The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-20
GOODBYE 10 NANT-Y-BRYN.
By JOHN FINNlMORE.
CHAPTER XIV.

RI fLLlG4I 4 lOIIllS, sH III
womep. who had fed out OF the house
9 the scene of the combat. now
rushed intossthe kali uttering wild
screams, which rose high above the
dreadful chorus, and, close upon their
heels, adding M sound to the wild tu-
mutt, but for that very Thing striking
q deeper note of awful terror, came the
wild. Wolfish figures of the Red Men of
the Dusk. @
StheSdark flags of the floor. They glided
In, man after man, some Tapped in the
bloody Wrappings covering wounds
gained on the spot from Which*they had
fled but q few nights before, n to
which they returned on other footing.
Fol they came as masters now. AT
first 1t was not a fight, but a slaughter.
The keen p~ike-heads were driven like
serpent's stings, time and again, into
the huddled, drunken mass Of Devil
dered ~retainers. and the terrible sword
Of Iauan GWylt hewed down mar after
man.
Even more dreadful and ruthless
than the Men Of the Dusk. their women
swarnledato the attack. Gaunt, savage
through foul tangles of matted locks,
they drew behind the fighting line,
thrusting themselves through it,
dropped upon hands and knees, and,
7crept softly beneath the pixies, along
knife held between the clenched teeth.
Woesto the man who lost his footing IN
that rude huddle of fight! Like quest
q dogs,ss5the women. sought out the
wounded thrustsdown in the press, and
bbed them again and again, with
shrieks OF ferOcious joy, for, unlike the
men, they were not silent.
This dreadful apparition OF people
whom all had deemed utterly broken
and Vanquished, intensified the almost.
superstitious dread with which they
had ever been regarded, n for awhile
the attack seemed to shrink from meas
uring1 strength with them.
g5ln lumber the men Of the house still
held an advantage, but it was rapidly
being lost. asthe Men of the Dusk piled
In feroctous silence their deadly
$thrusts:s and the women shrieked like
lends as they slashed Their knives
across the throats5 Of the grooming fall
But the very extremity of the dan
ger the garrison to stand stoutly
tOgether. n they turned their swords
from each other8to aconmon foe. Some.
OF the cooIersheads formed a line across
@the8hall and opposed their bucklers to
he#dripping points, thus giving an OPP
portunity FOR their slower friends 10
rally. saw this was no place for my
love 2 longer. and / leaped up to
sstairhead and called upon her.
She ran to me and siani followed,
GWyllfaid SCochion! Y GWylliaid
.'s&A score OF voices were
screaming it. Both of them cried out.
Yes said !, 1.-THE Red Men of the
ave broken In and taken those
squarrelsome fellows utterly BY sur
prise..5fbut have no fear, dearest, / do
n think
I stopped short. for Enid uttered a
Slalnt cry and pointed over my shoul-
der turned. but Sir Arthur was a
dooned man when my eyes fell upon.
him He had just raced into sight,
flying upstairs to seekFa hiding place.
and had barely set foot upon the gal,
lery when pike Whizzed after him
and buried it's head deep between his.
shoulders. He pitched forward on his.
and as he fell, two half naked
young fellows and oIn ran in on
shim@and drove their knives home to-5
gether in his body. hi woman was
Old MegAii. her great, hollow eyes shin
Ing With savage joy, and she plunged in
knife again and again, laughing
aloud.
caught hold OF Enid and held her
close TO my breast to shut OUT the
dreadful sight. She ttremblsd a little.
and&sthen I held her tighter, for I felt
her strength failing. She had received
shock upon shock during the day, be-
tween grief and excitement she was
worn out. and she now lay fainting ii
my arms. Laid her gently down and
delivered her to Slant, Keeping myself.
as U situation demanded, a keen
watch below.
!. The three wild figures struck I'M
Wsafiedly at the object of their ven
geance, though life had long since de-
parted, then Ieuan sprang into sight.
The young savages showed Shin their
hands. dabbled in the blood as their
mother had promised. and Ieuan's face
broke into a smile Of gratified hatred.
Next. he spoke hurriedly, and pointed
down with his dripping sword. He
rushed back into the fight, the others
followed, and, as they went, a pungent
smell came to my nostrils.
!; ] started, ran down several steps,
and snEffed 1t up eagerly. Smoke,
without a doubt, and not OF powder,
either, / saw faint yellow wreaths
curling up from one corner of the hall,
and my heart stood still. Fire! the
place was on fire, n my heart stood
still. Fire. the place was IN fire, and
we were up here. and the lower stairs
and the hall impossible, for the fight
still ragged furious1y.
stSiani!" / cried. Quick! quick! run
with your things to the room where
you kept the window; it is our only
chance sp.ang up, swung Enid into
lily AT1llS, anu ran as E SWlIlly dS5Gl
Siani followed me in a mo-
ment, loaded down to the ground. We
reached the room safely and drove
home the great iron bolt which fas-
tened the doo1 or the inside. T laid
my love down, and seized the roll OF
stuff which 8Sianis had brought.
I drew out a yard or two, made the
end fast to the strap which, Joined the
,s~addlebags, and lowered them from the
open window. They were soon on the
ground, and this side of the house, as
usual. was quite deserted. The doors
were on the other side and no paths
came this way. When I felt the weight
of the bags gone, by reason of their
settling on the turf, I slashed the
stuff with my sword. There was a.
strip already hanging from the ceiling,
knotted round the beam as / had fas-
tened it in the afternoon. As Siani had
cut.it across close at the window, the
piece left hung nearly to the floor.
I fastened the end OF it to the end I
had just cut, and we now had a rope to
the ground. / pulled several yards
more off the roll and made a strong
running moose. Meanwhile, Siani was
doing her utmost to revive her mis-
tresss l ran across to the door and lis
tened for an instant. The tumult with