The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-17

] 49,
/ Bevei8y did not hear the old mans
words. did not feel his kindly tcNch.
"Alicei Alice," he murmured. dead.
+ desd,''
'Ya-as.' drawled oncle Jazon, I
hearn about it soon as got inter town.
{ Its a sorry thing. a mighty sorry thing.
But mebby won't do a little somepin'
Z TO that
I Beverley Strengthened himself and
4 lifted his gun. forgetting that he had
I not reloaded il since firing last. He
1 leVeleo il at the fort and touched the
! trigger. simultaneously 18th his move
/ Inent an embrasure opened and a can
( non flashed. its roar fianked on either
! side by a cracking of British mus
] ketS. Some bullets struck the fence
and flung splinters into Oncle Jazons
! face. cannon bail knocked a ridge
/ pole from the roof Of A house hard by.
and sent it whirling through the air.
| "Nentrcbleu,-et apres? What the
I devil next? Better knock a felier's eyes
out" the old man cried. 4 amt d
dom nOthin' 10 ye,"
1 He capered around rubbing his Ieath
cry face after the manner OF a sealded
monkey Beverley was struck in the
/ breast by "A flattened and spent ball
/ that glanced from fence picket. The
shock caused him TO stagser and drop
his gun; but he quickly picked il up
and turned TO his companion.
Are you hurt OTcIe Jazon?" he in
/ quired. Are you hUrt?"
Not a bit-jes skeert mos into a
duck fit. Thought a cannon ball
/ had knocked my whole dang face down
/ my throat Nothin but a handful o
! splinters in my poorly Countnance
maxim my head feel like pore pine
/ But ] sort o thought I heard somepin
I give you diff.
Something did hit me. said Bever-
! ley, laying hand on his breast, but
l don't think il was a bullet They
| seem to be getting our range at last.
! Tell the men to keep well under cover.
They must not expose themselves until
we are ready to charge
The shock had brought him back to
( his duty as a leader of his little COM
pany. and With the funeral bell of all
I his Hfe's happiness toiling in his ag-
] onized heart he turned afresh to direct
{ ing the fire upon the block house.
I About this time a runner came from
I Clark with an order to cease firing and
| let returning party of British scouts
under Captain Lamothe re-enter the
I fort unframed A strange order IT
/ seemed TO both officers and men; but
4 it was implicitly obeyed Clark :
/ genius here made another fine strategic
/ flash. He knew that unless he let the
! scouts go back into the stockade they
would escape by running away, and
/ might possibly organize an army of IN
/ dams with which to succor Hamilton.
! But if they were permitted to go inside
! they could be captured with the rest
/ of the garrison; hence his order.
y few minutes passed in dead silence;
Captain Lamothe and his party
marched close by where Beverley's
| squad was lying concealed. 1t was a
] difficult task TO restrain the creoles,
/ for some of them hated Lamothe. Oncle
I Jazon squirmed like a snake while they
/ fled past all unaware that an enemy
| lurlxed so near. When they reached the
fort. ladders were put down for them
+ and they began to Chamber over the
wall. crOWding and pushing one an
/ other in wild haste. Oncle Jszon could
( hold in no longer.
va. va. yai' he yelled. Look out,
! the ladder is faIIiu Wi ye,"
Then all the lurking crowd shouted
( as one man, and, sure enough, down
/ came a ladder-men and all in d crash
1 ing heap
silence, silence!" Beverley COM
( manded: but he could not check the
/ wild Jeering and laughing. while the
/ bruised and frightened scouts hastily
| erected their ladder again. fairly tum-
! bling over one another in their haste
| to ascend. and SO cleared the wall. fall
/ ing into the stockade to join the garri-
/ son
.'Ventrebleu." shrieked oncle Jazon
They've gone TO bed; but Wen wake
'em UP at the crack o. day an give EN-
/ d breakfas' q hot Lead"
{ Now the fighting was resumed with
| redoubled spirit and noise. and when
morning came. sfording sufficient light
/ to bring out the bead sights" on the
( Kentucky rifles. the natchleSS marks
! men in Clark's band forced the British
/ to close the embrasures and entirely
! cease trying to use their cannon; but
/ the fight with small arms went merrily
3 on until the middle Of the forenoon.
Meantime Gaspard Roussillon had
! tied Francis Maisonville's hands fast
{ and hard with the strap of his bullet
pouch.
Now III scalp you" he said in
J rumbling tone. terrible to hear. And
with his words out came his hunting
! knife FROM its sheath.
20 have mercy, my dear Monsieur
] Roussillon,' cried the painting captive;
! have mercyi"
/ Mercy, yes. like your coloneTs.
J that'swhst youll get, You stand by
/ that forban. that scelerst. that bandit
/ and help him. GA. yes. you'll get
mercy, Yes. che same mercy that he
showed to my poor little Alicei Your
} scalp. monsieur. If you pieasei \ small
7
I But. for the sake Of old friendship.
/ Ciaspard. for the sake
/ ''Ziff, Poor little Alice"
{ But 7 swear to YOU that r.
! Tout de meme. monsieur. je vais
/ vous scalper maintenant"
In fact, he had taken off part OF
I MaiS0nVille'S scalp, when 4 party Of
4, soldiers. among whom were Maison-
I ville's brother. a brave fellow and loyal
1 to the American cause, We're attracted
/ by his cries and came TO his rescue
] NJ ROusSiiiOn struggled braveiy. in
/ sisting upon completing his cruel per
/ Torrance: but he WAS at last over3ow-
! cred, partly by brute force and partly
! by the pleading OF MlisonVilllc's
! brother. and made to desist. The big
I man wept with rage when he saw the
I bleeding prisoner protected. "Eh bien,
! III keep what I've got he roared
( and I'll take the rest of il next time
( He shook the tuft Of hair al Maison-
! vile AMI Slared like mad bull.
! Two o. three other members of La
. mOthc'S band were captured bout the
I emo time BY some of the French mi
/ litiamen. and Clark. when on his round
cheering and directing his forces. dis
: covered that these prisoners we're be
/ ing used as shields. Some young Gre
! oles. gay with drink and the Stimulat-
. Ing effect OF fight. had bound the Door
fellows and were firing from behind
them OF course the commander
promptly put an end to this cruelty:
( but they considered il exquisite fun
while il lasted. II wss IN broad day
I light. and they knew that the English
/ in the fort could see what they were