The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-02

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more than once listened to feng Soi
recital Of this great happening.
Yeng Sol grumbled a bit to himself
oct he could not resist the temptation
to talk. and began:
1T was night and raining. Inc
river came booming along, asking lo'
corpses. the water snarling up at tne
supports Of the bridge, each WaVele'
like the clean white fang OF VOL
A spy had crawled out among tue
lower bridge tlmbers, carrying Win
him a bundle of devils powder put
Just before he fired it, a soldier sa"
him by wink of the lightning. There
was shot. Then the most terrihc
noises were born. The gods themselves
could not make greater thunder even
when drunk Next morning the bridge
looked like camel whose back mas
been broken by beam. The man VINO
caused it all was found tossed In the
fishing nets below the village.
Ho Toi shuddered once during this
recital. The thought of man cling
ing to fishing nets ali night only TO
find death in the dawn, chilled MIN
At that point the man he watched hdu
laughed Ho Toi could not relish that
laugh. The mind OF him was troubled.
The man knew him now for NEEDLE
some fellow.
Yet he knew the man for spy! But
he must have proof-facts. For tho
deliverance of one accursed spy would
the Russians grant him liberty, so
that he might journey to the upper
hills
During the early hours OF the third
morning-the changing of the guard,
when sentries are most drowsy-the
man sought to run the outpost. 1t was
during one of the sleepless vigils OF
Ho Toi.
The air was bitterly cold. The man
slipped out at the shed door. Hoi Toi
eagerly followed the man.
He had gone toward the river Ho
Toi saw him searching the bank for
something. After awhile he came upon
dipping of the oars as the boat brushed
| away into the dark.
He will drift down upon the
bridge" muttered Ho Toi, musing in
his cunning way. THAT boat was left
for hint is all arranged. There are
soldiers at both ends of the BRIDGET
| tell them they will earn the reward,
and | will go back to the sheds with
those dirty pigs. Mol must do some
thing"
putting noise caused him to cease
planning and glance about in nervous
slarm. A line of empty cars was NOV
ing over the railroad toward the
bridge.
Ho Toi hurried after the moving
train. Nimbly he swing himself upon
one OF the last cars and lay at full
length on its top. Soon low rum
bling told him they had passed the
bridges end and were crossing the
river. Waiting until some distance
from shore, he slipped down to the
beams of the trestle. There was moth
ing now to be seen but few shadowy
timbers, beneath which an inky cur
rent surged with low incessant Sob
bling.
Ho Toi had begun to curse himself
for frozen fool, when a faint swish
Ing sound came to his ears. A long
shadow drifted swiftly out of the black
and Struggled in under the bridge. He
could hear the soft rubbing of a boat
Like fat toad he pumped down in
the stern. The boat danced a trifie.
as If surprised, the water FLASHING be-
meath 1t.
There was not sound from the man
In the bow. Each stared silently at
the black shape of the other; each
waited for vicious shot from the low
girdle of the bridge 1t did not come.
A moment later they had slipped away
on the river marsh.
Ho Toi gathered himself together
he saw the mans shape waver-and
with low cursing they grappled in
the center OF the swaying boat. The
man flung To Hoi backward and fell
upon him. The boat tipped and stag
gered as a drunken thing. Ho Toi's
head went wholly under. He made a
furious effort, choking-he drew up
his legs-the boat writhed-struggled
free of them both-went dancing away
Russian officer who liked fish for
his breakfast sent his orderly with
the rivermen 10 their nets
"Ah-haa! A mani" cried one OF the
fishers, pointing to a bending mole
They dragged into the boat an nm
couth. half-drowned object 1t was
seen that the mans hand clutched An
other clammy burden caught in tho
sagging net,
With some difficulty they released
the second mass from the mans i'm
bedded fingers. When brought to shore
and toasted back to living. he was
asked of this.
My brother-he could uot-g,vir,
His head was heavy could NOT
hold him up" he gasped.
Twice during the inquiry he fsiptoa
from exhaustion. At one time tha ewr
geon sincerely believed him tn ho
dead. And all the rest of tho DO, =