Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-24

away as Ions as he could hold his
breath. When he was forced to make
a bolt for the ~life-saving hole in the
door. I a in again; thus COTS .cou-
pie ofthe floor planks loose and pr4ed
them out.
In the space beneath the open
cracked floor We found Bulletton'a
chimney end; an old discarded boiler
flue, it seemed to be, leading UP from
the bench below. From u~nearthinE'
the deadly thing to muzaling it with
one of our we blankets was tho
ibreathless work 81 only a minute or
two; and with the gas-matn thus shut
came bearable again, the hole we had
chopped through the floor serving as.
q, venulator through which the COOL;
crisp night air am rushing In a re-
vvitying blast.
Our first care, after a prolonged
stlence led us to believe that the raid
ers had withdrawn to study up some
fresh scheme FOR getting rid of. us.
was to get a bar and pry' our two
doors open so that the breeze might
blow through and air the place out
a bit.
Closing and barring the doors after
the sulphur stencil had been reduced
to a mere MATCHBOX, Daddy Hiram
taking the first trick under q solemn
promise to call me at the end Of a
couple OF hours. This time he be-
haved better, rousing me a little be-
fore midnight. He reported every
thing quiet, and pointed to the sleep
ing dog as evidence that there were
no intruders within smelling distance.
Been Hathaway ever since you
turned in" he said, meaning, as /
took it, that the dog had been resting
a s "You a just keep an eye on
Barney. If anything goes to stirrin',
he'll know It afore sou will.
Nothing did stir; and after Daddy
had gone tp wrap himself In his
damp blankets, I had my work cut
cut for me keeping awake; in fact. I
shouldn't want to swear that I was
dred and twenty minutes that my
sentry-go lasted. No matter about
that. Fullerton didn't spring any
more surprises on us during my
watch; and when I turned the fortress
over to Daddy at two o'clock I was
able ITO pass the "all quiet" report
back >to him and go to the blankets
with an easy conscience.
had just dropped asleep, as Ii
seemed to- me-though In reality
had slept. like q. log for more than
two hours-when DADDY Hiram cams
to shake me awake.
"Somethin' dom, he announced
Quietly. and when l sat: UP l saw that
the collie was moving uneasily from
one door to tho other, stopping now
and then TO stand n1otionless with his
ears cooked and his head On one dde:
"Earney hears something" I ven.
tured; and q moment later Daddy
broke In:
Huh! it's plain enough for my OLD
the BENCH s.1a9
Now the presence Of a.! WAGON On
our bench at this early hour in thu
morning might mean either one OF two
Numerically opposite things: Our
o~ellverance: or the upcoming OF re-
inforcements for the raiders, We wers
not left long in doubt. Shortly after
the rack-rack OF the wagon wheels
stopped we heard footsteps, and the
nair stinened on Barney's back. Next
we Bullerton's voice, just out
side and apparently under u win.
dow openings.
"Broughton!" the voice called:
can you hear me?"4
81 well that you'd better keep o,A
OF ranger I snapped. back.
All r1ght-listen. You've got to re,
out, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES flat. I haven't
wanted to 60 to extremes. For per-.
tectly obvious, and conmonplace rea.
sons I2dont want to have to xiii you
70 get nd OF you. But we I not &c.
already hurt tour Of my mar, and two
OF the four are crfnnlAA HhkASEASL