Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-03

 flesh and blood could endure to remain waiting at their posts while the fatcS of their wives and children were being decided at the back. All was quiet at the stockade and tie Indians appeared to be as absorbed as the Canadians i'll what was passing upon the river One by one therefore, the men on guard had crept away and had assembled at the back to cheer the shot and to groan as the remaining canoe sped like q bloodhound down the river in the wake of the fugitives But the savages had one at their head who was as full of wies and resource as Du Lhut him. self. The Flemish Bastard had watched tue house from behind the stockade as a dog watches q rat hole, and he had instantly discovered that the defenders had left their post. With q score of other warriors he raised a great log from the edge of the forest and. crossing the open space uncnal- lenged, he and his men rushed it against the door with such violence as to crack the bar across and tear the wood from the hinges. The first iutimation which the survivors had of the attack was the crash of the door and the screams of two of the negli- gent watchmen who had been seized and scalped ill the hall The whole basement floor was in the hands of the Indians. and De Catinat and his enemy the friar were cut off from the foot of the stairs
 Fortunately, however, the manor houses of Canada were built with the one idea of defense against Indians and even now there were hopes for the defenders. A wooden ladder which could be drawn up ill case of need hung down from the upper windows to the ground upon the river side. De Catinat rushed round to this, followed by the friar He felt for the ladder ill the darkness. It was gone.
 Then. indeed, his heart sank i'll de spair. Where could he fly to? The boat was destroyed. The stockades lay between him and the forest, and they were in the hands of the 1roquois. Suddenly he heard voice from some where in the darkness above him.
 "C;ive me your gun. lad," it said. 'I see the loom of some of the heathen down by the wall.'
 Tt is I. It is l. Amos" cried De Catinat. .Down with the ladder or am a dead man.
 Have d care. It may be rusc,' said the voice of pu Ihut.
 "No, no; I'll answer for it.'' cried Amos. and an instant later down came the ladder. De Catinat and the friar rushed up if. and they hardly had their feet upon the run@s when swarm of warriors burst out from the door and poured along the river bank.
 It was a very small band who now held the last point to which they could retreat. Only nine of them remained the seigneur Du I.hut, the two Amcri- cans, the friar De Catinat, Theuriet the major domo and two of the censi- taires. The stone staircase ran straight up from the kitchen to the main hall, and the door which had been barricad- ed across the lower part by two mat tresses commanded the whole flight. The cards were still laid out at one
 
 tapping each other, as they had left them But there was something else there of more interest to them, for the breakfast had not been cleared away, and they had been fighting all day with hardly bite or sup. Even when face to face with death Nature still cried out for hcr dues, and the hungry
 
 the ham and the cold wild duck. A little cluster of wine bottles stood upon the buffet and these had their necks knocked off and were emptied down parched threats.
 For four hours sounds of riot, of dancing and of reveling rose up from the storehouse, and tie smell of the open brandy casks filled the whole air. More than oEce the sava@eS quarreled and fought among themselves. and 1t seemed as if they had forgotten their enemies above, but the beSicged soon found that if they attempted to pre- sume upon this they Were as closely watched as ever The ma for dOmO. Theuriet. passing between loophole and light. was killed instantly by q bullet from the stockadc. and Do \ Amos and the old seigneur had narrow escapes.
 Slowly the light crept up the eastern sky, little line of pearl then a band of pink broadening. stretching, spread ing, until it shot it's warm color across the heavens. tingein@ the cC2es of tue drifting clouds. De Catinat stood at the window looking out when suddenly his eyes fell on dark spot upon the river to the north of them.
 "There is a canoe coming up. ne cried.
 In an instant they had all rushed tc the opening, but pu Ihut sprans ate. them and pulled them angrlly to"aro the door. Do you wish to die before vour time:" he cried.
 "Aye. ave- said Captain Ephfalm who understood the gesture II not l4v words. We must leave watch oi
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