Bethany and its hills; . nd raising the nniskei to his shoulder. At that instant Henry \\\xx^ter sprang forward and clappedhis hand over the muzzle of the gim. Xo. captain. said he. dont fire : its tvx> bad. Get out of the way! thundered the ruffian, or Til blowyour hand off. Almost at the same moment both Cady and Scott in between him and Chauncey. Wooster seized theg\m and raised the muzzle into the air. You shant kill him!Youve got to shoot me first! Aud me! And me. tvxi!cried the others, and they planted thetnselves firmly as a screenbefore the kneeling figure of the
Bethany and its hills; . nd raising the nniskei to his shoulder. At that instant Henry \\\xx^ter sprang forward and clappedhis hand over the muzzle of the gim. Xo. captain. said he. dont fire : its tvx> bad. Get out of the way! thundered the ruffian, or Til blowyour hand off. Almost at the same moment both Cady and Scott in between him and Chauncey. Wooster seized theg\m and raised the muzzle into the air. You shant kill him!Youve got to shoot me first! Aud me! And me. tvxi!cried the others, and they planted thetnselves firmly as a screenbefore the kneeling figure of the youth. Later on. while the fugitives were secreted in a cellar at theWooster house in Derby, a well was discovered, and Grahamwrung a reluctant assent from his companions that Chaunceyshould be shot and put into the well. His pleading cry of dis-tress was heard by Mrs. Wooster overhead. She was a more, a mother. She hastened downstairs and threw her-self between the victim and his nmrderers. who were just pre-. AND ITS 27 paring- to execute their ]nirpose. For shame! she you uieu. or wolves, to kill a poor hoy in this wav ? I tellyou it shant he done.—not in this house! Take your hanrls offhim. caj^tain ! The rohhers suhmitted. but with an ill ^-race,cursing- women that couldnt mind their own business. At this juncture a door from the room above opened, and avoice cried out. Ive come to tell you that you had better takecare of yourselves. There is a party of men ; up the roadyonder that I suspect are looking- for you. There are Mr. Juddand two or three of his sons. Reuben and Daniel Williams. SamHickox, Jude Hoadley. and a dozen more. Some are on horse-back and some afoot. Among those on horseback were Dr. Jesse Carrington andMr. Isaac Hotchkiss from Bethany. It seems they eluded theirpursuers, and when they thouo^ht themselves out of ^er werecaj^tured at last, and the young captive restored to his his healt
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