The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-06-04

"i will promise" she said as nA
 vent back to her work.
 Weeks passed, and one day as father and daughter stood in the door listen Ing to the distant rumble of cannon fr0m the north tho girls keen eyes caught sight of red uniforms and Hash. ing arms on the narrow highway.
 Father. the English are eoming!" ahe said with a gasp.
 "God, but Is lt soT' be shouted "HOW many girl: how manyY'
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 And they ride this way tO captuT0. burn and destroy! Daughtos do ySu remember your promker
 'l O.. father"
 Then bur the doOr. shutter the win- dows and raise the fag Of DO0fIRAR to Che rOof War haa cOme to us at last and um glad. We win show these Engllshmcn how old aud young. rheR and women. can fight aud de for ub- crty. An. my old eyes caA dipiy sec them now, aud feel Ike nhouanG end laughing
 lt was ralding party or 5oO Rritiah eavalry. accompanied by h@t a bat. tery. They were selzing horses. 0Eon and carts for transportation, but neither burning nor destroying But for tho sight of thc flag Of deaance huttoring abe fe ths farmhouse they might have cleared the fields and sheds and pamed on. That lag meant tbat score or more of bUrghers had gathered and meant to make nght of N. Aa skirmishers pressed forward two rifles were discharged and a soldier threw up his arms and fell upon the grass. A hundred men were dismounted and advanced. and for @ quarter of an hour they arcd briskly at dOOrs and win dows At intervals a rlae cracked in response to the bark Of a carblne. and at each a soldier went down to rise no more. A flag of truce was sent fer ward with a demand for surrender. and it was Kloefman who unbarred the door and stood bsreheaded In the open and called out:
 "Go back and say that we shah light to the death. Jacob Kl0OfmAn had no son to send tO the front and hs was too old to go himself, but when war comes to his own door he win show you English how a buFgher can die for l liberty and his home"'
 "rhe foolsr' muttered the COloael as be received the message. Tt is q stone house, and there may be twenty | men inside of it with riAes, but A few Hhells from the guns will Rake ruins of the place. My compliments to Cap tain Davis and ten him to open Are at once"
 Five minutes later the three rifed guns were hurling shell at the old farmhouse. The missiles tore thelr way through the roof and entered by door and wlndowA The soldiers cheered and looked for speedy surrender. There was no longer any rife firing, but the lag did not come down. When tho guns bad fired three or four rounds apieee, a white dag was sent forwnrd again. No one appeared in deaanca thls time. The mau who bore it walked strpight to the house and poored ln through the terrible gaps left by the shells. Then he slowly retnERed and reported to the colonel;
 No one to answer, sir thlnk they must all be dead"
 The dismounted men msved up. led by the colOne. Ne hostile bullet greet cd them. In circle and with esrblnes ready they closed ln on ths battered house. At length the colonel and ooo of his ads entered with their hats ln z their hapds. and the coioneps voice had | a catch h lt as be said:
 "Nteu, uncover! The defenders of this i house were sp old man and a young girl faner and daughter, and they | were tori Co death by the sh0lls Let 2 them be )urled with our own dead and | with all lhe honnrs, and God rest thslr souls"' D