Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16


them the engine. with three RS cou-
pied To the cowcaicher and TIVE to the
tender.
ON the outward trip the l.0crs sid
not show themselves, bat Us soon ~
the English passed i'rcre station they
rolled q rock on the track at a point
where it was hidden by 4 curve. ON
the return "trip. as n" English APP
preached This curve. the Hoeis opened
ilr" with artillery and pompous. The
engineer, in his e~agerness 10 escape.
rounded the curve at full speed. and.
- the i'ners had expected. hit the rock.
the three Forward GERS We're derailed,
ana on OF them was thrown a,rosi the
rack. thus ~pr'Nentiig III" escape OF
tlc engine ana the TWO rea: cars. From
thFst captain Haldanc. VINO WAS in
command: with a dclachlnent of the
lpuhlns, Kept up a steady IRE on the
enemy While churchill worked to clear
the track. To assist him he had :.
company OF Natal volunteers. and those
hanGS and breakdown CREW.
We were not long LEFT in the COM
laiiitIN" safety OF Il railroad accident"
rhurchiil writes TO his paper. The
lio"fs guns, swiftly changing their po-
sitl"il' ~reopenel fire from Il distance of
,hirteeii hundred yards before anyone
hau Sot out OF the stage OF cNclama-
tlohS- The tapping rille tire spread
Along the hills. until it encircled the
wreckase on three sides. and from
some nigh ground on the opposite side
OF the II a third field Gun camc into
non
For Bocr marksmen with Mausers
ana pompoms. a wrecked railroad train
AT thirteen hundred yards was as Easy
u 5u~lTs-cye as the hands of the first
paseinan to the pitcher. and while the
ehslhe butted and snorted and the
l men with fhnip h., 40 a,1, 49,. 49,. a.
massive beams of the freight car, the
bullets and shells beat about them.
L nave had in the last four years
many strange and varied experiences"
continues young Churchill. blu Moth
ing was 50 thrilling as this: to wait
ana struggle among these changing,
rendlng iron boxes, with the repeated
explosions OF h shells. the noise of
the proJectiles s. liking the cars. the
MSS as they passed in the air. the
grunting n puff of the engine
poor, tortured thing. hammered by at
least "A dozen shells, any one OF which.
by penetrating the boiler, might have
made an end OF all-+N" expectation of
destruction as a matter of course. the
reaiization OF powerlessness-all this
Tor seventy minutes by the clock. with
only four inches of twisted iron be-
tween danger. captivity and shame on
n sideI7and freedom on the other"
The ''protected' train had nroyaa ,
death trap. and by the time the line
was clear every fourth man was killed
or wounded. Only the engine, with the
more severely wounded heaped in theS
CAP and clinging to its cOWcatchcr and
footballs. made good its escape. Among
those left behind, Il Tommy. witho,n
authority. raised a handkerchief on his
rifle, and the Beers instantly ceased
firing and came %galloping forward to
accept surrender. There was a general
| st Il, 4.fJn 10 ac,a,n .-:.-
tenant Franklin WAS gallantly trying to
hold his men. Churchill. who was safe
ON the engine, jumped from ii and ran
to his assistance. OF what followed
this is his own account:
"Srarccly had the locomotive left
me than / found myself alone in n
shallow cutting. and none of our sol
di"rS, who had all surrendered. to bo
seen. Then suddenly there appeared
on the line AT the end of the cutting
TWO men not in uniform. 'Plate-layers
| said to myself. and then. with u s,,,o,
OF T. alization. Doors MY mind re-
tains Il molnentary impression of these
tail figures. full OF animated movement.
clad in dark flaplinr clothes. with
sloueh. storm-drivnn hats. posing their
rifles hardly n hundred yards away. !
turned and ran bctween the rails az
the track, ana the only ,ho,,rht
achieved was this: 'Rocr m~arksmau-
ship
1.-Two bullets passed. both within q
foot. one on either side. / flung myself
against the banks of the cutting. Blu
they gave no cover. Another glance at
the figures; one was now kneeling TO
aim. Again | darted forward. Again
two soft kisses sucked in the air. but
nothing struck me. ] must get out of
the cutting-that damnable corridor.
scrambled up the bank. The earth
sprang up beside me. and n bullet
tou' he'd my hand. but outside the cut
ting was a tiny depression. crouched
on this. struggling to get my wind
ON the other side of the railway a
horseman galloped up, shouting to- me
and waving his hand. He was scarce
ly forty yards off. With a rifle + co,ld
nave killed him easily. / knew moth
ing Oh lhe white flag. and he bullets
nad maze me savage. l reached down
ior my .nhuser pistol. l had left it
III ,he cap OF the engine. me
anu 'he horseinan there was a wire
i'H"e. ohouid 1 continue TO fly? The
I'eA Oh announcer shot at such a short
i"'se ueciueu me. l'eath stood before
ny s,nh anu suiieh; Death without
,ii, l,s".hearteu companion. Chance. So
! i'N.u up my hahu' ana like MIR. Jor-
loch ; ioAes. erlea Caplvy.' Then l
"'.S Ieiheu WIN 'he o'her prisoners i'm
. nl'se!hoie sroup, ana ABOUT the same
wa ! i,".I''u thil NJ! manu- was bleed