THE INVASION Dunwody joined Jamieson below, and the latter now called for his horse, the two walking together toward the door.

They hardly had reached the gallery when there became audible the sound of hoof-beats rapidly approaching up the road across the lawn.

A party of four horsemen appeared, all riding hard.
[Illustration: A party of four horsemen appeared.] "Who're they ?" inquired the doctor.

"Didn't see any of them on the road as I came in." "They look familiar," commented Dunwody.

"That's Jones, and that's Judge Clayton, down below--why, I just left both of them on the boat the other day! It's Desha and Yates with them, from the other side of the county.