The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18

The orderly rushed to the door shout
ing Tor help. Weary and trembling
though | was, l knelt by CHEESEMAN'S
sue, anu lhrusting my hand into the
inner pocket Of his coat, drew out
nat ppekethuok and a bundle of letters.
AS rose to my feet the six troopers
Durst INTO the room with drawn sabres.
! was not ready for a fight at such odds,
but appeared TO be in for it. At the
BACK nl lne room a narrow, enclosed
stalrWAF Igi To the upper story. A heavy
door hiIF.d the entrance. the lower step
JuttlhE lu'" the room. 1t was the only
place ior stand, and l made for it on
the run. the troopers after me.
Bra ns my back against the door l
await lHnir rush. The first 1 split
down iaruuTh the skull, and his brains
splaiiar-1 over the men behind. where
at thrN rnirgated. staring sullenly at
their drii eomrade. They were heavily
built aud powerful, with smooth
shaver determined faces. | knew that
cou.I nu, hold out against them. But
that t-.! might not even suspect my
fear ] shouted at them in derision:
Com nu, come on. cowards.'
An,.a made at me. sparring eau
tiousIs caught the point of his sabre
| with uE own and sent 1t whirling over
his hsal. But my arm was tired. My
sabre turned in my grip and could but
smash lm in the face with the fiat of
my hlatu. He fell back upon the others
with sNrigk of pain.
w weak from my tremendous ex-
ertiol A great wearincss came over
me, and Tor moment my head swan.
How ea'IH ! hope to continue the uu-
even sifugglci The troopers whispered
anon themselves and then advanced
slowl preading out to disconcert me,
grii my sword and set my teeth
for Iu effort. Aimee's name was on
my ! felt that it was the end.
At tl- instant the front door was
SMASH In. and, God be thanked
Fleis lluu's great bulk loomed up
befory us. | shouted to him and he
rushe- Forward. believing like an angry
bull.
Tha h0 was unarmed made no dlt-
ferenrl l this stout-hearted giant
That ] was in peril was the main
thouE The troopers turned with up
lifted Jres toward this unexpected
menaD ! groaned at thought of what
might and gathered myself to help
in tn, stack. But Fleischmann seized
one o. ua heavy oaken chairs. whirled
it aba. his head, and, with great
oath, I.t t fly into their midst. There
was uHniuscd mixture Of legs and
arms md sabres. They went down like
nine pins, and, as they scrambled to
their feet, cursing in rage and pain, he
came Ike Il whirlwind. and with his
huge Hz'a beat them to the floor. one
arose Ha.u ready sabre, challenge on
his Lin But it was his last word.
FleisCUmlnu caught him by the neck,
shook ulm us he would a rat, and sent
him wlrlmg against the stone wall.
He struck IL head-on with a crack like
that OF pistol shot, and fell limp, with
brok,u neck. The others lay where
they had fallen. unconscious.
| {, noUicd from my narrow refuge
and took my brave friend by the hand.
You have saved my life" l said. 81
shall rDJ forget"
Outs." there was a clatter of hoors
ThrouEu the open door we saw the ter
riied orderly gallop past, bound south,
l knew that he would spread the alarm
and thor We must get AWAY as soon
as po .NIa
l fouad Aimee in an upper room, with
her mlil 1s / had expected ] called
to her and she came to me with sob.
"Oh, nay Jaime, my lion-hearted, take
me awIg from that beast" she cried
and fen faintiug in my arms.
A frT minutes later we climbed into
our big car. Aimee, weak and pale
but iugXpressibly happy, was curled uE
in one OF the rear seats, wrapped IN
rugs and blankets. Flcischmann and
were by no means comfortable in mind
Tor there was the Kaiser's terrible an
ger to be faced the next day. Yet | felt
that with the documents in my pockets
I could turn the tables; and, since
mademoiselle was innocent of offense,
things Were not so bad after all. So we
swept on through the moonlight to-
ward Bethel We did not know that
even then the Emperor had learned, by
telephone from the orderly Of Cries
mans death: and that a detail had been
s.nt to arrest me and. upon resistance.
t. shoot me on the spot.
CTo be continued next week)