The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-07-24
~HoW rHg BROADER SAVED
THE ARMY"

tContlnuod from Yesterday
shall ever fursct that dreadful
tourney how bounded aud
crashed and Nhlased down that ter-
rlhie sloaa had dug d ms knees
aud elbows. buaehinG my hadY into
/ a compact bundle 80 - "a steady u
! but mY head protested frum the end
snd it VAS maf,e ~ that / did not
dash cut my brains There Wcfr
ioaK sgsaatA alafasi anA thea eame
! aleansf sears "a here the barrel
ceasrd fo toll. and upranE into ihe
AiF like a goat enmluE down Nth
| rattle aud crash which ialed eNrrf
baHe iu ms body lfaw the Wind
NhiHtird ia my ears. and my head
I turned and turned until ! WaH pick
| and siddf ana nearly aeiaselraai
Then. With = ~ tah aud swat fhsp-
/ nk and cracking 20 hrane asa,
reached the bushes which ! had seen
% far below me fhfuukh them !
lbraAs ms way. daW d 4 slope beyond
aud deep TOTO another patch ~ uns
dessood. where. striklns a sapinE.
my barrel flew % piscea From amid
a heap % slaves and huups I efaWltd
out. my husiy aehinE in every inch
OF IL. hat my hstrt singing loudly
with joy aud nay Hpifit hiHn within
ma fug 1 knew how great vas the
| feat witch 1 had accomplished and
/ aifVats seemed 90 rea the lrscou
blazing on the hili
/ 4 horrible ueusra hal srised me
/ FROM the tossing - hich / HAD andrrs
/ anaa. AND I frlt aH lfid upan the
/ ocean when fret I experienced those
I movements - which the EHfiieh
have taken 40 pHfffdioaa an savaas
ltaKe. had 20 sit frf few moments
1 with uty head unan ny hands hrsids
the ruins 81 ms barrel hut there
uAs no tinle faf rcst Alraadf !
heard shouts auuFc me which told
That mY rufauesa were DESCENDING
lthe hnt / daahea into Ihe fhiekNst
ipaft ~ tbs underwood and RON
aud ran until | was utterly exhaust.
81 Then I lay painting and Hsfqasa
With all n4y ears hut no eauad eafiia
10 them. ! had shaken OF my sfi-
rmiss
When / had recovered shy breath
Ia Travelled swiftly on ana WnaeA
I hnse deep through several tstnpANs
Zoe il tauis into ms head that thaI
unisht folin0 me with eeGa 90
! gaining 4 Niear place aud lsssiktnG
I fnunt ms. I fguaA Co mf asiif - that
1 ia splis - uay adventures ! had not
/ h~ra murh nut Of my ~aY. Above
4 me fuw efHti the peas - MsF1dal
I with ua bare and eeld ssntlnii
I saa0tinH oft Of the afuses ~ asaff
oaks ~hleh shfeutrsi its fianss.
I These NrNses were the continuation
1 ~ the saNsr under Nateh found
4 inyeefE aHa % seemed - fa~ that
/ hal nathlnx % fear uuW uuul
L feaehsd the Other side ST tuH forest.
/ - the sane time kHea tnat sverf
/ nsaHa hsaa saH Ksniist uss. that
I was anaf8assi. and that tnvrv wefu
may people ahaut me- ! sas 10
T ona. bet several times I heard shrti
/ whlatlra. aad Uues the sound af
So - -, "a ga &c., 49,. a.. y.
wsy through the bushes. sna ~
wn= glad whsu { came a the tafErF
trees ant found = path sAich I'D be-
tween thsaf OF enlfss. Z as too
/ wiss - walk uran lt. hes ] kspt neat
u and fo4inNrd Iis course hea
Nane souas distance AHst had. ~
[ Imagined. neatly reAch@d The limit
% ths W0sla. whHH a stfanEr. fssea n
Ing ptena fcii npou ruf ears A.
first tsatEhi e san tha cry %
some animal huf then there came
I words Of which ouiY caught TIE
l Freurh exclamation. d9n ufsuiH
/ win greet caution advanced IN
1 the 4ir~rtssn ffofa which ths sound
I proceeded. aaa fhis r. What | saw
On a coaeh % dried tsaves there
Eas stretched man dressed IN the
.@nss Eray unifcfm which ! Nors
myself us wAs sxislsntsy horribly
noandri fnr he held = cloth q his
/ breath. zhirh ~as cFlns0u With
hia hiaod a poai had furutea al
fuuna HIS couch. aiia he lay IN
hsne % fiiss. sisuas buasing and
/ dronins aoaid e~Ftainlf have called
ny aftsnfian n he sffsans had NOS
rDttsa o. suy ear I iaf FOR INC
I urut feaffhg EosFsr trap. and thrn
my pity ard loyalty risiffs above ~
other feelings. ran forward ard
krsif hy his side lie turned a haE-
gard face Bran me and i vas pu-
plesais The man Hbo had EasH BE-
T fore me. Il needed bat ans Stance
al his sunken cheeks ard Flszins
eyes 70 tell me that BE- waH lying.
-fseraFat- Fala be- Gerard
could hut iaaA nv nYtMpa Thy.
{ but ~. Though the Hfa uas etbiuH
Z swiftly uHt - him. stiii aspf he
duty before hin. The the eailani
{ wrntisrneu that ~ ~sa-
The beacon, Gerard You WIN
nrhf it-~
Have You nlaf and s'eeirs
1T s. here
'ag=4sH ia zzHs Z tn4lza..s .
4 die happy ta hear son saY ~
. They shot me, Gerard. fslt yon will
E ten the marshal that Z iid my beat
And CaTfev
lie wns leas fortunate lie feu|
{ into their hands and died horribly
! N yea $50 that you cannot arf away
Gerard. PIT "A huilff Into your own
heart rAnnt die - Caftsr did"
could see that his breath was
failing and I beat low - catch his
words
''can you ton me anything whIrh
can hefn ne IN my tack - ] asked
Yes wee. ne puupat lie VIII
I help YOU Trust - Pofapais with
fhe verds hls head rem back and h~
e8s dead
'Tfust ns pompst It T. good al
vice. TH my ann Eemenf a man
WAS standing 81 ths very side % me
- nit=sti ilsi5i fiiifi VT~n IN my rnfn-
fatt.s auFsiH and intent on his adj
vice that he hBd cr-uf up without
my observing hiFn. Now ] sprnnR
70 my feet and faced hifa lie was
n tail dark fellow black haired
black eyed hiack-bee rded. With
long. sad face In hia hand he hna
uine bottle and over hts shoulder
was Hiuug one 81 the frabueos or
blunderhusNns which these fellows
bear. he made M effort 20 unalinR
if. and ! understand that this was
the man 10 whom my dead friend