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io to bien to Tain to ie) eaten, ral he alter Ny sy plunged with him in that. Heer only to > find them Gy fast. As they retreated, another withering Bue from the Deieamaarts laid more of them low, and the survivors, ae oe with impotent rage, dashed down the broken Whe oe ren Hs reserve ‘aa fh | Be “We must not waste our powder,” he said; “it ; my be wanted yet. % . Ate rid. ; ut 3 ae was free of ea of all save the dead and wounded. | They would now have to be thought of and seen | | a “a The temporary excitement of victory over, the AN re ‘memory of their lost comrade, Waller, again came to a the front, and Ganthony recalled the fact that they “ had left his body outside. _ As there was no need for him to remain on the _ ramparts—nor, indeed, for others, save a watcher or _ two—he hastened down below, where ‘he found Jim Gordon, Martin, and Trueberry refixing the cannon - upon the platform by the gates. “Poor Waller is eat said Ganthony. _ «We brought him in,” replied Martin. “ You will find him in the courtyard.” i Get some lights as quickly as you can, ” sang out. a Sim. “Here is the key of the door eee to the ng kitchen.” _ Felton took it, and, with half a dozen more, went off | for the requisite a: _ Wounded snakes bite,” cautioned Morse. aa Le All right,” replied Teens “Tl keep an eye on them. a _ This was in allusion to the possibility of some of the a _ wounded, if any remained alive, doing the boys an ; injury. | Felton had a box of aetene: in his pocket, and | : lighting one at the door, he was able to see his way across the hall. He could make out that it was a _ frightful scene of confusion and slaughter, but he did a ‘not stay to look into details. o _ Having unlocked the kitchen-door, he passed on es ites ‘with his companions. The lamps were kept in a cup- i hoard outside the kitchen-door. As the first was ae they heard somebody calling out, as if for help. Amazed, they stared at each other, until ‘Trimmer, who was one of the party, suddenly re- oa ae i . u nS membered. ce “Tt is the two wounded fellows,” he said. “They ss were somehow forgotten.” ue And so it was. N ot a living occupant of pe castle | eee! a econ on HEME « or oe i Sieger ane Pee at variance ‘ oy, oe eHow ee at Both were up and trying to get out of the r om: in which they had been lying. But the dc through had been kept fast on the outside, : as i not certain how far the men might be trusted. — | faces, bade them not be alarmed. “The fight is over for the present, "he said. “ ‘Zou | friends got into the castle, and we had some wots to get them out again. iM Haw ye ‘¢No friends of mine,” said Maravolte nf | “Nor to me,” grunted Harac. | “Friends or foes,” said Felton, with a grim smile, i “many of them will trouble you no more. There co ; a a number of them lying in a hall. Go back to FREE beds. I must leave you now.” iy Fe He turned away without closing the Hone and, wich alt his companions, hastened back to Jim. _ As before, q they did not stop to see the amount of damage and hes a loss of life to be found in the hall. They could do oo) nothing, and their movements were quickened by a de j groaning here and there. a oh A A few minutes after they were gone, Harac nicl a Maravello came creeping in. Maer. And they stayed in the hall, stealing bank one a fallen man to the other, occasionally muttering to themselves: | ae, Me “It is senate and we owe them much. me a Mi at ; Phe 7h’ Re ha A a ’ Mati the nes live! on | Pith Rape On ces CUXII. Hi ANXIETY FOR THOSE AWAY.— AN OLD-TIME VAULE a FOR THE DEAD, | iy ty nA? be ee SAY,” said Felton, ‘ as he handed the _ lamp he carried to — Jim, “you pee those two fellows — lying eee by el UY Toe | 1 Ei Ve 4 dia,” condiaig | ‘ 1 replied Jim; “and I Wish | es: Tall I had not made a mess of ra anything else.” “ Bey ni “What else have you ae S ; done?” rs ae n + Oh, it decent matter.” : | A i He had in his mind the little boat-load ‘upon’ ihe. | 4 sea, and, in a secondary sense, the trio of negroes: who ‘ ss had departed with the bundles of supplies. | Taking to the ramparts was entirely an after Hy ag