The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18

& X q eds- OF that far-away ianu
" Ox was very little, and we
f4xsesdYH peopled it with the mea
and beasts Of Mr.. Kiplins's stories, we
called him Dulloo.
Duloo seemed to be l. good Indian
name. and In the general topsyturvy of
conditions and things in the settle
ments at Tientsn that summer 1t mat
tered very little whether names or
clothes or anything else fitted Their
wearers.
He was attached to regiment of
Indian trooTs. one of those strange ag-
gregations OF Skihs, Pathans. Afghans,
Puniabis. RaJputs and even Bengalis,
which, although they bore d.fferentiat-
ing names, and could be told apart by
their officers end the countrywide
among their observers, were perforce
Jumped ,h in one class by the mex
perienced American soldiers, and de-
nominated them Sykes" partly In
amazement partly in amusement, part
ly in contempt-the foolish contempt
so many me-. feel for what Is strange
and not understood.
To Uncle Sans fighting nephews
any one of the tall, thin, spindle
shankel, grizzle-whisKered and turban'
covered soldiers of the WLite Empress
was "Syke," and Dulloo and all his
kind were simply them Syke mules"
Any one OF the Missouri sixfooters
who hauled The heavy American escort
wagons about as easilJ as II they were
the little red wagons of the mudpie
bakers would have made almost as
much in weight and surely did as
much in 'ork as Dulloo and his whole
team.
Undoubtedly in appearance Dulloo
was just pain mule, of the small
Indian b.eeJ His color was a dingy
brown. 1t locked as IL there once
might have teen clemens of bright
ness in it which had long ago faded
away under the fierce onslaught of his
native sun. His name was duly
reached; but his TAIL instead Of being
cropped like paint-brush, the inallen
able and distinguishing decorative feat
ure # the mule the world over, was
bushy with long, coarse hairs.
Moreover, the light, sun-drled brown
of his thin little legs was striped a
regular intervals with the broad darl
bands that suggested irresistibly some
relationship to the zebra. He ha6
soft. contemplative, blue-brown eyes
in which the traditional mule patience
mingled with wisdom as subtle as the
East where he was born.
But even to the casual observer Dul
loo was something more than simply
one of his class. To be sure, during
the first two weeks of my acquaint
ance with him saw nothing extraordi
nary about him except the spectacular
part he played the day 1 first behelC
him. when, chained to his two team
mates, and loaded with q bundle o.
forage twice his own bulk, atop o.
which his driver sat under the shade
of huge umbrella. he led the LITTLE
procession through the tangled maze o.
soldiers, equipment and camps.
Grim-vlsaged war dealt bitterly will
the settlements at Tientsin In thos,
days. The Chinese realized that thei
opportunity lay in surrounding th'
harassed allies before help could COM
UP the tortuous river; and they strov
to win the settlements.
But through shell-fre and "sniring
alike, morning and afternoon, calmy in
different to his disturbing surround
ings, Dulloo led his team mates a
the head of the little column tina
passed through the Taku gate in tn
mud wall and plodded out into tn
green country after the forage tina
was to be the salvation not only of us
but of the sorely beset legations Il
Pekin.
Pekinl 1t was very far away iron
us then, and sometimes we were In
clned to wonder little If we shoul
ever got there. For between us an
that dearly desired goal there stretche
nearly hundred terrible miles, an
right in our front lay the great walle
city of T!entsin, swarmlng with IT
thousands of trained soldiers Of tn
Imperial armies and its many NOR
thousands Of Boxers. Also 1t ha
huge warehouses full of the best rifle
the Germans and the Austrlans coul
maze, inexhaustible supplies of ammt
milton and guns. Fist, then. we mus
take Ticntsin.
1t was eleven o'clock of Jun
night when first passed throug
streets here fires burned unheeded o
both sides and reached headquarter
Tomorrow afternoon" said the mi
jor, 1--WE are going to take the Walle
City. VIII you Gomez"
But FL through early July the a
lies Were still preparing to take ii
Walled City, and day by day, as IL
preparations went on. we saw fro
our house near the mud wall DullC
setting -orth after forage, With ma
on Lis sack.
There came at last an evening whe
the major sale again, Tomorrow "
take tie Walled City," and this tin
his prophecy was true.
The cEr,alns of night had hard
parted enough for dawn to pee
through when the fearful work bega
AS usual. the Chinese commenced
Their fire had hardly begun before q
along our line the batteries lifted the
hoarse voices In answering chaIleng
The columns formed to march o.
to the direct attack on the great wal
OF the Chinese citadel. Simply al
with few words the mel took the
places. The occasio lal orders can
clear, but In lowered tones.
Thu apao.al oarraupoudo,t q M -,