Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-03-04
ALICE OF OLD
WNCENNES
By MAURICE THOMPSON
Copyright, 1900, by the
By MAURICE THOMPSON
Copyright, 1900, by the
BOWEN. MERRILL COMPANY
"Well. what are we to do. then ~


through 1t. 1--WE might make rush
from the gates and stampede them
he presently added. Then he uttered
an exclamation of great surprise.
There's Lieutenant Beverley out
there" he exclaimed.
You're mistaken; you're excited"
Hamilton half sneeringly remarked,
yet not without shade of uneasiness
in his expression. You forget, SIR"
"Look for yourself. It's easily set
tied" And Farnsworth proffered the
glass. Hes there, to a certainty, sir"
81 saw Beverley an hour ago." said
Helm. 81 knew all the time that he'd
be on hand"
1t was a white lie. Captain Helm
was as much surprised as his captors
at what he heard but he could not re-
sist the temptation to be annoying.
Hamilton looked as Farnsworth d.
rected, and, sure enough, there was
the young Virginan lieutenant stand
ing on Il barricade, his hat off, cheer
ing his men with superb show of
zeal. Not hair of his head was miss
ing so far as the glass could be relied
upon to show.
Oncle Jazon's quick old eyes saw the
CLEAN of the telescope tube in the loop
hole.
81 never could shoot much" he NUT
tered, and then little bullet sped
with absolute accuracy from his dis.
reputable looking rifle and shattered
the object lens just as Hamilton moved
to withdraw the glass, uttering an
ejaculation of intense excitement.
"Such devils of marksmen!' said he,
and his face was haggard. That in
fernal Indian lied"
81 could have told you all the time
that the scalp Long Hair brought to
you was not Beverley's," said Helm
indifferently II recognized Lieuten-
ant Barlow's hair as soon as 1 saw it."
This was another piece of offhand
romance. Helm did not dream that
he was accidentally sketching a horri-
BILE truth.
"Barlow'sw exclaimed Farnsworth.
Yes, Barlow's, no mistake"-
Two more men reeled from port
hole, the blood spinning far out Of
their wounds. Indeed, through every
aperture in the walls the bullets were
now humming like mad hornets.
"Close that porthole! stormed Ham
ilton. Then turning to Farnsworth he
added: I'VE cannot endure this long.
Shut up every place large enough for
bullet to get through. Go all around,
give strict orders to all. See that the
men do not foolishly expose them
selves. Those ruff1ans out there have
located every crack"
His glimpse of Beverley and the
sinister remark of Helm had COM
| pletely unnamed him before his men
| fell. Now 1t rushed upon him that II
he would escape the wrath Of the mad
dened creoles and the vengeance Of
Alice's lover he must quickly throw
himself upon the mercy Of Clark. 1t
was his only hope. He chafed in
wardly, but bore himself with stern
GOODNESS. He presently sought Farms
worth, pulled him aside and suggested
that something must be done to pre-
vent an assault and a massacre. The
sounds outside seemed to forebode q
gathering for a desperate rush, and In
his heart he felt all the terrors of aw-
full anticipation.
I'VE are completely at their mercy
that is plain" he said, Struggling his
shoulders and gazing at the wounded
men writing in their agony. "What
do you suggestW
Captain Farnsworth was a shrewd
officer He recOllected that Philip De
jean. justice of Detroit. was on his
way down the Wabash from that posi-
and probably near at hand with a flo
iilla of men and supplies. Why MOI
ask for Il few days of truce? 1t coul(
90 no harm and If agreed to might bt
their salvation. Hamilton jumped a
the thought and forthwith drew up
note which he sent out with a white
flag. Never before in all his military
career had he been so cOmfortcd by /;
sudden cessation of lighting. His sou
would grovcl in spite of him. Alice'i
cold face now had Beverley's beside i
in his field of inner vision-a doubl,
assurance of impending doom. it seem
ed to him.
There was short delay in the arriva
of Colonel Clarks reply, hastily scrawl
ed on bit of soiled paper. The reQues
for a truce was fatty refused, but tn
note closed thus:
"If Mr.. Hamilton is DESTROYS of
Conference with Col. Clark, he vii
meet him at the Church with Captr
Helms"
! The spelling was not very good, an
there was redundancy of capital lei
tiers, yet Hamilton understood it al
and it was very difficult for him t
conceal his haste to attend the pre-
posed conference. But he was afrai
to go to the church-the thought chile
him. He could not face Father Bere
who would probably be there. An
what if there should be evidences G
the funeral? What if?- He shuddere
and tried to break away from th