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ee + 7. ¢€ dine. - women on piece-work, for une various uses they would © 4 ie needed for. to be chained was consider le, and it was now _to boast of. Mrs. Farrell, also, as boys say, “ bucked ee to meet | Apis occasion, and with Eveline went about the castle, 3 ¢ aka gave Jim a lot of sensible advice as to the dis- 3 eoeon of the various rooms. clean by any diversion from the enemy. ie posted ‘ his sentries about the castle, | but he was unable to 4 Ay * gain access at the time to two of the tallest towers, iis : us as they were shut off by strong iron-bound doors with ce _ huge locks, in which there were no keys. -- “And if we had the keys,” said Jim, who was ex- amining them in Eveline’s company, “ I doubt if they would be of any service. The inside of these oe | must be one mass of rust.” _ By-and-by the stores and bedding began to arrive, each party with an armed escort, and Jim had his mediately the things arrived, everything was s put; in its - place, if not exactly in perfect order. , Q 5 _ The big hall, used as the armoury, was also to be the store-room, and one side of it soon bore the ap- _ pearance of a huge provision establishment. The men worked eval and well, and in the excitement and bustle of the time the absent ones were forgotten. | Charley also allowed himself to be made useful, and 4 sae pene to and fro, bringing upon his back, strapped and _ bound, some of the packages and boxes too heavy, for his nimi friends. The three negroes having been sent early to the i ee 4, a See Lk Veh Oe he Se , . ~ i S - ~ that they were kept fully employed in the kitchen and domestic portions of the castle. Somehow everybody, as she hours went by, gathered ‘strength and courage from being in the castle. The solidity of it gave one a sense of security. Then there were the forts, which were not, however, sufficiently completed to be of service as a means of defence. _ was given to it. ” conveyed into the castle for fuel. Morse built up a heap, after the model of the French charcoal-burners, _ gunpowder. ie e busy ious open One Srinbanineed Ce 20u 3 : a sweeping them out with all the industry of char- an the hone that’ dag’ sity ee er re pr wieee yall ily _No Hah task Waar in fhe hands of Jim and his | | Eveline showed that she was possessed of some of va aie administrative power that her father was so wont in fair working Savor They were closed at. dusk, ar It was a day of excitement and bustle, but un- | hands full, directing them here and there, so that im- ee castle, were taken in hand by Mrs. Farrell, who saw _ Dinner was a scrambling meal, and very little time In the afternoon some wood was cut doa and at the back of the Redan fort and set it alight. He intended, as soon as possible, to prepare some more vary or | i heavy articles of furniture, which really cou | pensed with. The movable contents and the 1 ter drawers were brought up with the rest of the t i : v xi With so many at work without hindranc se, a vas Bi he amount of work was got through, In th 1e_cast ne o sufficient order was attained, and when the : nig ght w at hand the tired boys were ‘all ready to. rest. ‘ia <a 16 Martin devoted the last hour of daylight to ing : " the hinges of the great gates and the chain f the: portcullis, and by degrees he succeeded in getting bo oth al the huge bolts having been drawn, Martin said, ¢ eum ml} a “Tt will take all their time to force a athe in. | may sleep easily to-night.” “TT want a few ere ae replied ee yawning tu + ) to think ne, and the battlements are ‘the a for brooding.” | on) ae CHAPTER LXXXTX, ¢ DISTURBING THE EMPTY NEST.—THE LONE. SPECTATOR eG av + ON THE BATTLEMENTS, Va N utter sites ee 4 - his | eee iol a =<) Worn out by ‘their a3) exertions and lulled. by a ee sense of security, all. th others in the castle ha¢ nie fallen asleep in the partly. uA - arranged rooms. . a : There was no great rogue ey ~ larity about’ anything as. ‘ | yet, but the boys oneyel the semi-muddle, for it was Be : strongly suggestive of camping-out or of the life . 7 a gipsy, which 1s supposed to be the very acme ‘of freedom. “ee ; a mo Morse, always of a meditative disposition, was par- ag ticularly thoughtful that night. The scene lying at ” his feet, like the probable outcome of the’ troubles lis a faint posohiore kant glow. Z 4 a eile ae < a It shimmered in the gloom with a dreamy eal and for a while his mind wandered back toa childhood spent in a home where all but science was tabooed, His father was a learned man, a brilliant ey in the society to which he belonged, but somewhat heavy and unsociable at home. What would he be | < ; when he became a ey should he live ike: te : vid oo ES 8 Oe ts