The two fell upon their knees for a moment, before they attempted an escape. The shots had begun to fall about the building. Katrine passed out first, and Theresa followed, still bearing her grandfather’s sword.
CHAPTER XI.
IT IS FINISHED.
Passing around the house to escape from the rear, the two girls suddenly came upon two men, whom, in the darkness, they conceived to be Van Zandt and Carl.
Theresa, in the excitement of the moment, lifted her sword in her hand and pointed it at the breast of the nearest, who rushed toward her.
“Stand back,” she cried; “I will not be taken alive.”
“Theresa!”
“Willie!”
The strength which had sustained her until this moment gave way, and she sunk into the arms of her lover.