The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-10
CHATTER xXty


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hsd czegt Essay and bad assembled .
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az iic remaining cahoe spca Ike
blosssbpand down ibr rIger b. Gle aaki
a DE fnrtivts Hai the safkgcs ha'
anc at fheif bead who was al full q
wiles and resource ~ Ia ihui him
ttlf The Flemish Bastard hat
watrhea The hguse fr9m behind %,
nosRade as dog Watches rat hole
ami De bad instantly discovered llai
the defenders had lefi their poet VIII
a seone q other warriors De- rslssai )
great log from TIE edge ~ The forest
aud. crossing the aIan space muehal
ionFed. be aui bis mea rushed 4
aeaiA6t ibo door With sHeh violence
~ 10 crack ds lsar across end tear
tie wosl from The hinges Tho FIRST
lntmaiioa Nhich tho survivors had q
iho sitarE was the crash u the door
and tl.o screams ~ two ~ thc negli
gsui watchmcn who had been seized
snd scalped Ia the hall The whole
basement Hgor was IN the bands ~ Tho
Indians. and he catinat and bis enemy
tie frlar were cot On from the foot o.
the stsirs
Fortunately however. the manor
houses Of Cansda we're built with the
one Idea Of defense against Indians.
and even now there were hopes for
the defenders A wooden ladder which
could bo drawn up In case II need
hung down from the upper windows 70
he ground upon the river side De
CatlnAt rushed round to this, followed
by the friar He felt for the ladder in
the darkness II was gone.
Then. indeed. his heart sank IN de.
SPAR. where could be fly TOT The
boat was destroyed The stockades
lay between him and the forest. aud
they were ~ The hands ~ the lroquols
Suddenly be heard a voice from some.
where IN the darkness above him
GIVE me your gun. lad" Il said Il
see the loom Of some OF the heather
down by the wall"
1T Is Il II "a !. Amos" cried De
Cstinat Down with the ladder or
sm dead man.
Have care II may be ruse,"
said the voice Of Du Lhut.
mo. no IN answer for it, cried
Amos, and an Instant later down came
the ladder DE Catinat and the friar
rushed up II, and they hardly had their
feet upon the rungs when a swarm of
warriors burst out from the door and
poured along the river bank
II WIS very small band who now
held the last point 10 which they could
retreat Only nine of them remained
The seignour. Du Lhut. the two Amcr.
cans. tho frlar, De Cntlnat, Theuriet
the major d0mo and two OF the cens.
,Hirew Inc stour stairrusr mn strulgnt
up from The kitchen 10 the main hall
and the door which had been barrlcad
ed across the lower part by two mat
trpsses commanded lie whole flight
The cards were still laid ont at one
end Of the table. with the tricks over,
tapping each other. as they had left
them But there was something else
there OF more Interest 10 them. for the
breakfast had not been cleared away,
and they had been lighting all day
with hardly bite or sup Even when
face 10 face with death Nature stlll
cried ont for her dues, and the hungry
men turned sayagely upon the loaf.
the ham and the cold wild duck 4
little cluster Of wine bottles stood upon
the buffet. and these had their necks
knocked Of and were empted down
parchcd ihroats
For four hours sounds Of riot, Of
dancing and " revealing rose mp from
The storohousc. and the smell Of the
open brandy casks filled the whole air
More than once the sayages qunrrelcd 1
and tough, among themselves. and II
seemed as II they had forgotten their (
enemies above, but the bcsicged soon
found that II they attempted 10 pre-
sumo upon this they were MS closely
as ever The major domo,
Theurint. passing between loophola |
and light, was Killed instantly by o I
bnlle, from the st0ckade, and both I
Amos and the old seigneur had narrow
escapes
Slowly the light crcpt up the eastern
Sky. little line OF pearl, then n band 1
Of pink. Broadening. stretching. spread
Ing until { shot Us warm color across
the heavens. iingcing the edges Of the 1
drifting clouds DO Catinat stood ut \
The window looking out when suddenly
bis eyes Ten Oh dark spot upon the
river TO the north ~ them
There IL canoe coming upf he
triod.
In an instant they bad all rushed TO
he opening, but Du I.hut sprang after
hem and pulled them nugrily toward
he door. DO you wish 10 die before
-FOUR timer he cried.
AYE. aver said Captain Ephraim,
who understood the gesture n not the
words. we must leave watch on
heck Amos, lad, We here with me
md be ready II they show
The two Americans and the old pio-
beer held the barrioade, while the eyes
y all The others were turned upon the
boat groan broke sud
icaly from the only surviving censi.
talre.
III is an iroquols oanccT he cried.
''impoeahleT7
Alas your crcclleney. II Is 20. and
I IL tie same one which passed us
asst night,
"Ah. then the women have escaped
lheH"
u trust 10. nu,, alas. seigncur,
Tear that there ere mere in The canoe
a0w thsn ubes they passed as"
The iiiile grJUp n survivors waited
N breaihless anxiety while the canoe
spea swiftly up The river. with a line
A.