The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-17
copyrisht, ,go-. ly J. L. Lirri'eott Company.
CHAPTER y.
AN lETERRUPTioN


have to- cross a creek. 1t WAS Il mean
stream With qilck>and bottom, UNI
fordable except at one place. This
ford. partly made by nature and
=. helped out by man, WAS marked on
either side of the stream by Il sign
post that travellers might not miss it
and gel caught in the quicSSand,
The Right before some wild spirits
among the Americans, learning that
a band OF Torres was likely To cross
at that spot, and uume With fury
over the tr"atnlent BcsS"mrr had
given the Cortinantals at the battle
of the 29th OF May, painstakingly dug
up the posts and placed them Il little
lower down. The scheme had worked
so wcii tina, the first Tories who had
attempted TO cross were caught in
the qliciS:,ntl and one man and two
horses wclr lost. In the confusion
which followed the whole band had
been well p"Dpcred with shot by the
concealed Americans. The intention
had been to move the posts back
the ncNt morning. but Godfrey knew
this had not been done, and his heart
uisgave BIN when he thought OF
Jare.
4Ee plot filled him with loathing,
at once 50 wicked and so foolish was
it. Such un,erhand doings were not
his idea of warfare. yet it WAS these
same Wild spirits who had conceived
it that lie was trying to weld in:o a
body vi recruits.
l. ;,,t. 4 bo
carriage was lst entering the stream
betwrcn the posts. With a shout OF
warning. he dashed forward. AS he
drew nearer. he saw that the Off
horse was already beginning to sink
while The carriage lurched danger.
ously.
Flinyiuw himself from his horse
Worthine,un snatched Jane from the
carriage AM, cnrried her to Il place OF
safety His pcNt move was to rescue
Aunt Rachel and Nanny Anne, while
under his direction Gabriel began
search for a piece Of rope undcr the
box-seat. whore a supply of sucl
things We're usually kept in those
days of bad roads and frequent
breakdowns. Ahsalom had already
cut the horses loose from the car
riagc, and by means of the lines wa:
dragging the ncarhorse, which hat
sunk only a little way. back to firm
ground. The otf-horse was alrcad,
nearly in to his belly, and the task o.
rescuin9 him was a serious one.
Slowly. loggedly. physical strength
prevailed over natures treachery
and gradually the horse Wa
dragged. all bruised and bleeding ant
stunned with fright, to the ground.
II don't understand" Jane said. g
am all in daze. Here are the sign
posts, ard yet this isn't the ford. TIL
ford is t.lerc. How does it come tina
the posts have been moved?"
Worth:ngton hung his head. 81
WAS dol.e last night, I believe" h
answered unwillingly and falteringly
which was against him, "by some
hoodlum.s tn deceive a party Of
Tories. who were coming this way.
''ro dec Give some Tories? BY hood
lums? And what hoodlums, pray
would s.>np to Il thing so low b,l
those VITO ..re your martisanS-yol
:.
shame! 70 think that sucn atrocitie
could b, 49, Capt. Worthingtun. | al
obliged ~ tul for the ass: stance yo
have rrLar"rd me and my party thi
morning bit hope that this wi
he the ,H>t occasion upon which W
shall meet Never again do wis
to look .lr.n the face of one VIII
could lri. Il hiln>, If to Il trick so bas'
Absa lon. IL aunt l.lam, who does ne
seem so .l;i.,l the wors" for his q,
pericnce ana ride back h,.me as fns
as You r"n for more holsrs. II
useless :" thin.i of proceeding to m
aunt's t,.-,iiiN. If we can b II get bnc
home in safety. W" may consider Gu
selves n-rsl Fortunate in thrs" brut;
times. N"anwhilr. ] viii walk
Squire l'rnrv's. 'Ti:, bun II mill.
She startcd off, Aunt Rachel an
der h!a., mammy folio Ning, ~
Godfrey Act her go without Il wol
of eXpln nation or defense. He to
himself s,at if Jane could find it
her heat to accuse him Of Il dec
at once So oaS!nrdly and so childis
naught that he could say would hay
weight with her The loyal gi
friend OF his childhood ana boyhot
was dead; the Jane who would one
have flown to his defense had othe
accused him of what she had herse
laid at Zig door was no mere.
She co lid fly into a passion over
deed which she imputed to him, b
he had heard no word of condemn
ton frcm her lips of lscsseme.
barbarols treachcry in firing up,
an enemy during a flag of truce III
III slalghtering opponents wi
begged sor quarter Nay, had s.
not received the monster into Il
house with fricndliest hospital
Immediately after his outraged
action?
When ne had done all he COZ
for the exhausted horse, Worthir
ton mourted his own and rode aw;
but not through the forest this tin
He took the road that lay along t
creek, ss,ndy and barren and dcs
late, better suited to his mood tn
the clolc, sweet intimacy of t
woods.
Turning suddenly to the right,
entered ravine along whose roc
bottom ran swift-howing strea
Following this for tedious distan
while his horse snorted and shook
head in frequent protest over
roughness of the way, he 1ina