The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-05

800 nag my Shoulder erased by bulleR
=. sll.le scratch have hardly noticed.
aue 1eY. Nathaniel Morse does not think
suat. his sacred character compels him to
SEoss MS arms, and, from the way he
Works one would not imagine that It
vas rne. FIRST time he has handled Are
arms. Oaterna has his hat shot through,
6s nters something about thunder and
Rorr mole, and then, taking most de-
nDerate aim, shoots stone dead the ruflan
VINO has taken such a liberty with ma
pest headgear.
For ten minutes or 20 the battle con.
M aruues WIN most alarming alterations.
!. ne ss NUMBER OF wounded on both sides In
- Eases, and the issue is still doubtful.
raruskiar and Ghangir and the Mongols
nave been driven back toward the pre-
eious van, which the Chinese guard have
NOT left for an instant. But two or
tnree OF them have been mortally wound
co. ana their officer has Just been killed
" bullet in the head. And my hero
aoes all that the most ardent courage
can do for the defense Of the treasure
OF the Son of Heaven. @s@s
= am getting uneasy at the prolonga-
tlon or the combat. II will conti,ue
eFldently as long as the chief of the
pand-a tall man with a black beard
urges on his accomplices to the attack
on the train. Up till now he has escaped
unhurt, and, in spite of all we can do, he
III gaining ground. Shall we be OBLIGED
TO take refuge In the vans, as behind
the walls Of fortress, to intrench our
selves, to fight until the last has sue
cumDedE And that will not be long, IL
| We cannot stop the retrograde movement
which Is beginning on our side.>
10 the reports Of the gums there ara
| now added the cries of the women. who
In their terror are running about the
gangWays, although Miss Bluett anu
Madame Caterna are trying to keep them
inside the cars. A few bullets have gone
through the panels, and am wondering
II any of them have hit Kinko.
Major NoltitS comes near me and says,
This is not going we'll"
mo, 1t is not going WELL" reply, land
am afraid the ammunition will give
out. We must settle their commander.
tn-chief. Come, major" ~.--.
But what we are about to do was
done by another at that very instant
This other was Faruskiar. BURSTING
through the ranks Of the assailants, he
cleared them of the line, in spite of the
blows they aimed ut him. He ia in
front Of the bandit chief, he raises his
arms, he stabs him full In the chest.
instantly the thieves beat a retreat
without even carrying off their dead and
wounded. Some run across the plain
some disappear In the thickets. Why
pursue them now that the battle hal
ended in our favor? And l must say
that without the admirable valor 6,
Faruskiar I do not expect any of Iii
would have lived to tell the story.
But the chief of the bandits Is MOI
| dead, although the blood flows abundant
ly from his chest. He has fallen with
one knee on the ground, one hand up
with the other he is supporting himself
Faruskiar stands over him, towering
above him. Suddenly he rises in las
effort, his arm threatens his adversary
he looks at him. A last thrust of tn,
kandijar is driven into his heart. Faru
skiar returns, and in Russian, with per
feet calmness, remarks:
"Ki-Tsang is dead! So perish all wh'
bear weapons against the Son of Heav
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