Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-07

e- 4 strong and true and brave he was! Tn her ina gination she saw the flag above him, saw him die like panther at bay, saw the gay rag snatched down and torn to shreds by savage hands. It was the tragedy of single moment enacted in fiashlight of anticipation.
 She released Jean so suddenly that he fell to the floor. She remembered what she had said to Beverley on the night of the dance when they were standing under the flag.
 You made it and set 1t up,'' he light ly remarked. ''You must see that no cfally the English
 "I'll take it down and hide it when there's danger of that" she said in the same spirit.
 And now she stood there, looking at Jean without seeing him, and repeated the words under her breath.
 ''I'll take 1t down and hide it. They shan't have it.'
 Mime. Roussillon began to call from fhe other room in loud, complaining voice, but Alice gave no heed to her querulous demands.
 "Stay here, Jean, and take care of Mamma Roussiilon," she presently said to the hunchback. s'I am going out; I'll be back soon. Don't you dare leave the house while I'm gone. Do you hear?"
 She did not wait for his answer, but, snatching a hoodlike fur cap from a peg on the wall, she put it on and hastily left the house. #a Down at the fort Helm and Beverley were making ready to resist Hamilton's attack, which, they knew, would not be long deferred. The two heavily charged cannon were planted so as to cover the space in front of the gate, and some loaded muskets were ranged near by ready for use. t'We'H give them one good blast" growled the captain, before they over power us!'
 Beverley made no response in words, but he was preparing bit of finder on the end of stick with which to fire the cannon. Not.far away little heap of logs was burning in the forts area. 1 The British officer, already mentioned as at the head of the line advancing di- agonaIly from the rivers bank, halted I his men at distance of 300 yards from ! the fort and seemed to be taking de- hberately careful survey of what was before him.
 Let lem come little nearer, lieuten- l ant" said Helm, his jaw setting itself like lions. ''When we shoot-we want to hit"
 He stopped and squinted along his gun.
 When they get to that weedy spot out yonder," he added, tjust opposite the little rise in the river bank, we'll turn loose on 'em.' ~
 Beverley had arranged his primitive match to suit his fancy and for proba- bly, the twentieth time looked critically l to the powder in the beveled touchhole l of his old cannon. He and Helm were 1 facing the enemy, with their backs to the main area of the stockade, when I a we'll known voice attracted their at l tention to the rear.
 "Any room for feller O my size in this here crowded placer 1t demanded in cracked but cheerful tenor. "Pm kind O oilten breath a-runnin' to git here."
 They turned about. It was Oncle Jazon, with his long rife on his shoul- der and wearing a very important air. Hesspoke in English, using the back woods lingo with the ease of long prac- tice. ..s.@esss | "As Is a-comin' in f'om a-huntin'. I tuck notice 'at somepin' was up. I see lot O. boats on the river an some fel- lers wi guns a-scootin' around, so jes' slipped by lem all an come in the back way. They's plenty of lem, I tell you what! I can't shoot much, but tuck one chance at a buck Indian out van der an jes' happened to hit i'm in the lef' eye. He was one of the gang at scalped me down wander in Kaintuck."
 The greasy old sinner looked as if he had not been washed since he was born. He glanced about with furtive, shifty eyes and grimaced and winked after the manner of an animal just waking from lazy nap.
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 sT am satisfied" said the angry tai Tor, .that you intend to beat me out of this money"
 "AlI rirht" chl1ckled the happy debt