aloud, and his hanger
went up above his head, flashing In the
sunlight. had not time to be afraid,
but, as the blow still hung impending,
leaped In a trice upon one side, and.
missing my foot in the soft sand. rolled
headlong down the slope.
When had first sailed from the door
the other mutineerS had been already
swarming up the palisade to make an
end of us. One man, in red night
cap. with his cutlass in his mouth, had
even got upon the top and thrown
leg across. Well, so short had been
the interval, that when l found my
feet again all was in the same posture,
the fellow with the red night-cap stu
halfway over another still just show
ing his head above the top Of the stock
ade. And yet, in this breath OF ume'
the fight was over, and the victory
ours.
Gray, following close behind me, had
cut down the big boatswain ere ne hao
time TO recover from his lost blow.
Another had been shot ut loophole In
the very act of firing into the house,
and now lay In agony, the pistol SUI,
smoking in his hand. a third, as had
seen. the doctor had disposed OF at
blow. OF the four who had scaled the
palisade, one only remained unac-
counted for, and he, having left his cut
lass on the field, was now clamocring
ont again with the fear of death upon
him.
"Ffre-fire from the housel" cried the
doctor. "And you. lads. back into
cover"
Rut his words were unheeded, no
shot wns fired, and the last boarder
made good his escape, and disappeared
with the rest into the wood. In three
seconds nothing remained OF the at.
lacking party but the five who hau
fallen. four on the inside. and one on the
outside, of the pahsade.
The doctor and Gray and ran fnil
speed for shelter. The survivors would
soon be back where they had left their
muskets, and Mt any moment the hre
might rccommcnce.
The house was by this time somewhat
cleared of smoke. and we saw at
plancethe price we had paid for victory.
Uun,erlay.bcside his loop-hole, stunned;
Joyce by his, shot through the head,
never TO move again; while right In the
center the squire was supporting inc
captain, one MS pale as the other.
''rhe captains wounded" said MI
Trelawncy.
Have they run?" asked Mr.. Smollett.
"All that could, you may be bound
returned the doctor; "but there's hVe
Of them will never run again
"Fivei" cried the captain come.
that's better Five ngainstthree leaves
us four 10 nine. That's better odds
than we had Mt starting. We were
seven to nineteen then, or thought we
were, and that's as bad to bcar.
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