Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-02

ficers, while his forces, Ccuar cover c.
the town cabins, were deployinG So
as to form half circle about tho s.oc..-
ade. Some artillery appeared a2d was
planted directly opposite the gate. &c.
three hundred yards distant. Ore blast
of that battery would, as Ecl.G well
knew, level 4 large part OF the STOCK
ade.
''S'posin' l hev' a cannon. too, seein'
it's the fashion," said Onclo Ja:ol. II
can't shoot much, but Iigh. skes-
'em. This little one III do me-"
He set his rife against the wall and
with BeTerley's help rolled oae oe the
swiyels alongside the guns already in
position.
In few minutes Hamilton returned
Under the white flag and shouted:
Upon what terms will you surren-
I.r:"
"All the honors cf war" Helm firmly
replied. ITS that or fight. and l don't
.are which,
Hamilton half turned away. as If
done with the parley. then facing the
fort again he said:
Very well, sir. Haul down your
flag
Helm was dumfoundcd Mt this
prompt acceptance Of his terms. In
deed the incident is unique in history.
AS Hamilton spoke he very naturally
glanced up to where la banniere d Al
ice Roussillon waved brilliantly. Some
one stood beside it on the dilapidated
roof of the old blockhouse and was al
ready taking it from its place. His aid,
Captain Farnsworth, saw this, and the
vision made his heart draw in n strong,
hot flood. 1t was girl In short skirts
and moccasins, with fur hood On her
head, her face, thrillingly beautiful, set
around with fluffs of wind blown
brown gold hair. Farnsworth was too
young to be critical and too o.d to let
his eyes deceive him. Every detail Of
the fine sketch, with its steel blue back
ground of sky, flashed into his mind,
sharp cut as cameo. Involuntarily he
took off his hat.
Alice had come in by way Of the
postern. She mounted to the roof un-
observed and made her way to the
flag just at the moment when Helm,
glad at heart to accept the easiest way
out of tight place, asked Oncle Jazon
to lower II.
Beverley was thinking of Alice, and
when he looked up he could scarcely
realize that he saw her. But the whole
situation was plain the instant she
snatched the staff from It's place, for
he, too, recollected what she had said
at the river house. The memory and
the present scene blended perfectly
during the fieeting instant that she
was visible. He saw that Alice was
smiling somewhat as In her most mis-
chievous moods, and when she jerlked
the staff from It's fastening she lifted
1t high and waved 1t once twice, thrice
defiantly toward the British lines, then
fed down the ragged roof slope with
1t and disappeared. The vision re-
mained in Beverley's eyes forever aft
erward. The English troops, thinking
that the flag was taken down in token
Of surrender, broke into a wild tumult
of shouting.
Oncle JaZon intultively understood
just what Alice was doing, for he
knew her nature and could read her
face. His blood efrervesced in an In
slant.
"Vlve ZhorZh Vasinton! Vive In ban
Mere d'Allce Roussillonw he screamed,
waving his dlsreputable cap round his
scalpless head. "IIurrah for George
Washington. Hurrah for Alice Rous-
slllon's Gagv'
1t was all over soon. Helm sur
rendered himself and Beverley with
full honors. AS for Oncle JaZon, he
disappeared at the critical moment. II
was not just TO his mind to be n pris-
oner of war, especially under existing
conditions, for Hamilton's Indian allies
had some old warpath scores to settle
with him dating back to the days
when he and Simon Kenton were COM
rades In Kentucky.
When Alice snatched the banner and
descended with IL to the ground she
ran swiftly out through the postern, as
she had once before done, and sped
along under cover OF the low bluff or
swell which. terracellke, bounded the
fiat "bottom" lands southward OF the
stockade. She kept on until she reach