Evening star., 1928-05-09

fired again. That was Olger Trane.
could take my oath" he said calmly.
Broadaxe. and two OF the men were
shooting from the rear windows. The
former called out:
They have dropped the log. Jonifer.
Five OF them down. The rest of them
have found shelter In the sheds"
Do not waste a shot" shouted Joni
fer. Hold your fire till you. are sure
OF your maitland keep away from the
crack, except when you are ready to
shoot"
The firing outside began to die down.
Jonifcr, peering cautiously, uttered q
cry of satisfaction. .-.
They've got their bellies full, for
while he announced. Some IL or Is
Of them have had their last meal. It
was OF lead The rest of them are fall
ing back to a safe distance. They've
had enough of It for the present. How
does your English saying 60. Col STAR
court? What fools these mortals be e?'
! must take up Shakespeare when
furious yolley was fred at this In
Stant by the TetfeatinR rebeis~-as A
parting reminder that the battle was
by no means over and would be re-
sumed when 1t suited the pleasure of
the blocsadcrs
Something clattered IA the iloor. over
In one corner OF the room. fDilowedsb by
the crash OF a heavy body. All eyes
were turned In that direction. jain
Crispo was lying on the floor. his legs
Jerking and twitching. Even * they
looked, he Strengthened them out and
suddenly became very still
Starcourt rushed over To him, drop
ming to his knees. Almost immediate
ly he looked UP and cried:
''They got him, Jonifer. He's dead!"
Poor old Jafn," gulped Davos. And
1t wasn't necessary, bless his soul. He
could be. alive now. II he had obeyed
me. Drop the bars over the cracks
They But, hoidi Before you do
so~~laughl Every one OF you! Laugh
as loudly as you can! Let them hear
us laugh, as II We we're enjoying huge
ioke"
All these ainaziIg rascals raised their
voices In rogf OF merrinient that
caused many affnAn outside TO look at
his neighbor in stark anazement and
dismayl
Then the bars we're lifted Into place
and the men came 10 stand over jain
Crispo. For a few moments they looked
down upon him In silence. Then Broad
axe dragged the body 10 the end Of the
room and covered II with rug.
"Soi" was all he said
Throughout the night shots were
fired at the house. but they were in
termittent and without purpose. save
10 let the occupants know that they
were still surrounded by foes who could
not be beaten off. Jonifer, gave orders.
The two women composed themselves
on pile Of rugs over In one corner.
and. to Starcourts astoniShment, act
ually fell asleep.
Lie down and get little sleep coll
onel," said Jonlfer, kindly.
"Sleep?" cried Gavan, bitterly. do
you think / can sleep. Jonifer2"
Have your own way about it, said
the other II can and shall"
After giving instructions to those
who were TO keep the vigil for the next
few hours, he calmly settled himself
down In a chair and soon his head was
nodding. Al dayhreak he called 0erane
"det up. my child. And YOU. Ma
tide, Bestir yourselves. Get the coffee
10 boiling. daughter. Three cups apiece.
NIL around Remember, we are one
man short" With a glance toward the
| foot OF the room.
Jan Melby said they would set Are
10 the house this morning" said Gerane,
yawning and rubbing her eyes. THAT
worried me n little before I could get
10 sleep How will he do it2 BY shoot
Ing flaming arrows onto the roofq"
Jonlfer laughed "He Is not such. a
fcol There must be 10 inches OF snow
on the roof No. my dear. they will
not set fire To the house That was
oil a4what do YOU call It. colonela---
oh. yrs "A blnff"
Continued In Tomorrow's STAR