the foot of the stairs the hunted family found the hall full of armed men. One man stuck his gun through the grating in the dour, against the breast of tho Judge, but Cornelia thrust it aside. A volley of shots was fired against the door. The Judge pushed it open and got into the hall. Mrs. Chisolm fired both barrels of a shotgun arid wounded one of tho assailants in the face. The murderous mob closed in around their