The Holly chieftain., 1916-04-14

tuOu6ut - INV WS "us ASnAo o6~soes
the blue-bellies . bit ago; an nov
we're ~ thick ~ two heas- Did yer
git yer price!"
Cowan laughed grimly.
THAR amt no occasion fer yer ter
worry, Jem." he confided. evidently
willing the others close about should
hear. I'VE amt tied up with no
Yanks. 'cept fer maybe few hours
He'll! thar wasn't Eothin' else ter do.
but be friendly. Thar wus thirty o. us
runnfn' kerbump inter thet bunch o.
cavalrymen. with ther wagon train
a-comin' . hundred yards away.
I'VE weren't in no shape fer ter
fight about hundred an AYty sojers.
l reckon, tho. we'd had to II that
young popinjay he'd been In COM
mand. He amt got the sense of
dried louise. But Cap Fox. hs rode
out. an we sorter talked 1t over. He
don't feel very blame kind toward me
since our fracas tother night. but he's
sojer. an he knows what Ramsay
wants. Thet's what banked on. fer
I knew the gineral had give his orders
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us ter help out the Yanks. So Just
up an told ther cap thet we wus out
huntin' fer ther same feller he wus;
thet my father had been killed. an
l reckoned the Reb spy did 1t, an
thet frum now on we wus goin' fer
ter fight on their side. don't reckon,
as how he believed much O. what /
sed, but all ther same. he had ter
pretend he did. an let US 60 long
without no fghtin'. So he done sent
us on ahead, an sent thet young snip
along fer ter watch me. Thet's the
how it happened"
II see. an termorrer we leaves them
holdin' the bag-Hullo. Anse! look
thar-it's Kelly comm back. an. by
jinks! he's leadin' two hosses."
Anse swung down to the ground,
and ran his hands over the animals.
lingering the equipment.
Didn't the lieutenant say thet the
spy an the gurl got of on horses
hitched by the hotel!"
Il didn't hear tell"
We'll. did; enyhow they wusn't
army horses they took. BY God! be-
lieve they're hidin' now in that church.
Here. you Kelly" new. exultant tone
in his voice. scatter your men out
around ther who'll buildin'; we've
| treed our game, reckon"
The guerrillas came forward on
foot. running. and scrambling up the
incline. but inclined to keep we'll back
from the silent church. Jem was clat-
tering down the pike, the clang Of
his horses hoofs dying away in the
distance. Harwood dropped his grip
ping hand from OF my shoulder, and
stepped back from before the window.
Sergeant"
Here. sir" and Wharton moved
slightly in the darkness, SO as to sig
nifty his whereabouts"
You attended to the door?"
''Yes. sir; we found an old iron bar
to At across; they'll have to crush in
the wood to get through"
| Let Johnson and McIlvaine join
me here; what IL the name OF that lad
was going to recommend for cor
poral?"
"O'Hare. sir; Jacob O'Hare."
| "Put him in command of the south
side, and you take the north; place
benches to etand on under the win
dows, but keep your men down until
you get the word. There is to be no
firing until give the order. Tell
them they have got to fight for their
lives. You understand"
| Eyes, sir; we'll do that, sir"
"Then get to your stations. Now.
wyatt, you command at the other
end; there are two windows end q
door. Here, take this gun and belt;
can get another" He stopped. and
drew in a quick breath, glancing out
out again through the window.
Friend Cowan-if that be his name
seems to be waiting for the military
to come up" he commented mock.
ingly. Prefers to let the Yanks pull
his chestnuts out Of the fire. Perhaps
he has known you long while-hey.
Wyatt7"
"The acquaintance has been rather
brief, but warm"
'No doubt; WE'LL I'll help make It
warmer presently.
Fair cousin. do not know where
to hide you In safety. This is going
to be real fight. or am greatly mis-.
taken, and bullets fly wild through the
dark"
.'If 1t is left to me-" she said qui.
etly, 81 prefer to 60 with Tom Wyatt"
But you do not understand" I
broke in hastily, my pulses throbbing