Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-08-19

| have had my shoulder graEed by a bullet,
simple scratch | have hardly noticed.
The. Rev. Nathaniel Morse does not think
that his, sacred CHARACTER conpeisshim to
cross his. arms, and, from the way he
works, one would not imagine That IL
wac tn @first- time he haslhandied fire.
arms. Caterna has his hat shot through,
He utters something about thunder and
port hole, and then, .taking. q most de-
| Hibernate aim, shoots stone dead the ruiiian
" ho has taken such liberty with his
best headgear. M M
For ten minutes or so the hattie con-
tinues with most alarming Alterations
The number OF wounded Cd both sides in
creases and the issuesis still doubtful.
Farnsk lar and tthangir and the Mongols
have been driven back toward the pre-
not left for mn Instant. But two or
three Of them have been niortally wound
cd, and their officer has just been killed
BY a bullet IN the head. And my hero
does all That the most ardent courage
can do for the defense of the treasure
OF the Son of Heaven.
| am getting uneasy at the prolonga-
ton of the combat. Itf wilIacontinue
evidently as long As the'%chief of the
banda tall man with a black beard
urges on his accomplices to the attack
on the train. Up till now he has escaped
nnhurt, atd,3in spite of all We can d6s ne
ISL gaining sground.g Shall we. be obliged
to- take refuge in8 the vans,Sas behind
the walls Of fortress, To intrench our
selves. to fight until the iastAha sue.
3oumbcdP Md That will not be- long, IF
we cannot stop the retrograde movement
which is beginning on our side.
To the reports of the guns there are
noWsashe dsthe cFiesgof the women, who
in their terror ares runhing abdnt tie
gangways, aIthoaglp Miss a BdettI and
Madame Caterna are trying to keep them
inside the cars. A few Bullets have gone
through tile panels, .andI am wondering
if any of them have hit Kinko. 80
Major Noltitz comes near me and says.
This is not going we'll"
No., it is not going. well" reply, "and
/ am afraid the. ammunition will give
out. We must settle their commander
in-chief, Come, major
But WHAT we are@about to do was
fone BY another at thatZHeryg instapt.
This ether was FGrnskisr! y Bursting.
through the ranks of the assailants he
cleared them off the. line, in spite of the
blows they aimed mt 5hhm = He Ssf in
front Of the Bandit chief, he raises his
arms he stabs him full in the chest.
z instantly gthe thieves beat a-retFeat,
without. even learrying Qfftheir dead and
wounded. Some run across the plain,
some disappear in the 6thickets. Why
pursue them now-thats the battle~e has
ended III our favor? ], And must say
that without the admirable vaor Of
E,aruskiar. ! do not Expect any of us
WOULD haFeslived~t to tell The story. ~ 2
But the chief Of the bandits is not
dead, although the blood flows abundant
ly from hisaehest > He has fallen with
one Knee on the. ground, one hand up,
with the other be is Supporting himself.
Faruskiar stands over him, TOW erng
above him. Suddenly he rises IN Il last
effort, his arm threatens his adversary,
lie looks at him. "a last thrust aof the
kandijar is driven into his heart. Faru-
skiar returns, and in Russian, with per-
feet calmness, remarks. '-7-'" -
'Ki-Tsang is dead! So perish all who
bear =, gqipst the Son of HTeqy-