The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-09

lrfIE FfEI.n AGAINST THE Malt
aHAL MttlsEFtfuRNt
tcnntinued FROM Yesterday
You may be sure that I did not
take my 50 men AZ hanha card They
were All OLD soldiers % The German
| wars. aumd % them with three
afftpss and most Of them with ttsa.
cadet aud papttette. iva ~ the best
| sub affirers iu the regiment. Nrfs At
their head When / had them fafua-
81 up On foura. All Ia silver EfaY
aud upon chestnut horses. with theit
/ leopard skin ehahraeks aud theft
little rcd panae he- my heart best
nigh Al tAe sight I could not look
AZ their weather stained faces, With
lSta gfraf muaiaehca which hristird
aeer their chin straps without feet
/ ing glow u confidence. and bs=
[ tueeN ourselves I bavs ~ dauht
that tNat was exactly how they felt
= hcn they saw their young falanel
on his great blaek war horse fiainK
al their head
We'll whsa We ct free ~ ths
causu ana over the faaus threw
aag ny advance ard my flankFrs
Accepting my place at the head ~
the main body ionltinE back ffefn
the hills above sanfaeun. Ne could
see the aafk lines ~ Nassena.N army
with the flash and tNinkis ~ ths
sahers ard bayanets a. he moved
his regiment into pesilion Tor their
retreat M the south isY thr scat
trfrd rrd patches ~ the English auts
pests. and hohind the stray smoke
cloud which Fass fram Wellington =
camp thick oily smoke. which
-
a. bear slth it the rich smuii cf
reathiHg camp heftiss AuKf D. the
y eat lay = curve * blue sra Ties krd
with tho shite sails q the English
ships
Yoa VII understand that As Ne
were fiains O. We eass, oar read isF
away from b.sth ARMIES. oar own
m#fAuarrz. however. aud tha nefsuts
ing parties of the EaEiish. covered
the country. and Il MAS hweeeaary
ssfth my small sfanp that ! should
take ever pFsckatiau. pufinE the
" hole n8r 80 rode over 8pxaiatF
hiiIsides the liver paftIan covered
b. tAr hasilnE vtnrsI hat the upH~r
farming ffnn green g. graz ana
laeRea along tha skyline ifhs the
hack - a starved horse Mountain
streams creased ear patti FansffeH
west e. tho TaEua. and oHae ~
came 70 ar~p. strunk river, nhteh
might have checked as had I not
fstunA che fufa hY Observing wnefe
houses had b~wr built opposite esseh
~ hsr upsn either bark nsiweet
them ~ every scout should kuaW
yuu vii fina yauF ford I1safe was
nane . give Va Information. foe
NEITHER mar ner b~asu nor any Nv.
inE thing except a. eat clouds -
~ :. .sgs =. - .. 5. : ~
Journey.
me sun "a. hsxinftis 70 sink
= hen Ns came g. a valley clear IN
the center. bat shfoudse hr huSs
nak trees uuon either side We
could net ~ fFsaFs tbAn fr~ fallss
from AimetxAt. - y seemed q ene
10 ~ bssi 20 keep amenx the groves
fss th~ spring had bees an sariy Gre
ard the leaves wefs already thtek
enough 20 rBnceai us. We uwrV rid
Ing then N opxn order asaeas the
great iFuhss phwu nns ~ ruy fians-
srs eause eaiiapinE ap.
There are Engiish aerose the val
lev. cstonsl. he rrt~d. a. ~ saiuisi. !
Cavalry ~ infansryF~
Dragons. colonel satd he, =
saw lhn gieau II their helmets and |
heard IN. neigh II isurse"
Nattinx my men. I FASTENED % ths /
ssabs about it A party of f.nKitsh |
cavalry ras travelling In a itne 9TH I
us and In The same difsrtian.
caught . glimpse 81 their red coats /
ard Of their fashlaG arms stuwfna /