The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-01-26
CHAPTER XIV.

This is the story of Corporal Darius
Olin, touching his adventure in the
Temple of the Avengers, at some un-
known place in upper Canada, on the
night OF August y, 1913, and particu-
uarly the ordeals of the sword, the
slide, and the bayonet to which Capt.
Ramon Bell was subjected that night,
as told to Adjutant Asarius Church, at
Sackett's Harbor, n. Y:
Soon es l see whut wus up, / gin a
powerful lift on tibet air shackle-chain.
| felt 'er give n bust. A couple o.
men elm int the seat front NV us,
n the bosses started hell bent.
sot up with my hands hind NV me n
the wagin. | KEEP EN- there tight n
stiff, es eff the iron wus holding NV
'em. Could mt git no chance L say
nuthin' t Ray. Hustled us upstairs,
n when we come in { thet air big
room they tux him one way an me
MOTHER
Il did mt hev no idee where | wus.
Felt EN- run a chain through my arms,
careful, efter they sot me down. I sot
still fer mebbe five minutes. Seemed
so everybody d gone out o. the place.
Could MT hear nuthin' nowhere. | le'
down the chain jest es ca-areful es |
could n TUX off the blindfold IT
was al dark; could MT see my hand
afore me. Crep' long the floor. See
t was covered with sawdust. Tux off
m boots, n got up on m feet n
walked careful Did n dast holler t.
Ray. Cal'lated when the squabble
come I'd be ready L dew business. All
{ once I felt a slant n the floor IT
was kind o. slipry, n | begun t slide.
Feet went out from under me n sot
me down quick Tried Z ketch holt
o suthin'. Could MT hang on; KEEP
gOin' faster Fust | knew I'd slid int
some kind NV box. Let me down
quicker n scat over tibet air grease a
little ways. | out with my tew hands
n bore agin' the sides o. tn box pow
crful n stopped myself Then / up
with these here feet O. mine. See the
top o the box want much more n
a foot above me. Tried T. crawl up
ag'in. Could mt mex it. Dunn thing
slanted LUX Tups hill. Hung on
awhile ripherin' es hard es I knew
how Hearn suthin go kerslap.
Seem so the hull place trembled.
Raised up my head, n peeked over
my stumick down the box. A bar o.
light stuck in away down. Let my
self 90 careful till l c'u'd see my nose
in il. Then I got over on my shout
der n braced on the sides o. the box
back gin one side n knees gin
t'other. See t was a knot-hole where
the light cum in, bout es big es
mans wrist. Picked through, n see
lot O. lights n folks n hearn 'em
talkin'. Ray he stud on a platform
facin' a big, powerful-loollin' cuss.
He'd their coats n vests off. n sleeves
rolled up, n swords ready. See there
wus goin' t be a fight He'd { smoker
VAN no way | c'u'd help it, fer,
Judas Priest! I knew dunn we'll they
want a single one of them air British
ers c'u'd stan fore i'm Thet air
mis'able spindlin' devil toll We bout
Teller ct he'd the women-he stud back
o. Ray. He'd his hand up lux tibet.
Fight he says, n they got I work,
n the crowd begun { jam up n holler.
The big Teller he come ct Ray es eff he
wus goin' t cut him in tew. Ray he
TUX il easy n rassled the sword of the
big chap round n round es eff it wus
tied L hisn. Fust / knew he med a
quick lunge n pricked i'm n the arm.
Big chap was a leetle shy then. Did
MT come up { the scratch es smart n
sassy es he'd orter. Ray went efter
i'm hammer n tongs Thet air long
slim waist o. hisn swayed n bent LUX
a stalk o barley. He did LUX joe
mightyful han some-wish { We cu'd
"a seen i'm tibet air night Hair wus
Jest es shiny es gold n the light o.
them candles. He d feint, an L other
d dodge. Judas Priest seemed so he
put the pint o. the sword all over tibet
air big cuss. C'u'd "a killed i'm a
dozen times, but see he did MT want
{ dew it. KEEP prickin' i'm ev'ry
lunge N druv i'm off the boards-tum-
bled i'm head over heels int the crowd.
Them air devils threw up their hats
n stomped N hollered powerful, es ef
Z were mighty fun T. see a man cut {
pieces. Wall, they TUX up another
man. quicker n the fust. but he wan
nowhere near s. big n cordy Want
only one crack O. the swords in thet
air fight Could Mt hardly say Jack
Robinson fore the cuss he'd fell Ray
hurt him bad. | guess. for they he'd Z
pick i'm up n carry i'm off lux a baby
Guess the boy see t he he'd a good
uany TO lick, n he'd Mt better waste
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