The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
CHAPTER XIV.
GOODBYE TO NANr-Y-BRYN.


from the scene Of the combat. now
rushed into the hail uttering wild
screams, which rose high above the
dreadful chorus, ana, close upon thciI
heels, adding no sound to the wild tu-
multi, but for that very thing striking
a deeper note Of awful terror, came the
wild, wolfish figures of the Red Men OF
the Dusk.
Their naked feet made no sound upon
the dark flags of the floor. They glIdcd
In, man after man, some Tapped in the
bloody w~rappings covering wounds
gained on the spot from which they had
fed but a few nights before, and TO
which they returned on other footing.
For they came as masters now. AT
first 1t was not Il fight, but n slaughter.
The keen p~ike-heads were driven like
serpent's stings. time me again, into
the huddlcd, drunken mass of Devil
dered retaincrs. and the terrible sword
of lGuan GWyllt heWcd down man after
man,
Even more dreadful and ruthless
than the Men Of the Dusk, their women
swarnled to the attack. Gaunt, savage
creatures, their eyes cleaning wildly
through foui t9nglcs Of matted locks.
they drew behind the fighting line,
thrustinB themselves through it,
dropped upon hands and knees, and
crept softly beneath the pixies, a long
knlie heid W. the clenc1ed teeth.
woe TO lhe man VINO lost his Footing In
mar rude huddle OF light! Like quest
Ihs uoSS' lAe women sought out the
wounded thrust down in the press, and
stabbed them again and again, with
slfieks of ferocious joy, for, unlike the
men they We're not silent.
This dreadful apparition OF people
whom all had deemed utterly broken
ana V~anqulshed intensified the almost
supefstltlous dread with which they
nad ever peeTl regarded, and for awhile
inc attack seemed to shrink from meas
"rlhS strength with them.
In numbers the mn Of the house still
held an advantage. but 1t was rapidly
peihg ioSt, as the Men of the Dusk piled
N iefoclouS silence their deadly
thrusts, and the women shrleked like
menus, as they lashe their knives
across the throats OF the grooming fall
en- bnt the very extremity of the dan
ger drove the garrison to stand stoutly
Iosether, ana they turned their swords
IRON each other to q common foe. Some
or the cooler heads formed a llae across
the haH, aud opposed their bucklers to
the dripping points. thus giving an OPP
p~ortunity for their slower friends to
rally saw this was no place for my
owe any longer and I leaped up to
the stairhead and called upon her.
'''I ''' ~ 'h' ~ t7idlIl lbllOWGu.
y Gwylliaid Cocbion! Y Gwylllald
Cochion!' a score Of voices were
screaming 1t. Both Of them cried out.
Yes said !, the Red Men of the
Dusk have broken in and taken those
quarrelsome fellows utterly by sur
prise, but have no fear, dearest, | do
'iot lHihk-
stopped snort, for Enid uttered a
ianit cry ana pointed over my shout
yer. turned. but Sir Arthur was a
uooineG ma When my eyes fell upon
nm, lie mad Just raced into sight,
nslis upstairs TO seek a hiding place,
anu hau barely set foot upon the gal
ierS When q pike Whizzed after him
mo buried Its head deep between his
~shoulaeis. lie pitched forward on his
race, n as he fell, two half naked
young lelloWs n u woman ran in on
nun n drove their knives home to-
Betner IN his body. The woman was
oiu Nlegah' her great, hollow eyes shin
ing WIN savage joy, and she plunged in
her kilte again and again, laughing
l caugh hold of Enid and held her
Slose 70 my breast to shut out the
slght. She trelnbled a little,
me then i held her tighter, for | felt
ner trens ialling. She had received
'snoeK upon shock during the day, be-
tWeen grief and excitement she was
worm OUT, ana she now lay fainting in
my arms. l lald her gently down and