Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-14
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I l' hut when he saw that L was UNI
0'aS' b. foil ouiet again, and said IN
Ina coaxing voice:
I0T sn ans compel me, lad, to do what l
r.o,r- not to do. You're here for
nave n These men are nothing to
sSgo tbav'rc lazy hogs that the worlds
!D ,I iii of-iet 'em die, and save your
"''' .ro,ss You've been here days new
'"li ersf man that ever lived among us
.L,n- sfanlng our papers. You've a
SI "-irb- notion that my hands agen Eu-
''l0'7- ,,d for the matter Of that. agen
'yr u.,rrd TOO. those that share with me
-. .L.n s,r;pg with me. 1t isn't OF my ask
n ~ -ba- you're amongst us, or that you
NJ nm rha work of Hall, who put the
,ar i'm his coffin that night he came
49,, he'd at Spezia. | saw him there,
g,nrb hn thought me sleeping; and that
-;,br wrote death against his name. as
9,ro-a # AGAINST yours when you entered
49, roor in Paris. There's reasons why
I've broken my word in your case though
.nm never know 'em; but there's no
.ooson why you shouldn't swear to go
ts.,nr5 If with me. There's my papers.
g;r, ,am NOW. or YOU lie a corpse before
an hour on the clock.
p, leaned over his writing table and
NJ, into nv hands a rough sheet OF parch-
mont But nv eyes were dimmed with
-, restless excitement of the situation.
The silence of the room was terrible to
boor # was as though l struggled for
n, while already in the tomb. My
+borgbrs went hurriedly TO Europe, to my
home to nv friends. | took heart for a
,taD which was the last mad design of a
driven man.
"Giye me the PEN; ~ l said suddenly.
He put the pen into my hands and
leaned back with a chuckle of satIstac-
finn. but the movement cost him the
game | clutched his pistol with light
ping grasp, and covered him with it.
"If YOU raise a finger I'll shoot you like
doc" | cried.
Then the man. who was no craven. sat
motionleSs in his chair, and his face might
have been cut from marble.
III you raise your voice to call out, or
il anyone comes to this room, you die
where you sit" | said.
Boy you're the first that's bested
Black" he said I'm caught like a rat
in the hole. What do We want? Name
it, and III know how we stand ~
81 want my Iife-now that | refuse to
sign that paper. You can give the order
that no mans to lay finger on me, and
you will?'
He thought moment, looking straigt
down the barrel of the Colt. Then he
said:
Yes, can't avoid that-rll give you
that"
And my liberty on the first occasion
Offering"
No" he replied very slowly and stern
"; they'd tear me to pieces"
There was no doubt that he had right
in this. | put the pistol down; then l
offered him my hand. and he jumped up
from his seat, grasping it with great
clutch
You're a sound plank of a boy"
The sound of firing, rapid and oft re-
peated, came to us from the shore of the
cove below. He went to his window and
saw the whole bay lit with silver light
from fulI-riseu moon, and the distant
peaks as grim beacons above a land of
rest. Out on the snow there was a hun
cry crowd Of starving souls, crying for
bread; and those to whom they cried an
SWerei them with their muskets, dyeing the
Offering white with many a red stream.
For heavens sake, help those men, if
you have anything but the instincts of a
brute in YOU" I cried.
There was a pause before he answered
ne. Then he snatched a rife from a
case and said:
Take that pistol and come on. There's
blood to let."
followed him down the passage to the
beach, where he blew a whistle sharp
and ShrilI.
'Ihat'jI wake EN- on the ship" he ex-
planned. I'm not afeard of these, but
'aereS fighting to be done-now don't
snow till you're wanted"
tie advanced towards the snow plain
and sang out:
John, YOU there. Dick-hands to quar-
'eFS do You hear me? Move right quick,
Vt III move YOU :"
IA7y put down their arms from their
shoulders in blank amazement, and list
elso to him rs he went on:
1AeTeS enough down for one night, l
secGon and I'm not going to be kept
awake by your firing"
Inc! came round him slowly and sulk-
" and he drove them to the big houses
I %..~ me round phrases. l lurked near
~1 n, oUI an American saw me and cried
=, say Car'e0, hev We took TO adoptin'
wa. ooE az y2 seems so fond off,"
Sooc your jaw, or I'll shut it for
AFFAIR."" " 'ne 0os yum
s,, eai'erlate, an some of US wishes to
1- Uo, paTucIer if he's signed or no."
-,, O-' You want to know. do you? Let
0., SS makes complaint step right here"
C,o.'! four Joined the leader; but the
f,o 1,'.1 suddenly snatched my revolver
aaob NE and fired four shots; and for
basob S~o' man dropped dead on the
n. out the American stood untouched.
ss,,, appalling brutality of the action
soo ,'u 10 awe the rest of the crew. They
b,. ~ H'o''onless, dumb with their rage;
rs,, g-V1 they recovered themselves they
bas~s4 upon us with wild ferocity.
IN :, shout from the water and. look
br,.L l saw Doctor Osbart in the
Ii ~ and there was a Maxim gun in
YEAR that haooE =. rJ D1a,. :,