Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-26
HO HGt HE
GOT THERE

toriginal,l
General Nogi was sitting In his tent
before Port Arthur when ii was an.
nouneed that Martin Bowles, an Amer
/ an who had been granted an inter.
view, was waiting without. The gen.
sral directed that the man be admitted
Martin Bowles was a light complex.
toad man, with very little OF the
American in him. Indeed. he had been
In Europe ever since he was ten years
Old, ami all OF the Yankee had been
dropped except the dare devil spirit
that lie had Inherited from his father.
who had been one of Mosby's men Ia
the American civil war. while his moth.
er had been born In Connecticut. Young
Bowles was cioseted with General Nogi
for two hours. at the end OF which time
lie emerged from the tent and went his
way.
The Russians In one OF the principal
forts defending Port Arthur were ex-
recting n!gat attack. Their search
lights were moving nervously over the
slopes beneath, star rockets were burst.
ins in the air, casting b..Ief aud faint
Nominations Into dcpress.ons directly
beneath them. while parachute torches
served the same purpose of throwing
light directly downward
ON a side hill opposite the Russian
forts crouched man. The light cast
by the star rockets and paraehutes was
t,. ~.
readily seen If a searchligit were point
Ell directly at him. He watched their
motions TIL he saw one coming In his
direction. Ii was morning slowly. as If
the searehers We're examining every de
tail. Presently IL reached his position
AMI stopped.
There Is something trying In having
one OF these silent sheaves of light
pointed nj you. You know some one
hidden In darkness Is looking ut you.
Every stone, every blade OF grass about
you. glistening. tells how plainly You
are seen, and you expect either 20 hear
the spitcful ping" of a sharp shooters
bullet or feel 1t pierce your vitals.
But the man on the hillside had no
such fear. Indeed. he was pleased
when the light was turned upon him
and stopped. He wore a tattered Rus
sian uniform. and as soon as he WAS
satisfied that he was observed he wav-
ed his hand. Then Immediately the
scarcblight was turned away.
The man got up and walked rapidly
down the hill. Midway between the
position he had occupied and the fort
he met company of Russian soldiers.
The commander of the fort had sent
them to enable one of their comrades
10 enter his own lines. Perhaps he
might have valuable information. He
was taken TO the general, who question
ed him eagerly.
lie said that he was Ivan Vestlovsky
and had belonged 10 the garrison of
fort near by on the right which had
been stormed and taken the day before
at dusk. lie had escaped In the gather
ing darkness and hidden III deserted
rifle pit on the hillside There he had
observed the dispositions of .he Jap
anese, who were forming for an at
tack.
Where are their strongest ,forces?'
asked the general. ION our right or
left?'
From my position" replied Ivan.
under the light of your rockets and
parachutes, / could see them massing
on your left. There is a small force on
your right, but they seemed to me to
be nearly ready to move"
Il see" said the general. That willy
fox Nogi is going TO feint on our right
and storm our left" Then he gave or
ders TO move the most effective guns to
the left
On the Russian right was the hill on
which Ivan yestlovsky had been dis
covered. 1t was just high enough TO
prevent the Russians from seeing over
its crest On their left was a compare
lively long stretch of open ground
swept by their artillery. sbeyond which
the ground was again uneven. At 2
O'Clock in the morning suddenly Il para
chute revealed a force OF japanese
marching in a depression in the ground
far to the right where the view was
not DISTRACTED by the hill. At the
time considerable force was OBJ
served further away on the left. This
seemed to confirm Ivan's story. But