Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-11-25
CHAPTER Vl-Contlnued.

l. ant afford to give you that,
(eodore,"
IA die for dat" he declared.
srsEe this handkerchief instead;"
meanwhile, my eyes were open
Take this instead, Theodore" l
crested
tTd dlg for dat" he repeated, touch
| the lie.
Hls voice and touch made me sick
afraid. Just as people in a lunatic
,lum make one afraid.
Flock out" murmured Tom at my
bow.
And iust then I noticed hiding in
me- bushes Of seven-year apple trees,
. faces l had good reason to know.
had barely time to pull out the
lmmgdant's revolver from my
rket. knew 1t was to be either
pOckmarked genius or the engi-
eer But for the moment | was not
be sure which one I had hit. For,
nv gun went of, something heavy
lne down on my head, and for the
he was shut off from whatever else
Is going on.
(which did l hit, Tom?" were my
kx words as I came back to the
oy Of the world; but l diR't say
lem for a long time. and, from what
cn told me, It was a wonder 1 ever
BID them at oil.
There he is, sar," said Tom, point
b to a long, dark figure stretched
rt near by. I'm afraid he's not the
Ean you were looking for"
4 Poor fellow !" l said it was George.
be engineer; I'm sorry-but l saw
b muzzles Of their guns sticking out
n the bush there. 1t was they or
b.
That no lie, sar. and If 1t hadn't
|sel for that suckin' fsh's skin you
Fo1ldn't be here now"
1T didn't save me from a pretty
(Ood one on the head, Tom, did it?"
no, sar, but that was just tiff
hadn't been for that knock on the
|ead, pulling you down just that min
Pc that thar pockmarked fellow
Fould have got you. AS ii was, he
|razed your cheek and got one of his
'Tn men killed by mistake-the very
elbow that hit YOU. There he is
'yer there"
And who's that other, TomT 1
sSed' pointing TO another dark figure
few yards away.
That's the captain, sar."
The captain? Oh, I'm sorry for
laL God knows I'm sorry for that"
les sar' ne was one of the finest
l ever knOwed was Cap
Do Iomlinson; a brave man and a
ool navigator. And he'd taken a DOW
7ul fancy to YOU, for when you got
i'' crack on the head he picked I'D
WI gun and began blazing away, with
O'aS should never have expected
O'n religious man. The others ex-
'p ,, our special friend"
Le' call him Tobias from now on.
om' interpoSed.
well, him sar. kept his nerve but
: o''lerS ran for the boats as If the
W, y. was after them; but the can
"a gun was quicker. and only four
-. us'n got to the Susan b. The other
y 's" Ga their faces. as If some
's .s nag tripped them up. in couple
'ys' OF water. But just then Tobias
H. 'ae captain in the heart; ahl if
u, he had one Of those skins-but he
,s,,. ~ 'aushed OF such things as su-
On ",'e was only me and Tobias
- una The dog, for the engineer
= p p zone on his knees to the ST.
90, ., fellows st The first crack, and
~ s.sl IL Them to take him away with
,s .- i1ere was no one left but To
re , rIu -. .De dog and me, and I was
vs, my end was not far off, for / was
, w., much of a shot.
,4 as God is by witness. sar. 7 was
' .s5 10 Ole and there was n moment
he. h., ,a'. !: thar the time had
Nv =, ouI Tobias suddenly walked
Ia 10 the top of the bluff and
n ,, vu1 10 the Susan B.. that was
Nd inning Il'u'0s up her sails. At his
No ba PIT out boat for him. and
y,ra vailed he came down the hill
wiling oys ana II, the dog, that stood
,ugb, over You; and for sure n
N tba =, was the end. But he said
ne + III ~. fellow there that I'm not
,bt " S. AIN a Gefenseless man. He
I'M nave Ave h'iLed me once but he
De a., MS bound to be one Of US
Ike @. 81 other, but. despise me all
aks No. n not such carrion as lie
Of NV ,' Dna II he only likes to keep
b Il. ny Nv. way I'm willing to keep out
VT o'm when he wakes up
AN lNVErrn.