Bismarck daily tribune., 1911-11-24

Faith, and 1'm sorry, for that You
are plucky enough to be an 1rishman." ."
I was too bewildered to be surprised
at so strange a meeting. NV only
clear thought was that an 1rishman
with drawn sword in country
known only in legend was probably a
very different person from an ordinary
1rishman on College Green. 1t would
be wise to let him lead the conversa.
tion.
you're my prisoner" he said. "Will
you give me your word not to attempt
to escapeT'
Certainly"
my name is Dennis Organ, Cap
tain Dennis O'Ryan." he said. motion
Ing me to follow him.
"A few moments ago had a COM
rade. Captain Organ. As we came
down from the mountains he lost con-
troll Of himself and was carried away
yonder. should like to look for
him"
you'll see him in the morning II
your eyesight is good. He won't
move. Was he a friend?"
"Yes, a new acquaintance, but dan
ger made us friends"
"Well, Mr.
"Verran," I said.
"Well. Mr.. Verrall. he's just corpse
now and not good specimen of q
corpse either. You will understand
why tomorrow"
We went through a narrow cutting
In the solid rock, the torches casting
weird and fantastic shadows about US.
and presently came to natural cav
ern, high pitched and of considerable
SIZE A fire was burning in the cen
ter, the smoke, after thickening the
atmosphere. finding its way out
through a cleft in the roof, and an
iron pot was on the fire, a strong.
meaty smell coming from it., which.
being hungry, did not find unpleas-
ant.
The ground Of the cave was Of loose
soil, and my companions threw them
selves down round the fire. Organ
motioned me to do the same. 1t was
the most primitive meal I had ever
assisted ut, but I have rarely enjoyed
one so much.
They were a wild looking crew, not
excepting Captain Organ. They were
powerful men, big limbed. with shaggy
dark hair and mustaches, not Ill look
ing and rather picturesque than other
wise. They wore somewhat tight meth
er garments and a rough. easy fitting
leather shirt reaching nearly to the
knees, but cut up at the thighs to give
perfect freedom to the legs. Over this
they wore a coat of mail, compromise
between plate and chain armor, and
long boots Of stiff hide, into the heels
of which was fixed spike about half
an inch long. A low steel helmet fit-
ting close on to the head completed
their attire For arms each man car
ried a long serviceable looking sword,
which hung from a broad belt fastened
loosely round the waist. Except that
his armor was brighter and that he
had short feather at the side Of his
helmet, Captain Organ did not differ
from his comrades.
During the meal was considerably
surprised to find that I could under
stand my companions conversation.
Organ when speaking to me spoke in
English. or, rather, Irish. with
brogue, especially when he got excited,
which I shall make no attempt to re-
produce in these pages. When talking
to his men he spoke in their language.
which was the most curious conglom-
GRAFTON have ever heard. It was ap-
parently made up Of several tongues,
with a general groundwork Of Norman
French. English, German and Italian
were represented, and, although there
were words here and there which l
could attach no meaning to. being a
good linguist, I could understand most
Of what was said, and If at first was
not so easily understood I soon man.
aged to talk pretty freely.
The meal ended. Organ kicked the
fire into blaze.
1.-THE history Of your strange coming
among US should be interesting" he
said