Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-12

spear cut on the ankle. thee battle
 stopped for moment l laughed "Come on. you dogs" 1 shouted. '1 can play at that game until you are
 more tired of it than l.
 l spoke without thought. however. for those outside the opening drew back the bodies by their legs and thus 1 cleared the entrance l judged that | the outer cave. which was large and
 spacious. was now filled with men They were shouting and gesticulating ! in great excitement. But none made any effort to enter Finally 1 heard a human voice speaking English. It was ' PimbalL
 Master Hampdon.' he cried. "Speak not to me. you murdering vil-
 lain" ] answered.
 { Now. this is madness" he went on. | "YOu are trapped like rats. We have ' only to wall, up the entrance or build | fire in front of 1t and you will die"
 Ut is. better to die even so." re-
 piled, than to live with men like you" You are fOolI' he exclaimed. ! He dropped down on his knees as he l SD tke, and I could see his face in the opr ing, but too far away fer me to swing my aI. If it were my last ef- fort I was determined that would get | him. and so I waited.
 Don't lose the swOrdr' l cried to my lady across the chamber, where l her white face stared at me out of the 1 dimness.
 'I shall not" she answered undsunt- edly.
 | Then l lifted the ax and waited for | Master Pimball and his men to come on. But he had better plan. Bullets and powder they had in plenty. and he knew from the fact that had thrown my pistols at them that I had none | left. With a deafening roar storm | of bullets from dozen weapons swept ' into the cave. I leaped back. I had ! to or should have been shot where I stood Of the way thus opened they took advantage, and under cover of ] second yOlley they entered. Well, 1t
 was all up. All I could do was to leap
 upon them as they rose. and But at that moment the solid rock | beneath my feet began to sway. It | was as if had been instantly trans lated to the deck of a tossing ship. ! stood rooted to the spot trying to main l tain a balance. Pimball had lifted 1 himself upon one knee and was almost clear of the entrance. but he, too. stop ped appalled,. A sickening feeling of apprehension that all the savages on earth could not inspire came over me. My mistress screamed faintly. The na- lives outside broke into terror stricken shouts and cries; on oath burst from
 the lips of the leader of the mutineers.
 The next moment. with a crash Ike a thousand thunder peals. the earth
 was rent in twain.
 The earthquake shook that rocky island like a baby's cradle. A great
 mass Of rock over the entrance fell.
 With another roar like the first the cliff
 was riven in every direction. The
 noise outside eased. The men with pimball were ground to death. Upon his legs lay fifty feet of broken rock. Darkness. total and absolute. sue ceeded the dim light. l remember real iZing that ths attack had failed and then something struck me. Down upon the wet, still quivering sand fell and knew no more.
 Water. icy cold, trickling upon me from some spring. opened in the wall by the earthquake presently brought me to myself. 1 lay for a moment Iis-- tening. I could hear nothing at first. but in a little while deep groan and then faint whispered prayer came to me. l strove desperately to collect my senses, and finally l realized where I was-the cave. the battle. the earth quake. Pimball and the woman. Mistress Lucyr' ! cried. "Oh. thank God" her voice came ! through the darkness hysterically. 'I thought you were killed"
 No" I answered, slowly rising to
 my knee and stretching my members | to see if had control of them. which, | fortunately. soon discovered l had. ! 'I was stunned but otherwise [ be- ! lieve am not much hurt How is 1t ] with you?"
 'I am well and unharmed" Thank Godr' l For heavens sake, water" inter
 rupted a trembling hoarse. anguished ! voice. |.
 Who spcaks?" asked.
 'T, Pimbsll. I am pinned to the ! ground. my legs are crushed. my back i is broken, I am dying"
 There should be lantern here"
 said. T placed it-let me think
 where did place lt?" r
 1t was just to the left Of the open ing answered my little mistress I was turned around and giddy. but I managed to fix the direction of the
 entrance by PimbalI's grOans and by
 good fortune presently found the lam
 tern. It would burn but a few hours,
 but we never needed a light ss we
 did then My flint and steel carried
 ever in my pocket. and to kindle a
 fiickering flame was but the work of
 a moment. If I had not possessed it
 I would have given years of my life
 for that light which threw a faint
 illumination about the place.
 ! There, opposite me, where had sta
 toned her. protected by a niche in the
 cave from the rain of rocks which had