The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24

0carlett from . fatal fall from the roof
Of the house. He denounces Buckhurst
tess conduc1 him to where Buckhurst IL
0ocreted.
CHAPTER lv.-contInusd.
Buckhurst looked at me, long
enough to see that the end Of his rope
had come. Then he slowly turned his
deadly eyes on the girl before him.
Scarlet to the roots Of her hair. she
stood there. utterly stunned. Then
the sudden double beat of horses
Aoofs broke out along the avenue be-
Sow. and. through the red sunset
saw dozen horsemen come scamper-
ing up the drive toward Us. At the
same moment I stepped out into the
driveway to signal the riders, raising
~ hand.
Instantly . pistol hashed-then an.
sthsr and another. and = dozen harsh
voices shouted: "Houura! HouEra!
Preussen!"
"Mille tonnerrei" roared Delnont:
the Prussians arc here!"
Look out! Stand back therei Oct
the women back!" cried. - IN
Uhlan wheeled his horse straight
through bed Of geraniums and llrsd
his horsepistol as me.
belmont dragged the young Count
ess to the shelter Of an elm; Sylvia
0lvs0 and Tavernier followed; Buck
hurst ran to the carriage and leaped
h.
mo resistancei" beloved belmont,
- Basard snatched up the pistol l
had taken from Buckhurst Bat the
invalid had already fred at q horse
nan. and had gone down under the
his face.
Ny frst impulse was to shoot Buck
hurst and I started for him. l ran
past Bazard's trampled body and fred
It an Uhlan who had seized the
horses which were attached to the
carriage where Buckhurst sat.
Again l ran around the wagon.
through clump Of syrinsa bushes.
and up the stone steps to the terrace,
and after me galloped one Of those in
comparable cossack riders-an Uhlan,
lance in rest, setting his wiry little
horse to the stone steps with q loud
'Hourra!"
1t was too steep a grade for the
gallant horse. l flung my pistol in
the animals face and the poor brute
reared straight up and fell backward,
rolling over and over with his unfor-
tunate rider. and falling with 4 tre-
mendous splash into the pool below.
I'm Gods name stop that!" roared
belmont from below. Give up, Scar.
lett! They mean us no harm!"
Come down. hussar!" called an Of
ncer. I'VE respect your uniform"
"Will you parley!" asked, listen
Ing intently for the gallop of my
promised gendarmes. II could only
gain time and save Buckhurst.
"Foulez-fous fous rendre? Oai ou
non?" shouted the officer, In his ter-
rible French.
"Eh bien, non!" cried, and
ran for the chateau. AS gained the
doorway they shot at me, but only
ded the faster. springing up the stair.
way. Here l stood. saber in hand,
ready to stop the first man
Up the stairs rushed three Uhlans
sabers shining in the dim light from
the window behind me: l laid my
forefnger nat on the blade Of my
saber and shortened my arm for a
thruet-then there came a binding
dash, q roar, and I was down, trying
to rise, until q clinched fist struck
mo In the face and I fell fat on my
back,
They got me out to the terrace, ant
carried mo to the lawn. One of the
men brought cup Of water from the
pool.
Herr Rittmeister." said, family, "l
had \ prisoner here; he should be IL
the carriage. Is he?"
The officer walked briskly over tt
the carriage. Nobody here but two
women and q scared peasant" he
called out
Two soldiers lifted me again ant
bore me away in the darkness. l wa,
perfectly conscious.
And all the while l was listening fol
the gallop Of my gendarmes. not tina
cared very much, now that Buck
hurst was gone.
Suddenly the chapel bell OF L;
Trappe rang out a startling peal: th'
Prussian captain shouted: Stop tina
bell! Shoot every civilian in tn
house!" But the Uhlans, who rushe,
up the terrace, found the great door
holted and the lower window
screened with steel shutters.
On the battlements Of the soutl
wing . red radiance grew brighter
eomebody had thrown wood into tn
hon basket Of the ancient beacon
A0A oek 6re to it.
AaE taAehas ne . lesson!" bavlo,