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

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presently added. Then he uttered an
exclamation of great surprise.
There's Lieut. enant Beverley out
there," ne exclaimed.
You're mistaken. you're excited.
Hamilton half sneeringly remarked, yet
not without shade OF uneasiness in
his expression. You forget, sir.
Look for yourself it's easily set
tied, and Farnsworth proffered the
glass. He's there, to a certainty. sir.
Il saw beverley al hour ago" said
Helm. Il knew all the time That he'd
be on hand.
1t was a white lie. Captain Helm was
as much surprised IS his captors at
what he heard. but he could not resist
the temptation tn be annoying.
Hamilton looked as Farnsworth di-
rected. and sure enough. there was the
young NiTginian lieutenant, standing
on barriCade his hat off. cheering
/ his men with q superb show of zeal
Not hair of his head was missing. so
far as the glass could be relied upon To
show
OHcle Jazon's quick old eyes saw the
g1eam of the telescope tube in the loop
hole.
II never could shoot much" he NUT
tered. and then little bullet sped with
absolute accuracy from his disreputa bic
I looking rife and shattered the object
lens, just as Hamilton moved to with
draw the glass. uttering an ejaculation
, of intense excitement.
Such devils of narksmen," said he,
and his face was haggard. That in
fernal Indian lied
Il could have told you all the time
that the scalp long Hair brought to
you was not Beveriey's." said Helm in
differently Il recognized Lieutenant
! Barlow's hair as soon as | saw it
This was another piece of off-hand
romance Helm did hot dream that he
was accidentally Sketching a horrible
truth.
-Barlow's," exclaimed FarnswOrth.
Yes. Bdrlow's. no mistake
Two more men reeled from port
hole. the blood spinning far out OF
their wounds. Indeed. through every
aperture in the walls the bullets were
now humming like mad hornets.
CLOSE that port-hole,'' stormed Ham
ilton; then turning to Farnsworth he
added: We cannot endure this long.
Shut up every place large enough for
a bullet to get through Go all around
give strict orders to all. See that the
men. do not foOIishly expose themselves.
Those ruffians out there have located
every crack
His glimpse Of Beverley and the sin
lister remark of Helm had completely
unnamed him before his men fell.
Now il rushed upon him that if he
would escape the wrath of the mad
dened creOles and The vengeance of
Alice's lover. he must quickly throw
himself upon the mercy of Clark 1t
was his only hope. He chafed inwardly,
but bore himself with stern GOODNESS.
He presently sought Farnsworth.
pulled him aside ands suggested that
something must be done TO prevent an
assault and a massacre The sounds
outside seemed to forebode a gathering
for a desperate rush, and in mis- heart
he felt all the terrors of awful antici-
patton.
sWe are completely at their mercy,
that is plain he said. struggling his
shoulders and gazing at the wounded
men writhing in their agony. What
do YOU suggest -
Captain Farnsworth was shrevd
officer. He recoiiected that Philip De-
jean. Justice of Detroit, was on his way
down the Wabash from that post and
probably near at hand, with fotiIIa
of men and supplies. Why not ask for
a few days Of truce? 1t could do no
harm, and if agreed to, might be their
salvation. Hamilton jumped at the
/ thought, and forthwith drew up a note
which he sent out with a white flag.
Never before in all his military career
had he been so comforted by a sudden
cessation of fighting. His soul would
grovel in spite of him. Alice's cold face
now had BeverIey's beside il in his
field. of inner vision-a double assurance
of impending doom, il seemed TO him
There was short delay in the arrival
of Colonel Clark's reply, hastily
scrawied on bit of soiled paper The
request for a truce was fatty refused;
but the note closed thus.
IF Mr. Hamilton is DESTROYS of a
Conference with Col Clark he viii
meet him at the Church with Captn.
Helms"
The spelling was not very good. and
there was a redundancy of capital let
tiers; yet Hamilton understood il all;
and it was very difficult for him TO
conceal his haste 10 attend the pro-
posed conference But he Vas afraid
to go to the church-the thought
chilled him. He could not face Father
Reret. who would probably be there.
And what if there should be evidence
of the funeTal-what if2-he shuddered
and tried to break away from the
vision in his tortured brain.
He sent a proposition TO Clark to
meet him on the espIanade before the
main gate of the fort: but Clark de
clined. insisting upon the church And
thither he at last consented 10 go 1t
was an immense brace TO his spirits to
have Helm beside him during that
walk. which. although but eighty
yards in extent, seemed to him mat
ter Of lea CUES. On the way he had 10
pass near the new position taken up
BY Beverley and his men. 1t was fine
test of nerve, when the lieutenant's
eyes met those of the governor. Nei-
Their man permitted the slightest
change of countensnce TO betray his
feelings. In fact, Beverley's face was
as rigid as marble: he could not have
changed it
But with Oncle JazOn il was a differ
ent affair. He had no dignity TO pre-
serve no fine military bearing to sus-
tain. no terrible tug Of conscience. no
paraIyzing grip if despair on his heart
When he saw Hamilton going by. bear
ing himself so sUperbly. il affected the
French volatility in his nature 10 such
an extent that his tongue could not be
controlled
Va ten. bette. fcrban, meurtrier,
Skin out f'ern here, beast robber muir
derer." he cried, in his keen screech-
owl voice. III git tibet scelp o your n
sfore shutdown. see T T don't, Ye
emery EsI-killer an ba'r buyer
The blood in Hamiltons veins caught
no warmth from these remarks. but nc
| held his head high and passed stolidly
on as if he did not hear word Helm
turned the tail of an eye upon Oncle
Jazon and gave him q drOll. quizZiCaI
wink OF approval In response the old
man with grotesque solemnity drew
his buckhorn knife. licked its blade
and returned il TO it's sheath-a bit Of
pantomime well understood and keenly