The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-09-18

shot mn man through the heart.
some duty told her to be ready tn
hand us the ammunition after the first
volley.
The guerrillas came on, every man
holding a carbine. When they had Gov
cred third of the distance, l saw that
Buck was about to fire out OF turn. and
! was obliged to speak to him some
what sharply. think the advancing
men heard me. for they stopped and
consulted. The captain, standing be-
low, called to them to go on, and, sep
arating so as to leave a dozen yards
between each man, skirmish fashion.
they started again, watching eagerly
for sight Of something to fire at. AS
they were all abreast, my order for
firing would not serve. l gave another.
"I'll take the left man, Miss Stan
forth the center, Buck the right"
There was no response. All were too
intent on the work before us to speak.
l permitted the men to come within a
hundred yards, when, taking deliberate
aim with the rest, | shot my man
through the heart. In another mo-
ment Helen's rife cracked, and the
center man dropped. Buck. who was
excited. fired wild and missed alto
gether. Ginger lost his head COM
pletely and did not fire at all. AS Gin
gers courage deserted him Jacks came
10 her all of a sudden.
"Why don't yo shoot, GingerT she
cried. with flashing eyes. Snatching
his gun and aiming it at the remaining
man. who was rapidly getting down
the declivity, she sent him the rest OF
the way with limp. Two men were
put out OF the fight and the third dis
abled.
"By golly," cried Buck. 1--WE licked
'em, didn't we?"
thought 1t best not to discourage
him by telling him that this was only
preliminary skirmish, but asked Jack
for the ammunition, and we all reload
ed.
The wounded man went back to the
captain, who appeared greatly agitated
over the result. He was evidently sur
prised at the reception of his searching
party. The men who had gone to the
tanks, hearing the firing, rejoined their
leader, and two men who had been In
the rear came forward.
Heaven preserve us! The captain has
started up the slope at the head Of Il
storming party of eight men.
/ was appalled,. We had but four
guns and after firing a volley must re-
load before firing another. We could
not expect to disable more than four
men at the first fire; then the remaining
four would be upon us before we could
reload. In quick tones l gave the or
der:
yAll load. I'll fire."
With that l let drive and dropped a
man. Then, throwing down my gun,
! took Helen's and dropped another.
Buck handed me his, and | dropped a
third.
by jlminyw cried Buck, exposing
his head to see better. "Ain't yo' bull
ly shotT Ping! went a bullet within
an inch of his ear. and he ducked.
keep down" cried as the lead rat
tied against the rocks In front Of us,
and fired the fourth gun, again hitting
my man. though only winged him.
Indeed. ! believe he dropped to cvade
the fire. BY this time the first gun had
been reloaded. and took ain at the
captain. was sure / hit him, but hc
came on. Taking the next gun now
ready, fired ut him again, but just ne
did 80 one OF the men stepped IN
trout of him aud received TIE shot
This finished the Assault. Tlie men
broke and fed and before ] could i;p'
another shot were far back toward t.ie
position from which they bad started.