The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18

thought as how we vus nghtin' against
the blue-bellies . bit ago; an now
we're as thick as two neas. Did yer
git Yer price,"
cowan laughed grimly.
Thar Amt no occasion fer yer ter |
worry. Jem." he conhded. evidently |
willing the others close about should
hear. I'VE amt tied up With no
Yanks. 'cept fer maybe a fes hours.
He'll thar wasn't nothin' else ter do.
but be friendly. Thar vus thirty o. u
runnin' kerbump inter tibet bunch O.
cayalrymen. with Their wagon train
a-comin' hundred yards away.
we weren't in no shape fer ter
fight about hundred an fifty sojers.
| reckon, tho. we'd had TO II that
young popinjay he'd been In COM
mand. He amt got the sense OF q
dried louise. But Cap Fox. be 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
q sojer, an he knows what Ramsay
wants. Thet's what ! banked on. fer
| knew the sineral had give his orders
ter use every means possible ter git
us ter help out the Yanks. So l Just
up an told Their cap tibet we wus out
huntin' fer Their same Teller he wus;
tibet my father had been killed. an
l reckoned the Reb spy did it an
tibet frum now on we wus goin' fer
ter fight on their side. don't reckon
as how he believed much o. what l
sed, but all Their same. he had ter
pretend he did. an let rs go long
without no fghtin. So he done sent
US on ahead. an sent tibet young snip
along fer ter watch me. Thet's the
how 1t happened"
Il see, an termorrer we leaves them
holdin' the bag-Hullo. Anse! look
thar-it's Kelly comm back. an. BY
jil.ks! he's leadin' two bosses"
4 Anse swung down to the ground,
. and ran his hands over the animals,
| lingering the equipment.
Didn't the lieutenant say tibet the
, spy an the CURL got OF on horses
, hitched by the hotel?"
81 didn't hear tell"
We'll. did; enyhow they wusnt
, 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 Their who'll buildin'; we've
freed our game, reckon"
The guerrillas came forward on
foot, running. and scrambling up the
incline. but inclined to keep well 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,"
Eyes, sir; we found an old iron bal
to at across; they'll have to crush II
4 the wood to get through"
\ Let johnson and McIlvaine 1oir
me here: what is the name OF that Lao
I was going to recommend for cor
d poral?"
"oHare. sir; Jacob o'Hare."
"Put him in command OF the soutf
\ side, and you take tho nosth; plao'
" benches 10 stand on under the win
dows, but keep your men down unit
A you get the word. There is to be nj
N firing until give the order. Tel
N them they have got to fight for theil
II lives. You understand"
v "Yes, sir; we'll do that, SIR"
n. "Then get to your stations. Now
Wyatt, you command at the othe
end: there are two windows and
Is door. Here, take this gun and belt;
10 can get another" He stopped. ant
u. drew In q quick breath, glancing on
out again through the window.
vi Friend Cowan-if that be his nam
n seems to be waiting for the militar'
80 to come up" he commented MOCK
insly. Prefers to let the Yanks pul
OF his chestnuts out of the nre. Perhap
10 he has known you long while-hey
VI Wyatt?"
We 1.-THE acquaintance has been rattle
pa brief, but warm"
~ mo doubt; well, Ill help make
ey warmer presently.
I; Fair cousin, do not know wher
ou to hide you in safety. This is goin
lie to be a real fight, or am greatly mil
Z? taken, and bullets fly wild through tn
~ dark"
IT, IF It is left to me-" she said gu
or city, 81 prefer to go with Tom Wyatt
* "But you do not understand"
q broke in hastily, my pulses throbbin
at her unexpected decision. THE
- may attack"
ne "oh. yes, the lady does, Wyatt
up chuckled the lieutenant, his rockies
or good nature in no wise lost by th
ns desperation Of our position. She
ce a fIarwood, that's all. Hullo! her
no comes the cavalry! Now. men.
"a your posts--and stand up to the mi
= - sic"
"a I caught her hand in mine.
'et "You-you mean that, Noreen"
60 "Yes: do not refuse. am nj
/, afraid" she implored. Take me wit
:. you"
ne To BE coNTINuEDJ
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