The sun., 1900-08-19

The fort Is lei me see. between 800 and aOC
| yards from here
There Was a pun Of smoke from a window
| Of the square. gray building, followed moment
later 10y distant report and the hummlng OF a
guitar string IN the air above their heads Curtis
Damn bad shot" observed his companion,
Make me sick after being in south Africa. II
| that had been Boet, now, he would nave
hit YOU But these Turks cannot shoot. 80
we will make rush We will have our beat
shots crawl IN close and fTe on the doors and
windows. Then take detachment and run
In. When the Turks appeaI We drop ana our
and and take IKE another ' dash Hle' So we @ take IT, ' ~
rocky sminence that commanded the sleam-
capital V. Four warships. two Engllshmen. a
Frenchman and German. lay resting az an
tunnels and drifting away amicabIy together.
Something over a mile and half away, those
great floating engines Of death and terror looked
trenched in the, rocks all about Lindbohm was
an armed band, $50 In number, consisting OF
nsfH9 snd aroS aiSpFf2s Bshna
Mountains, and below them lay the bright.
slopes, where an occasionalwhite village cleaned
among it's olive orchards.
How many are there Of 'em7" asked Curtis,
Iindbohm smiled. and raising his bis pink hand
to his blonde mustache gave IL playful pull.
That, yust what we're going to ind Ind OUT, ,
he replied Calling an insllrgent To him VINO
spoke French. he explained in that language the
plan for the assault lie himself selected the
men who were 70 accompany him. twenty-five
In number. and such as possessed Payonets
proceeded to fix them to their rifles, The places
from which the shooting was TO be done was
rapidly a. possible llndbohm and Curtis, az
the head Of the little band, worked down toward
made These movements caused more or. less
the blocERogsS' use Most of the bullets passed
one slapped against the soft face of n rock or
scurried through the gravel One g danced d
curiously in the ife direction IN Of the sound
1T takes yust one good, big battle TO break
a man q that" observed the Lieutenant
lodging after the bullets. They sing oil
sorts Of tunes and sometimes they only whis-
2, but they always say the same thing
The attacking party spread out into a line
With distances of ten feet and over between ,VTeti
Al reyoir my friend, he said fixing hls
nnocent blue eyes won the AmeriSnn tiG ou
RSP err eff esoy T upon NJ
SPOKE ss Gn he 'PP2RTGG' PPPReG oS I hs E sht % toward
Curtis and the two men clasped hands, Ihe
AmescG9 was thSIed BY great cto! TevsS,9n wsTa sn
chidikc his voice so tender, and hi smile
so sad and sweet like woman's. BE had lost
head, and his pompadour had fallen down IN
spots like a wheat field upon which fragments
OF wind have dropped here and there ne
was very much In earnest now, as nervously
he swept one end OF his great blond mustache
between his teeth with the tip of his tongue
""1 rRs4 Is i not so' We must remember
DO YOU think I'd 60 back q 9n fri, friend h., T.
see here, Tindbohm since you're uneasy about
me. you'll find my address in my pocket u
anything happens Ei TO me; write 10 my 'o'K7'
bods sHa s d9Dfa Dr sod SS s%Ra s 9@n
the dust and Crime upon hi' face
Tell her ] meant what said 70 her thn day
every word q & il shs Sss HpdfT:H.ad in.ted
her let daylight through. him VIII yon' Give
H. s 9SS sSda no he 1yb sd b eY st ES'Rs
his great soft hand and Tensned, silent 1r,1a 1sr
Then he looked up suddenly and again sei7ed
"You are not going he said sternly. !
am In command here, and order you TO stay
Ere the American had chance TO reply half
| a dozen guns roared from n covert nearby, q
dozen moro followed a. rapidly as the sound
and ,Seg RSG i6H i1H29s 9 STs s Fe rS onqur
| as capriclousy as the explosions Of bunch ot
recrackers II ceased and nd9Sohm Snmss ofhs He
had NOT COY more than ten wards away before
the others we're darling after him o.-.,. -,
.crsmbiIns HSa 70 M his feet he ran 50 rspdy for
ward that he passed two or three of the Italians.
and had nearly reached Iindbohm's side; ~, he
had stepped on bundle Of, dry twiss Turn,
ing he saw the poor fellow lying upon his !, sde ne
Sis SfnI eft Fe es VG With both hands and sfnnns His
! shin had been shattered by a ball. Somebody
fell upon Curtis and bore him 70 eartR ana 1,sn IN.
side t' took deliberate aim at somebody and fire.;
dTrt tSe En3o%s % he a There
iull and they dashed forward again, Curtis
kept his eye on Iindbohm this time and Pitenssd sd
! do likewise. They ran but short distance each
time but the third spurt brought them half E.nt way
70 the destination Lnd6Ehm nc hoS aim kepI and
FIRE. The others followed his example and they
were able thus to keep advancing. and none t re
door doc and % windows % f Of the Turkish stronghold.
| They were still ten Of twelve rods away when
he nag to Gn his tse Who
| gathered about him. They walked iearle-sly,
through the open door into he front & room n1ot %l
| headed offlcer in a faded fez came forward TO
meet them, Twenty Turks in rasged III, uniforms ms
wss wsse dim h%dd9d Sns sSsSure aIssncT N n6 smoke
ested he S STuTEisS officeT in French Gn6ncFlIns
hls SNoIu' .,u,,. - ..o,,uod tndhohnn brina-
ing his heels together with click. and salut-
| ing with great dignity. A.,
Il surrender 70 save bloodshed." said the
| Turk i see that you are not Cretan and !
| therefore, with perfect confidence, turn these
| men over 10 you as prisoners OF war.
! They shah give up their arms and suner no
| harm Monsieur will do me the honor OF re-
/ tanning his sword -,. 80,
/ The remaining Cretans were now come UP
and many Of them had crowded into the room
Iindbohm ordered them out and put two stout
fellows at the door. go II .-
/ Now monsieur, II you will. kindly tell your
men to give up their guns. a.,
! The officer said few words 70 his litle hand'
! and one by one, a, n sergeant called their names
/ they stepped forward and handed their wea-
| pons 10 Curtis. who passed them 10 man out
| side the door The last gun had scarcely been
! given up ere n sudden commotion broke ou'
/ among the Crctsns and half dozen bury IN
! sureents, forcing their way past the guard,
burst into the room. The commouon now
| swelled to a hoarse uproar. aud Curtis caught
the words, XIII, kill and no no. Lind
/ bohm did not realize the gravity OF the situa,
! ton He was raging because his orders had
been disobeyed, and thought that the whole
| band actuated by curiosity, were about 10
| swarm in He therefore loaNed 10 the door
| with ievelad bayonei, and threatened the CROWD
| 80 fercely that they all shrank back Mean
| while, a thing happened that fairly troze Cur
| lis with horror. The half dozen insurgents
raised their guns TO their shoulders and dehb,
| nj ~ hpdN nn0Tmnd