The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-03

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e eur prorisionsa scanfy sto<~. thar stool
, in immediate need Of repienishins. Thel
r We heid a council Of war.
q II they are wise said Rodney
{ ''they'n settle down to besieee a.. The,
q could starse Us OUT OF here in fort7-eirh
/ hours I've an idea. however. that they r.
afraid 70 do thar Tor fear Of Leg conse
: Quencrs. l take il this IS purely per
, sonal fight"
' l had the sane Thoughts; some French
: enemies Of Duponceau's were trying "a
kdnap him. had been nv conciusion-
Look :" Duponcean was standing and
We followed bis eaze and saw sail-boai
-my saiIboat-round the elf to the ives;
! and lie TO in the open sea Not that
way" be said -theren Be no more swim
ming done They're going to guard rs
from the ocean
\ Then Rodney spoke up. perhaps
can get aeross the beach 70 the cottage
and bring some Of the timed meats hack -
Unless they have confscated my house
- vel As M boat" suggested. How
eser. its worth fry. Charles stays on
guard. ard I 60 with you
So, = little later. the two Of Is. having
an eye that TIE men IN the saii-boat
I should not zee rs. lowered ourselves over
fhe side. and wzded waIst-deep through
th~ water We crawled up the rocks and.
( lying iow. peerrd through breaks Al the
| beach There was nothing bar shining
sand between our position and The house.
Carefully We stole over the rocks and.
separating Slightly. 50 that each might be
uuhampered By the other. advanced vest
ward I bad an impression Of whaf L
mnst - to march across a desert IN the
face OF an unseen Toe. Only. ne did not
have the protection Of the desert. for there
were dunes ADORE Us on the right
We had gone perhaps halfway when
The silence rang with a shot A little
throw blew up In fhs sand before me.
and I saw a light cloud Of snnoze steal
away from the dunes An lnstanf's 81
lsncs. another report. and furrow vas
plouxhed IN the sand ten yards 70 the
rear We were hemmed IN By an unseen |
ring.
We faced 70 the dunes. standing stock l
stili Two more guns cracked. and the /
bullets sped In the air. above our heads,
but not 20 far that we could not hear
them sing Rodney could stand Il no
longer
Come out and show yourselves Ike
men - he cried. bis roiee hish-pirched and
srraininz- An instznt's pause, and then
two men IezDed forward
Islip's pistol cracked. then smother man
Joined the two. and as By instinct We
separated
Then began a running FIRE while we
beat |. refrsat- kept close as could
to the water. emptyinz my revolver In
such a way as TO retard the enemy with
out wounding them: for We suspected
that the5 we're seeking TO Inrimidate rs.
without actually rssortinz to hloodzhed.
and we, for our part. had no desire 10
hare any desfhs on our hands They
<ained On rs. for we refreafed while they |
advanced. and IL was only By t=ks=- I'll
speed to ny heels and making for the
rocks that I won a temporary respite The !
snemy stopped. and nov we could pepper !
hem. shooting to right and left as fast
"a we loaded q
I glanced backward. and saw the sail I
,oet very cIose-much closer than I Ia
iked
They're going 20 board the Ship I {
.rfed. and spIashsd into the water.
unbled rp the side and made for the
arrher bulwsrk. calling 70 Duponceau {
md Charles 20 stir themselves As did Z
o two men came scTanblinx over the >
ufsr ROCKS and made for the Ship. While q
third held the safl-bost 70 the shore I
card shouts, and saw Rodney cross BE-
de ne. He stood moment unprotected.
nd that instant bullet took him In the
m and heard him give cry Of pain 7
ITS nofhinx-a scratch on the Hesh,~ r
. uutfersd a. he crouched- =
The two men we're climbing the sea- :
ard side I waited. and a. the 6rst
ard ADORE ne I was on BIN and with
. rhs force n NJ body haired rim back. y
, that be lost his hold and fell spiashing. d
be other Vas balancing. had one foot
,er, had sprung. when Duponcesu and a
harIes sei.ed him. and he went. legs e.
singing In a circle. beside his fellow In :,
u se1- -
We czoochsd. for the man In the boat =
a. firing The two below scrambled
4 q the waves and scurried back 70 o
. ssil-bo4t. Then Rodney and Dupon- &
al kept that side Of The Ship. while n
11rIes and wzfcAed the other There
ere a fer more scattering shots. then
. enemy made Of. pl
In kfms re left Charles on guard and
mt down 70 the cabin. while Dupon-
zu examined and bandagsd Rodney's -
m Rodney was rizhf Il was merely . =
sh-round IN his forearm. but. slight a.
rns. i seemed % turn him into our II
TO- IL was the first blood Of the wex- fe
WHEN the wound was attended 70 ~ BE-
Mt o. deck. all Of rs squlvsr with en- te
smsnf, and there We four sat, each With
pistol in his hand. and warn blood
stinx IN bis veins.
Nosn came. and We lunchsd on scrspa g
tried % make out on smoking many -
,>fu< Of tobacco. The sun slowly - -.
'ssed the western heavens ard com
need to drop Suddenly discovered 10
It was pxrchsd With thirst.
Water, water everywhere, and not be
" 20 drink There's no nse 6isguis- II
Il any longer; we'll b. caught here
. rats Ia trap" said WED better
away before re fall to eating horse
TIER
I have plenty Of wstsr and food In
house. tn stsnd q GOOD long Stage
ann Of those rzsc4ls are EvtBx IL Il u