The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-07-25


isrs spi heaps Of 'siisn stones dosn 10
The darn cellars gts ruiaed house 10 The
iiieao io,t OF F.,i-Gbur. 10 pos,hsrD 10
d.
It..sslosny pl.cc hl.ci Lonesome.
dresry .-.sf at the scot sbsr' .ra might
lerptci siiieti or poi'nnoas scske 70
poe 90. apaE yon \ snJ moment; bat
g,uy "a Sslls dif not s'tm 10 mipd u
. bit, sod wet sesuperirr spd lsnghine
lihrorsh ID. 6in srehsys srd dark.
shDstiy v.oits . n.s,riIy ss u they hsd
btsn 10 skiodsrs.'tep
IL sss . ftsinya ytry strange place 10
ctoJss Tor playground. and II vss .
a,sasu ,iiii that they should be playing
sud l.ustias o. oil. With the shsdow Of
aes,a deepetios dsy By dsy over them
sslvss. their fathers aud the whole ssrri
son Of the fort.
w.f wss rssins throughout the entire
district, spd sll srsund Fati-Gbur lay go
osmpsd . great host OF hsrcs Hindu waf
rlors. vowing never 10 leave the place no
Ill they had tskea the plsce and killed
every living thing within i.s walls.
Three times bsd the besiesers Dsde .
furious attack on The tort, bot each time
they bed been beaten Of vi b heavy loss.
snd did not seem inclined TO try 1t sgsip.
Bat oil dsy long and sometimes 81
night they kept banging swsy d The
wallis With their cannon spd muskets, till
no one could look over the bsitlements
Tor lear Of being shot dead. aud the sick
aud wounded men Of the gsrtison we're
quite worn opt With this oesseless din.
Worse, s,ill, food vas beginning TO run
short, snd they would soou be forced to
Surrender or stsrvs to desth uuless some
ous Gene TO the rescue; and there seemed
10 be little hope for thst, for II would
h,7, taken . large army, IS well IS
b, IS, nre. to cut through the forest OF
sbu arhins md colorsd robes snd dark
4 70 fees sni glitteripg weapons that
n q ne IL llo doomed fortress on every
Id'.
A s,',e iped 10 defend the for,
IA "a arfy t. Nailie as th y paused
Il. iest. sitsr fpauins themselves quite
oas si b,4'h, le'rt Cspt. Markham say
myssl', sslls sss hsiping woman to
or pe Il / tlr those col iers that we're
seaeaei ast a.sLt
An I've lorr apt ~aple lot OF rags Tor
n.st..rs ref'laa HE, proudly. and
IN oias 10 t,sr o. 1T more this sfter
noon. | do siia, housb. they give ov
or fighting. l'm so tired OF those guns
banging away oil night long. end i's 90
horrid seeing the poor soldiers brought 10
all cut and bleeding. There's poor Ser
sesnt Bennett. who made oil those pretty
toys for me, has got such terrible hurt
al along ons side Of his head. where bul
let bit him the other day; and ifs so sore
be csn't sleep bit.
Never mind. answered Harry. assuming
quite fstherly cir, 10 virtue OF bis being
six moths the older Of the two; just wait
two or three day more, and then you'll see
General Rose snd bis men come up from
the other side Of the river and send oil
these black fellows flying.
Bot heard psps cay yesterday, said |
Nellie, with rather grave look on her
round. rosy little face, that General Rose
hss only . few hundred men with bin
just nov; and surely they cant 6sht
whole army as once.
Can't theyP cried Harry, disdsInfully.
Didn't Lord Olive thrash 10000 Of them
It Plsssey, with only 5000 men Of bis owOi
And didn't the Duke Of Wellington send
he rsj.h's whole army scsmperiug With
,uly two regiments? Just you wait aud
zee. that's oil. ! ssy. let's bsve smother
,sme. You go aud hide. and I'll hunt for
ron.
Away went Nellie instantly right into
he gloomisst snd lopeliest part OF the
uins, bent upon discovering some place
where even Harry himself would rot be
Ibls 10 find her.
Fesrlessly che picked her way 10 sl
most total darkness through one black
md dismal vault after another for the
oushest soldier in tho esrrison wss not
,rsvsr than our little golden-hsired Nellie
: and st length she came to . spot where
wo great masses Of masonry hsd fallen
o suoh way as to lean sgsinst each 9th !,
u, forming kind Of low rrch very much !
Ike The mouth 81 cavern. I;
Harry will never 6od me here, said che .
o herself, iriumpbsntly, 90 she csept into o
be hole, sud tudins It not large enough Q
o let her s,snd upright she Icy down up
10 the ground snd rsmsiped ss quiet as e
mouse. cLsckling inwsrjly TO think h
,os przsed Harry would lie when be il
.me 70 look for her. II
Bat scarcely hsd hor esr touched the /,
sr,h when che became svsre OF strange. Il
ull sound deep dsvn below her, like the
,essured beat Of osrs or The noise which :,
'ould be made by some one tbumpiDs q
srd against padded door. b
What could il bel II vss csr.sinly mol sl
larry. sSd there vas no one else down u
here except herself; bat the souud could Il
OF be merely her fancy --she vas quite n
are that che did hesr ii, and shat was
ore IL seemed TO be growing louder and fe
,mine nearer. sc
Their. for the 6nt time. little Nellie be o
10 10 feel frightened, Even 10 the course fs
her short lie she bad been 10 the East
ldiso lnnsles 90 many TIGER. sDd eroco re
Iles ard hn2e snskes aud o,ber terrible 90