The Cairo bulletin., 1904-11-30


baroness thoughtfully. II do not I'M
derstand yeu.'
went m blabbed. tibet s whut he
done" said Dri. Mebbe wrote EN-
letter, gol-dum his pictur'."
"Oh. ! perceive! understand. said
she; and | send him away to-mor-
row"
"Neck's broke with hunger said
D'ri Never threw no vittles n my
basket with sech a splendid taste tew
EN- es these hev"
The baroness looked at him with
some show of worry.
Il beg your pardon" said she, did
sou say the neck OF you was broken? ?"
| explained the idiom.
Amt he'd nothin' T. eat since day
fore yistlddy,' said D'ri. Judas
Priest | m all ct up with hunger"
With old Burgundy and biscuit and
yenison and hot coffee he was rapidly
reviving
II IN wondering where | will hide
you BOTH said the baroness, thought
fully.
He'd MT orter hev no rumpus here.
n go t shootin m mebbe Spite yer
house n furnicher. said D'ri. IT
amt decent er I amt nice. We d
better mex tracks an put a mild er
tew twixt us n here fore we hev any
trouble IT amt a-~oin { be nofSun-
day school. Eff they can. they re A.
eoin' t TEX us dead err live. Ef they
ever TUX us we would MT be wuth
shucks, nuther on us. efter ceurt-mar-
tial"
II shall not permit you TO &c" said
the baroness. They may be here now,
about the house in the dark. They
would shoot you, they would stab you,
they would cause you to die as you
went No, shall permit you not to
go. There are four of them? Very
p ell; we shall fight here. we shall con-
quer. We have general, count. a mil
liCnaire, a marquis, lawyer, an astron-
omer, scout and" she added, pat
ting me on the shoulder, lie brave |
capitalize, I have four guns and three |
pistols, and M sieur Bell has arms also
We shall conquer We shall make
them bite the dust,
Guns, did ye say? JerashN Jane!
Le' 8 hev EN-" said D'ri.
What did he call me? Mon Dieu,
Ierushy Jane! 1t is not l." said the
baroness.
Again explained the difticulty.
"Ain't very proper-spoke, said D'ri.
Jest wan T. say ct
hem air guns err likely t come handy
1ere most any minute. Give us guns,
n we II sock II 10 en-
I'VE shall sock II to them, we shall
indeed" said she. hurrying out of the
DOM 1--WE shall make them to run
or their lives.
They Were all in the dining room
he men of the parsy--save the gem
rial, " no could not be awakened. Guns
and pistols were loaded. | made
nosel plan of defense that was unani-
mously approved. | posted watch
a. every window. A little after dawn
The baroness. from behind curtain,
saw a squad of horsemen coming
through the grove.
lei! they have comet" said she. In
, loud whisper There are not four;
here are many
| took my detail Of six men above
stairs. Each had a strip of lumber we
had found in the shop, and each care
ully raised a window. waiting the sig
,al knew my peril, but was never
10 cool in my life. If ] had been wiser,
possibly should have felt it the more
rhe horsemen promptly deployed,
,cvering every side of the mansion.
rhey stood close, mounted pistol and
aber ready Suddenly gave the sig
lal Then each OF us thrust out the
trip of lumber stealthily, prodding the
zig drab cones on every side. Hornets
nd wasps, great swarm Of them,
pTang thick as seeds from the hand
f sower Ii was my part to unhouse
colony of the long. white-faced hor-
tets. Goaded by the ruin of their
tests. they saw the nodding heads be-
DIV them, and darted at man and ,
orse like a flight of arrows. They I,
nj their hot spurs into flank and face
nd neck. | saw them strike and fall;
hey do hit hard. those big-winged
'espaeg II was terrible, the swift
barge of that winged battalion of the
IL. heard howls of pain below me.
nd the thunder Of rushing feet The
orses were rearing and plunging, the
Zen striking with their hats.
| heard D'ri shouting and laughing
I his window.
Give em hell. We little blue
evils.' he yelled: and there was all
violence that they understood him
Then. again. every man of us opened 1.
is window and fired volley at the a
mass. g
One horse, rearing and leaping on his !
ind legs. came down across the back n
another. and the two fell heavily in
rolling, convulsive heap. One. as if c
linded, bumped tree. going over on ;,
is withers. all tours flashing in the
ir. Some tore off in the thickets,
5 unmanageable as the wild horse Q
lore than half threw their riders. a
ot a man of them pulled a trigger; a
hey were busy enough, God knows.
ot one of them could have hit the sky a
ith any certainty never saw such I