Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1915-12-11

A quarter of an hour before a blac
had penetrated to the camp of tn
marines and had given the alarm-an
the whole camp had started off ON tn
double quick
"Boys!" shouted Neal, pressing t
the fore, American women-don't fol
get-come on!"
In an upper room in the planter
house Mrs. Hardin shrank back in
corner with fear. Bullets were rid
ding the walls. Joe Welcher lay fac,
down. Inez, with presence of mind
had placed a mattress against tn,
wall and with Joes aid had placed al
upturned bed against the other. They
were fairly safe. Besides that, just
once, IneZ had found chance to wave
to Hernandez, and Hernandez had
kept the insurrectos from firing Oh
that corner of the house. Inez crept
downstairs-looked about her-s&w
Annette and the planter in close con.
versation-then crept back again
She plucked Joey Welcher by the
sleeve. Joe" she whispered, go
down-pass through the corridor by
the htchen-open the rear door,"
Not on your life" said Joe. do
you think | want to die?"
You'll die if you DON'T" she said.
Come, follow mel"
Once below, Inez cooked her revol-
yer. DO as | say" she commanded.
Joe obeyed. With terror in his eyes
he tore and wrenched at the fastenings
of the rearmost passageway. Finally
he stepped back. She's unlocked"
he exclaimed Inez, unafraid, stepped
forward, opened wide the door and
beckoned. 1t was signal. Herman
dez saw it and bounded forward.
Follow me, insurrectos," he com
handed
A hundred men obeyed. With a
shout they dashed into the huge living
room on the ground fioor-with an
other shout they fired a volley into
the backs of the defenders. The
planter, drawing bead ON an insur-
recto without, was seized suddenly
from behind, gagged and bound. A
strong pair Of arms seized Annette
and lifted her from the floor and bore
her, screaming, from the room.
Three minutes later she was thrown
into far room in secluded corner of |
the house. Into the same room were
thrown Inez and Mrs. Hardin and Joe |
Welcher.
With sudden wrench Annette tore
loose a board that barricaded the win
dow. Then her eyes frightened.
Look" she cried The marines
they come. Neal! Neal!"
Her shout was not heard, of course.
but 1t was accompanied with the wave
OF a white handkerchief. Neal, at the
head OF the squad, saw it--and the
squad pressed forward at double
speed
Below, among the insurrectos, An.
nette could hear the panic.
THE Americanos-the Americanos
feel"
Neal reached the house-saw who
waved the kerchief. With a sudden
bound he leaped upon an arbor, scram-
oled and crawled somehow-with some
naval trtck-up the face of the house,
ahmed in the barricade and leaped
nto the room.
Annette" he cried.
But at that instant the door of the
Dom was burst open and Hernandez.
With Ponto and the Brute and a dozen
nsurrectos, darted In.
Take everybody here-including
him." commanded Hernandez. Take
hem-you know where. But remem-
'er-the women are mine, not yours" .
Neal fought like tiger, but without
uccess. In five minutes or less the
aptives, Neal and Annette included,
'ere led through dark passageways
some underground corridor. They
'ere driven on and on-they knew not
here
An hour later the squad of marines
eported to their officer.
we can't find a woman on the
lace, except the blacks" they said.
Are we all here?" queried the Off
Or, anxious for his men. Just call
le roll and see."
All here returned a marine, but
D, not all here. There's one missing
Gunner Hardin, sir"
The officer nodded. We'll find Gun 4
Or Hardin If 1t takes Leg" he said. NJ
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