Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-24

baroness, thought Il do not IN T.
derstand you.
Went m blabbed, tibet Is whut he
done."' said D'rl. "Mebbe wrote em
letter, gol-dum his pictur' :. : sz #5 IF %
''Oh, perceived! understand" said
She; land send him away to-mor-
row." n ,s.- i.
"Necll's broke with hunger said
D'r1. "Never threw no vittles n my
basket with sech q splendid taste tew
EN- es these hev." s,>.'.a..: 2.'
The baroness looked at him with
some show of worry. p = :
II beg your pardon" said she, did
you say the neck of you was broken?''
explained the idiom.
"Ain't he'd nothin' t eat since day
fore yisuddy,' 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.
Il m wondering where I will hide
you BOTH" said the baroness, thought
fully.
"Hcd mt orter hev no rumpus here,
n go t shootin' n mebbe Spite yer
house N furnicher," said D'ri. CT
amt decent cr t amt nice. We d
better mex tracks an put mild er
tew 'twixt us n here fore we hev any
trouble. T amt a-goin' t. be no Sum
day school. Eff they can, they re a.
goin' t TEX us dead er live. Eff they
ever TUX us we would MT be with
shucks, nuther ON us, efter court-mar-
tial."
Il shall not permit you to co." said
the baroness. '"rhey 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, I shall permit You not to
go. There are four of them? Very
Well; we shall fight here, We shall con-
Quer. We have general, count, mil
liCnaire, a marquis, lawyer, an astron-
omer, scout and" she added, pat
ting me on the shoulder, "le brave
capitaine! have four guns and three
pistols, and M'sieur Bell has arms also.
We shall conquer. We shall make
them bite the dust"
Gums, did We say? Jerushy Jane!
Lee s hev EN- said D'ri.
what did he call me? Mon Dieu!
Jerushy Jane! 1t is not l." said the
baroness.
Again l explained the difficulty.
As,,st 10 - ~
arclogetically. Jest wan t. say ct
them air guns er likely t. come handy
here most any minute. Give us guns
n We II sock it to EN-
''We shall sock it to them, we shall
indeed said she, hurrying out of the
room. eve shall make them to run
for their lives"
They were all in the dining room
the men Of the party-save the gen.
eral, no could not be awakened. Guns
and pistols We're loaded. l made a
novel plan of defense that was unani-
mously approved I posted a watch
"a every window. A little after dawn
the baroness, from behind a curtain,
saw a squad of horsemen coming
through the grove.
"1ci! they have GOMEZ" said she, in
a loud whisper. There are not four;
there are many"
took my detail Of six men above
stairs. Each had strip of lumber We
had found in the shop, and each care
fully raised window, waiting the sig
nal. I knew my peril, but was never
so cool in my life. ] If I had been wiser,
possibly I should have felt it the more.
The horsemen promptly deployed,
covering every side of the mansion.
They stood close, mounted, pistol and
saber ready. Suddenly I gave the sig
nal. Then each of us thrust out the
strip of lumber stealthily, prodding the
big drab cones on every side Hornets
and wasps, great swarm of them,
sp'ang thick as seeds from the hand