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The doctor, kneeling beside him, was preparing to give him a dose of spirits. Half a dozen sorrowing men stood about. "His minutes are numbered," Captain Rudstone whispered in my ear. "He is shot through the lungs. They brought him here because it was the nearest place of shelter." The factor looked up and saw me.
From the hall, from the rooms beyond it, the rest of our little band came running in panic to learn the worst and share our misery. Christopher Burley fell on his knees and clasped his hands in prayer. "O, God, save us!" he cried. "Let me live to see London again." "The fire is just to the left of the window," exclaimed Captain Rudstone. "If we had water "
Both towers will be abandoned at the first alarm, and all the men will rush to the quarter whence it comes, those are the general orders. If the redskins prove too strong for us, we will retreat to the factor's house." "Ay, and hold it," said I. "The place is impregnable, Rudstone!" "That remains to be seen," he answered. "Go and get some supper, Carew, while you have the chance."
"Good-night," I responded, and then my face grew hot as I saw Captain Rudstone regarding me with half-veiled amusement. "You are a lucky chap, Carew," he said; "but you have well earned your happiness." I never quite knew how to take the captain's words, so I merely nodded in reply. We were all sleepy, and without delay we completed the preparations for the night.
I was the first to pass the threshold, and I shall never forget the sight that greeted me Flora holding a twisted paper in one hand and with the other pointing a pistol at Captain Rudstone, who stood six feet from her, with his back to a glowing stove; his face was very white, but his bearing was defiant. "Seize him!" Flora cried, when she saw us.
Then followed an account of the flight and journeying of the two Osmund Maiden and Myles Rudstone how they traveled in haste from Montreal to Fort Garry, from the fort to the northern wilderness, where they were attacked by a party of treacherous Indians. My father was struck down and left for dead, and was found by the factor of Fort Beaver, who nursed him until he was recovered.
They've killed two of the best voyageurs that ever tramped the woods. My God! what does it all mean?" "It means war, sir," answered the factor. "The Northwest Company is at the bottom of the mischief. I entreat you to be calm, Captain Rudstone. The Indians are in force, and it would be sheer madness to try to track them down. I am responsible for the safety of the fort."
I had fancied I recognized him when he shot by me, and now the first glimpse told me I was right, for the fugitive was none other than Captain Myles Rudstone. Captain Rudstone was in a temper, and but for the press in front of him he would have dashed at the gates. "What are you afraid of?" he cried. "Why don't you pursue the red devils? make an end of them?
"Very!" assented Captain Rudstone, who was watching me curiously. I made no reply. I had just recollected that I had in my pocket a seal ring a trifle too large to wear which had been my father's. I fumbled for it, hoping to put an end to a controversy that was distasteful to me.
My answer satisfied her scruples the others had meanwhile left the room, and as she lay trembling in my arms, I felt how unworthy I was of all the gifts Heaven had bestowed upon me. It is time to write Finis. A few more words and the curtain will drop on the story of my life. That night, to my secret delight and to the factor's great relief, Captain Rudstone effected his escape.
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