The Captain, Charlie, Paul and Margaret went for the other two in lively style and soon laid them low.

The remaining rebels and Indians beat a hasty retreat to the woods.

The insolent invaders who had got so deservedly well punished at the hands of the Godfrey household were pitched out of the house, and when they had sufficiently recovered they also made for the woods.

During the tumult the four smaller children were fastened in the bedroom and their screams were terrible.

The night after the assault was a dismal and anxious one at Grimross.