Back's Heroine.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4290, 30 September 1882, Page 1

Back's Heroine.

A MUTINY "REMINISCENCE. ■;- I [CONCLUDED FBOM LAST Wi^^J Cecil Brandon's watoh Might ktre been a quarter of>alio«rilowerjiitt^i|^|?||- ' and! Jjack' need not ha»e wound hii up .for < a week, for all .the^tffereneei it made to tbe English at Bandermnnda. i ; e ,v ; -,.: : ! The bill broke up nearly at this tim* specified, but;"'tnV^ lights'^were)?if§^-.--'."-.; burning much later; r^ fv ? ■ X Captain Waring^ Ka'P^^f M^^'^ houie some'inin^ realised that to go back in iieanh of %eeta would be certain deatfa^not only to >■■■■ himself and many r .m,'J^■'■V&Wt'.f&Jfc^p^ dermunda, but alM* to Miw Nellis^Gwiyr v niede of., Col., Gfay,; then eommandinf; &i -■■ •■■;;,^;'^%^;r;"^;;:- i- i v. ;^ This Ti^6ung ft ::Mßs; ■'S%*!^^Sfc^'' i ': > wan^e^ng!;,ai^| i ;;in/sth'e/'g^e^ :; ;' because she was of a romanticHiipofition, but because the temperature indoori was . solitary rjde of hers tak^fhafe aOfniof on Bluebell, her pet bMoA; aod abo«t the; fellow beiDR she hnd »e«n lying in tb* long f ;by the rirer-^a ~we««B^,irh^ 1 Wjif:. i -.' v . - ; lying -[qß^hy V'fcj^ stopped herohori*' and look»di?iii>tbet recumbent't^gure^-for '7:ai^oigplii^j^i:^"' sake, whereapon tfce go hey^feet .and.s^rsd--*{s£:»ifi^vfcwfoC 'friendly vga^nitiil^^^^^t^^ " iPpoffjtging!^" said Nellie, in|tinist|felj,:i. sorry* for-tlie ..w*Jß»n .•>■;?* t-jvivv^rf -.ra^, fc ■' Th^niti^toiliSf ?boirelr^iT^': jnot'r .".* see the mattei; in the same lijflit. She began speaking at first gently, then fiercely, and at l^tmaiii frantic'leap';*t;th*^bsll&*#£e^^ stranger ■; a^foaca f^i»ej^ r *Bid.f^ißd ; f j. ; 'in^aj monpea^iras {reai^li^csirr^iiig!: '£■ ■ ' heir < mittreat away a -little frightened fther^tellire^- v 'r^tmx- \^- ../'■ ';• and prolonged^/ beard "coming up tba path; there %ai fa-ritthVaad then some one cleared the fence and tumbled itfto the gra9reloße <:|by;'nei%.;-:;- '■•• '-v"''!?'"; l-iU~** '*'"' ■r- v papt.^mrag^^Vn^^-? :'■;■' *>;.'■-5-'■'.' f.' if Miss Gray ''-T-eTen then he could not help looking apologetically at tbjfr.knife , in bis hand—" you beard the shots ?" . - VThat-were^-firM'^tek^w^te^ : re«i we all did^-won^^^^^l>^ .V- " Tbe,SeiK^s''are''uip.'2!B^^bng'ia it:, lince the kit of your'gueiti^rtotß' 'im^u[■-■■■■ r 0;^'"::^;;^:,;"-:- ■. ; ■ \, f-f''Thanic uHeirenT::'But time it not - time to tell you all. Brandon and I were V warned -' on the . road by a wottan of; the'; projected rising. He has gone to the fort Itoiwarnf.jtha fellows Ji|e^^|^^r.hare.;, v. come hither. %r'y:;;:\ic,; : ',-x^^:^'}(v^:\:zl^ MBut wby did- y<m snoi(iajo>f;t6rTthe nil rfcr»|Asi^nite;:ealm^. iv>^^.:;>;'/\^ : v: :. '/'Jftecattie^eTerything^de "nouses. The signalifor4ttSe^ir?o^;tKe^p| Extinction of the lights here. Mias Gray» tJfey muJt not be put out to-oight. The dawi w»U l soon come; but the women ; the barracks to obtain reinj^cemenlj for the fort; for if the mutineer* find o«t b^e Jo>t;" .; -. ■■■ :--:^ & t:i^r : o;^^o.r^MH ge.tihelu:»wa7..:': ;5-_ my^.m^h •; -;|[e^ ■•iA it:; -Hilf;;^iin||gh«lpi:;;? r ''V'iXes;:L..vl;w^jto^^^^:g^/i»d-'j-BeUa at once; a^ Well s«roff by th* ": ito/meet us ?"}:^f :: : >v^t;^v^;,^^vfeji^.;jr ms^.,-. v He stood for a mciwnt amaj^ She laughed a little as she looked into v ; hiß;face.r-:;:-;q:- :J| S - : -^:}t:^i.' '-t". : :% :[: fp-< %). ■':.. to be all myilife." Iji 1.';: :S: £ ■j::^^;;:;^^>l^p There was do time to Wf^^j^Jji^^ out her hand as it to aay ahekriew tms. He took'it, and as they stood fbgether for ' .ft'Bwniidt; their eyis met'; than drawiag :;;.