So I took some big ropes that were in my garret and fastened one of 'em to a tree at the corner of the road.

Then I drew the rope high enough to hit the breast of a man on horseback, and tied it to the tree on the opposite side of the way in the direction where I heard the horses.

That barred the road.

It didn't miss fire, I can tell you! There was no moon, and the corporal just pitched!--but he wasn't killed; they're tough, them gindarmes! I did what I could." "You have saved us!" said Laurence, kissing him as she took him to the gate.

When there, she looked about her and seeing no one she said cautiously, "Have they provisions ?" "I have just taken them twelve pounds of bread and four bottles of wine," said the boy.