Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04

Before his chance TO escape came n
month elapsed. and the opportunity
that then offered was less an 0ppor-
tunity 20 escape than 10 get himself
shot.
The State Model schools were sun
sounded by the childrens Fairgrounds,
penned IN by high wall. and at night
while q was used as a prison. brill
liautly lighted by elestric lights AZ
ter many nights of observation Church
an discovered that while the sentrics
We're pacing their beats there was
moment when 10 them a certain por-
ton ~ the wall was In darkness This
was due to shadows cast by the
electric lights. On the other side OF
this wall there was a private house set
in a garden filled with bushes. Be
yond this was the open street.
To scale the wall was not difficult.
the real danger lay I'm the fact that az
no time were the sentries further away
than fifteen yards, and the chance of
being shot by one or both of them Was
excellent To brother oflicer'ChurchiN
confided his purpose. and together they
agreed that some night when the sem
tries had turned from the dark spot ON
the wall they would scale Il and drop
among the bushes IN the garden. After
they reached the garden. should they
reach II alive. what they were 10 do
they did not know. How they We're
10 proceed through the streets and out
Of the city. how they were 10 pass un-
challenged under it's many electric
lights and before the Illuminated shop
windows, how 10 dodge patrols. and
| how 10 find their way through go
miles OF a South African wilderness.
through an utterly unfamiliar, un-
| friendly and sparsely settled country
! into Portuguese territory and the coast.
I they left 20 chance. But with luck
/ they hoped 10 cover the distance lu a
/ fortnight. begging corn az the Kafiir
/ grads. sleeping by day and marching
under cover Of the darkness
MADE VENTURE ALONE.
They agreed 20 make the attempt ON
! the llth OF December. but on that night
! the sentries did not move from the only
part Of the wall that was I'm shadow.
on the night following. AT the last
I moment. something delayed Churchills
/ companion. and he essayed the advent
I ure alone He writes Tuesday the
I 18th. Anything was better than fur
/ Their suspense Again night came
| Again the dinner ben sounded. Choos-
ing my opportunity. | strollcl across
the quadrangle and secreted myself In
one OF the Offices Through "a chlnk
watched the sentries For half an hour
they remained stolid and obstructive
! Then suddenly one turned and walked
Up 10 his comrade and they began to
talk Their backs were turned
darted out ~ my hiding-p place and ran
20 the wall, seized the top with my
hands and drew myself up. Twice !
Jet myself down again IN sickly hesita-
tiol, and then with a third resolve
scraml-d up The top was fiat Lying
on g. ! had one parting glimpse OF the
scntrles. stlll talking stil with their
backs turned but I repeat. still fifteen
yards away Then J lowered myself
Into the adjoining garden and crouChel
among the shrubs. ! was free Tho
first step had been taken and 10 was
irreyOCablo.'
Churchill discovered that ,hc house
into the garden OF which he had 50
unceremoniously introduced himself
wac brilliantly lighted, and that the
!. owner was giving "A party AZ one time
two Of the guests walked into the gar
den and stood. smoking and chatting
IN the path within "a few yards Of
him
Thinking his companion might ye'
, ! Join him. FOR an hour be- Crouched On
] the bushes until from the other side Of
[ the wall De heard the voice 81 DIS
. friend and Of another officer.
HOW HE DID IT.
4 ID D. D.. 49,.
/ Churchill coughed tentatively The tw,
b. | voices drew nearer To confuse th'
| sentries. should they De listening th'
r one officer talked nonsense. laughc.
i / loudly. and quoted Latin phrases. Will.
% the other. in low and distinct voice
1 / said Il can not get out. The aentr,
/ suspects lt's an up. Can you GO
I back again.
, To 60 back was impossible. Churchill
I Low felt that in any case be- was sun
/. 10 be recaptured and decided Dc would
: as he expresses IL. at least have q rui
. for his money.
= 4 shall 20 on alone. ht whispered
i lie heard the footsteps OF his twN
\ friends move away from him across th
% | piay-yar1 At the same moment D.
q stepped boldly out into the garden, an
Q passing the open windows NJ Oh
4 I house walked down the gravel path q
r / the street Not Eve yards from ID
a gate stood n sentry. Most ~ thos
4 | guarding the schoolhouse knew him D
/, sight. but Churchill ala not turn hi
q head. and Whcthef the sentry recoe
l. nlzed him or not. he could not tell.
= 4 CRUCIAL MOMENT.
. For hundred feet he walked a
:. though ON Ice. inNardly shrinking as h
7 waited for the sharp challenge, ana N
#. rattle Of the Mauser thrown 20 N
% Ready" Ills nerves were leaping. hI
4 heart IN his throat, his spine Of wa
In ter And then. as be continued 10 md
vance. and stlll no tumut pursued.
a quickcned his pace and turned into or
a OF the main streets % Pretoria. IN
n sidewalks were crowded with burghcr
10 but no one noticed him. This was du
probably 10 the fact that the Boei
wore no distinctive uniform, and m,
with them IN the commanders wei
= many English Colonials who VOL
I. Khaki riding breeChes, ana man
I, Americans. French. Germans, and Ru
- SLAMS. 90 every fashion Of semi-un
form
Ia N observed. Churchill was mistake
= Tor one Of these. and the very openne
n ~ his movements saved him from 80
In | piclon.
y straight through the town he Wake
.r until he reached the suburbs, the on'
] veldt, and a railroad track As he hi