Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-03-19
CHAPTER XVI.
CONTINUED.

| OSO- BARK sat down. Iaru Oaak
looked ut him with a glow of pride.
With his hand on the hilt of his sword,
the stern officer had stood motionless
and silent while his fellow w.Jumar had
dealt the tyrant his telling blows.
When the orator os Talmooch HAD
finished, the warrior of Galncor said
but one word:
"Good!"
Hen Ko-Hi stood covering beneath
tie awful tones of tho Thunderer as
the story of his evil deeds was told.
Mr.. Avery, while Oso-Bark had
been speaking of his wife. sat white
and still, the tears of anguish rolling
down his shrunken checks. For a
moment after the Jumar had ceased
the silence of the room was oppres-
sive.
I turned to Mr.. Avery, and he
arose.
He lifted his one good arm and raised
his eyes toward heaven.
The imprcssiveness of the scene
cannot be portrayed
In calm, unimpasssoned voice the
missionary prayed.
go, Thou God, who art wiser than
we, look down upon us in this hour of
darkness and guide us. Thine eye
has, seen the crimes that have been
committed by this man, over whom we
sit in Judgment. Shall it be Thy will
that we show 10 him that mercy shown
by no being save Thyself since man
has lived? Or shall it be Thy will
that the law of Moses shall be the law
10y which this man must meet his
punishment? Guide us, Thou God of
Peace and War. Place in our hands
that instrument Of good or i'll that will
enable Thine own wishes 10 beiulfilled.
O God"
"Your majesty
Bado -Ror hnd come into the room
and stood before me, evidently labor
ing under great excitement.
Speak" / said.
"While the lookout was watching n
speck on the eastern horizon that
looked like a ship, large war vessel
has come upon US from the west 1t
flies flag that we have never seen
before. There are hundreds of men
swarming in the rigging and on the
decks. What are your orders?"
"Sound the call to arms, and order
the gunners in the battlements to be
ready to open fire. Have the alarm
bells ruus, and see that the me:l are
supplied with ammunition as they
come in"
just then I heard some OF the guns
in the battlements thunder their
reception to the unwelcome visitor.
heard, and ball came crashing
through the window of the palace and
smashed the skull of n-Ko- Hi.
His headless corpse fell prone upon
the floor.
'Thus hast Thou answered me, 0
God!" murmured Mr.. Avery, as he
turned away from the horrid. sight.
"Mr. Avery" I said hurriedly,
"ind Miss Arnold at once and get to
place of safety Tell her to have no
fear. 1t will be no easy task for an
enemy to land. But | cannot imagine
who is making the attack. No ships
were at Qniental when we took the
citadel, and none have been here since.
Bow, then, did the news of the down
fall reach the ears of the EMPEROR
81 know not" he said, bewildercd.
left him tottering from the room,
,,,nlo1 tI,rnr,yh thn Inr
toward the southern tower. Miss Ar
noid met me-
whats is this?" she cried. "I hear
cannon. They tell me there is more
war that we are attacked from the
sea. Is it true?'
"It is true. but there is no danger.
Ihaye not seen the enemy, but am
told there is but one ship. We can
defeat her. Come into the south
tower
Another boom iron that distant
cannon startled us, and we hurried
over the stone hoor. The great build
ing shook with the rattling OF the guns
in the defensts OF Quientsl
There was small window in the
south tower that overlooked the bat
Elements. I rushed Miss Arnold to
this window. Mr.. Avery reached my
side. I opened the window.
One look was enough.
"Great Scott" I exclaimed. "Thia
is awful. How can l stop the firing?
Do yor see Tint fag?''
"Nc, Crickmore, my feeble eyes,
said ~. Avery. What is it?"
"The stars aud stripes. That is an
American man-o'-war. l am attacked
by my own countrymen. [ must stop
this somehow"
I dived down the steps and few
across the rark 10 the battlements.
stop" yelled at the top Of my
xoicc. Cease firing! Those are my
own people Raise II white iiag! q
that / Ind n flag of our country with
us! B.? heavens, I'll so with one
wrapped aroanl my body the rest oi
my life. Cease firing, tell yon!
Raise c white flag"
Garu-Saak and Bado-Eor gazcd al
me allaos in stupor. They thought
was goiny 70 Surrender.
Oso-Gar:i sprang forward aud raised
9 white cloth on tho flagstaff. =
''rhesc are ,ny conntrymen, J. saii
agaip. "Thcy have not heard of the
revolution, nnd cane TO fight Hen
Ko-I,i. We are safe in 'Y'ir hands.
The firing cesscd-oa ,he ship n
we'll as on the land. ] stood Oh. the