The Irish standard., 1903-10-10
Copyright, 1907, by ]. B. Lippincott Company.
CHAPTER IN.

James eyes, when they recognized
him, flashed with anger. n"Gtrey
.Wortllingtnn mere. one al this mob
who had uvprridden her fathers
premises. had destroyed his property,
and might, for aught they cared, have
slain the members of his household.
One Vt The mob. did she say" Nay,
was il no, likely ihn, he was their
header their nstigutor- the one VIII"
had brought them here? she saw it
all now. Ills visits that day had been
hut 10 >py upon her guests. with this
very object in view. y not" from
Mary, indeed. 1t was but Il mere
: blind.
McaMwl5ile tie solitary hnrseman
was having Il pretty hot fight upon
his hands. When the Americans re-
treated, most "f he British force
gave them elHSr. and Godfrey WAS
left uIcn the field with sone half
dozen opponents, whom his ar-
comr!iSl1r,i lDl-emanship and his delft
:1Ise of ride and sword enabled him tn
keep ut hay. All would have gone
we'll had not IN English captain, as
he WAS about lm enter the woods With
the conflict. Calling 10 his soldiers
to follow him. lie ran to the rescue.
SEEING. that ne was about To be
surroundc !, yo1ug Worthington at
tempted to rrreat his dash of the
morning, but he was too late. Already
the British were upon three sides of
him. and his only recourse was to
back his horse towards the house and
thus fight off al corners. Turning his
head as he backed towards the porch,
he saw standing within lis columns
Jane.
My God. Jane" he cried. in Il voice
in which commir slcd sharp command
and earnest entrcaty, get within the
house. You are in danger here
Jane gaze.i at him with such cold
scorn that. had not the young man
been so nluca heated by his eNcrtions,
he must have been frozen stiff.
eco. 60" he supplicated again.
"You will be slrt if you remain"
But Jane distrlinfully held her
ground. and Godfrey was forced. to
turn his attention from her to his
antagonists. Taking advantage of
his momentary preoccupation, they
were pressing! him close. The little
captain, a bantnln of Il man. made a
pass at him with his sword that
barely missed its work. BENDING
from his saddle. the American. with
an adroit blow of his sword. knocked
the weapon from the others grasp
and, catching him by the collar,
dragged him up in front of him.
H,,I,lin,, Inns t1nurl, In, I,ar
kicked and scuirmed and swore in
language not .ho.cc for james ears
he held him rs Il shield while he
mane,vercd his horse. backing and
siding and .scking an avenue of
escape.
The soldiers, afraid to fire lest
they should hit their captain, and
lost too, as all soldiers are except
American, without !; leader upon the
ground to tell then, what to do, held
their weapons N readiness but used
them not, while the captain. sputtrr
ing and twisting and writhing. tried
in vain to lnHsH the grasp of irol
which held him
Thrusting hisswurd through his sad
dlc-strup and taking his pistol from
HIS bNit WIN VIZ W. utIHi> wv .NiilVl l.
can circlcd his hprse. firing as he did
so. In the moment Try decentralization
that followed, .vi,en each of the
soldiers felt tina; he was the target
Godfrey had tim, dash away, and
though bullets rd after him they
did not serve TO :l4ckrn his progress
Jane, left aIult, upon the porch
without further rotice being taker
of her presence tIsrre, felt unreason
able resentment tHat it should be so
'1rnitorouS spy" she said to her
self. little won he care We're
slain if he might accomplish his
dastarlly ends
The brillianry lad died ont of the
scene. 'rhr outb,yi!hings which hat
.'rrn nblazr were either smoullrrins
or completely ont. The only building
which had burned 60 the ya,und, nnt
which WAS the one that had acct
dentally been setaEre by the invaders
was a supplementary stable in whicl
had been qnartnred many of the
British horses that could not fine
accommodations IN the main stable
In breaking open the door and re
leasing the horses f. torch had c;,ugh1
the straw in a stall and the contlagra
ton enSued.
The handful of soldiers who hat
been left upon the premises wen
about gathering UP the camp equip
age, which had been badly scatterc.
in the melee. and caring for TIL,
wounded comrades who had been lcf
behind in the general l,'rs,li, of The
Americans. Jane ordered these
carried into the house. and made cot
for them in the wide hall. turnin.
the residence into Il temporary hos
pital.
She had Just finished breallfas
when an orderly arrived with Il not
from Bcssemer, filled with grateful
appreciation of her hospitality t,
him and his men, and with regret tina
it should have caused her to be TIN
victim of an unmanncrly invasion b.
horde of RUTHLESS: desperadocs, upol
whose trail he and his soldiers wer
then hot.
Jane thought X Il most manner
note, and ii some of the sentence
were so fulsomc as to almost dra,
from her a smile. she was We
accustomed to such gallantries, hay
ing spent two winters in Charcsto
with her mothers Hugenot relative: