Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18

I Scll llC luOl1 together! l Not stopping to relieve the struggles
 of the victim, who had now fallen l forward, gasping, Law sprang on with 1 drawn blade to meet the advancing 1 savage. The latter paused for an un-
 certain moment, and then with shrill
 yell Of defiance, hurled the keen steel
 hatchet full at Laws head. It shore
 away piece of his hat brim, and sank
 with edge deep buried in the trunk of
 a tree beyond. The savage turned, but
 turned too late. The blade of the sWordsman passed through from rib
 to rib under his arm, and he fell chok- I ing, even as he sought again to give vent to his war cry.
 And now arose in the woods beyond, and in the fields below the hill, and
 from the villages of the neighboring
 Indians, series of sharp, undulating 1 yells. Shots came from within the 1 fortress, where the loop-holes were aI- ready manned. There were borne from
 the nearest wigwams of the Illini the screams of wounded men, the shrieks | or terrified women. Tn an instant the peaceful spot had become the scene of a horrible confusion. Once more the wolves of the woods, the Iroquois, had fallen on their prey! .- ..... Swift as had been Laws movements, Pembroke was but a pace behind him as he wrenched free his blade. The 1 two turned back together and started at speed for the palisade At the gate they met others hurrying in, Pem- broke's men joining in the rush Of the frightened villagers. Among these the lroquois pressed with shrill yells, ply ing knife and bow and hatchet as they ran, and the mortified eyes of those within the palisade saw many a trag- edy enacted. I
 Watch the gate!'' cried Pierre Noir, from his station in the corner tower As he spoke there came . rush of | screaming Iroquois who sought to gain the entrance.
 "Now!' cried Pierre Noir. lischars- ing his piece into the crowded ranks below bim: and shot after shot fol- lowed his own. The packed brawn mass gave back and resolved itself :n- to scattered units, who brolze and ran for the nearest cover. t'They will not coule on a-ain until dark" said Pierre Noir. calmly, lean- ing his piece against the wall There fore I may attend to certain little mat ters.''
 He passed out into the entry-way. where lay the bodies of three 1roquois, abandoned, under the close and dead ly fire, by their companions where they had fallen. When Pierre Ncir re- turned and calmly propped up again the door of slabs which he had re- moved, he carried in his hand three tufts of long black hair, from which dripped heavy .gouts of blood.
 Good God. man." said Pemhroke. f'You must not be savage as these In- dians!"
 Speak for yourself Monsieur An glais," replied Pierre, stoutly. "Tou need not save these head pieces if ..ou do not care for them. For myself, tis part of the trade"
 'Assuredly," broke in Joan Bra1oeuf. efWe keep these trin,sets VIC yuya- geurs of the French Make DO doubt that Jean Breboeuf will Jta back with him full tale of the Indians he has killed. Presently l go out. Zip! goes my knife, and of comes the topknot of Monsieur Inaian. Tim !! killed but now as he ran 12er shall dry the scalp here bv the fire and mount it on bit Of willow, and tale it back for a present to my sws atheart, Susanne Duchele, On the Eeienioury at home"
 Bravo, Jean!" cried out the old h. dian fighter, Pierre Noir tl2a old bare- sark rage of the felltine mon now ris- ing hot in his blood. And loo, Here come more chances for our little ornaments.
 Pierre Noir for once he'd been mis- taken and l1nderestilna ed tho courage of the warriors Of tl?o OnonGagos. Lashing themselves to fury at the
 thought of tb cir losses, they came on
 again, now banding and charging in
 the open close up to the walls of the
 palisade. Again the little party of
 whites maintained steady fire, and
 again the Ircquois, bafHed and enraged, fell back into the wood, whence they
 poured volley after volley rattling against the walls of the sturdy fortress.
 T am sorry, sir,' said Sergt. Gray to Pembroke, "but 'tis all up with me. ,"
 The poor fellow staggered against the wall, and in few moments all was indeed over with him. A chance shot had pierced his chest.
 'oeste! If this keeps up,' said
 Pierre Noir, there will not be many
 of us left by morning I never saw them fight So well. Iris a good watch
 we'll need this night" NE
 Tn fact, all through the night the Iroquois tried every stratagem of their savage warfare. With ear-splitting yells they came close up to the stock ade, and in one such charge two or three Of their young men even man.
 aged to climb to the tops of the point
 ed stakes, though but to meet their death at the muzZlss of the muskets
 within. Then there arose curving lines of fire from without the walls, half cir
 cles which terminated at last in littlo jarring thuds, where blazing arrows fell and stood in log, or earth, or un- prot tected roof These DrOiectiIeS