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

Gred ANA eighty mis- ~ d, Snr,h ~,
can Wilderness thro,,ob nm ,,tfs,i, 49,
familiar, unfrien,uy ma s,,nrsii, va
tied ountry into pori5,ru.S .
alii the coast. thav loo, - cb,,.a -,
With luck they hnnaa to co,-sr a. ~
tance in a fortnight hegoinr nne, =,
III. kattir kraals l,.ni,lt IN ,3,,- 49,,
marching under cover of thn d-a,i,,.r.
They agreed TO make the aitcmpr on ~
i.ih of December. but on ina, nish, ~.
$ lSries Iid not move from the only mar,
I The wall that was in shadow. ON III,
n- ht following. at ;hc last mor,ent .o,,,.
this. 2e.aAna Churchilrs c"ompanisn mn.
b. ossas"l thu adventure alone. lie writes
Tuesday Che leth. ANYTHING was h.tf.i
th.tn furthe. suspense. Na4in ni.ht ,an,,
.As.lin the din. = be-, sounded ch.ns,n,
ny opportunity. s..ol!ol across ~,
quadrangle and sco.etcl .vself in ON, a.,
tire offices. Through ,h..k vateh.a
The soltrios. For hall am ht..r. mo, ,n-
maiNod stoiid ana obstrn, ~. ~. s,,a-
d-fllv one turned and walked upsso hs
comrade and thev began 10 Fl, re.,
backs wern TURNED. dar.oa out ~ attain,
place and ran 10 che vaE. seized III. tor
wi;h my hands and drew m,solf mn rv,.,
| lat myself down again IN sickl, hesif,.
HON. and ,hen with = mind ,.s,lY,
scrambled up. Th. ,oa Nas na, I,f,, an
IL. had ono rnrtino n,i,,,.n of ,h. -,
tf-cS, Stlll iafklll.r. ST with fhti, hn.ls
turned. bur. rrpcat sim nfte.n ,,,,s
away. Then l lowered mvsolf into mo nd
joining garden and crourh,d among IN,
shrubs. | was free The inst step had been
taken. and y, was irr.vncah,.
Churchill discovered that the hons, into
the Garden OF which he had <, nno.r.,n-
mousiy introduced himself was briIiantlv
lighted, and tina, the owner was aivinp :,
party. AT one time two OF the quests
walked into the par.,on md stood sr,at
ing and chatting. in the pa,h within n f.v,
yards of him.
Thinking his companion might We, ioin
him. for an hour he crou,b,d IN III.
bushes, unit! from ,he other side of M.
wall he heard the voice of his friend and
OF another officer.
ITS all up," his friend whisncrod
Churchill coughcL tentatiyclv. The two
voices drew nearer. 10 confuse INC som
tries. should they he listening the ono
officer talkcd nonsense. laughed lo,dly
and quoted Latin phrases. while the o,hnr
in a low and distinct voice said 81 can
no; get out. The sentry susn,c,s l,,s all
w. Can you get back again"
To 20 hack WAS impossihl. Cburcbiu
now felt that in any cas-. he was su,. 10
be recaptured and decided he wo,,l1 os
he expresses 1t, at least have "A run for his
money.
l SIldlI go on alone no WhtSnerpI
He heard the footsteps of his two friends
move away from him across the MIA ward
AT the same moment he st.pped boldly out
into the garden. and passing the omen win
dows of the house, walked down the gravel
path to the street. Not five wards from m,
gate stood a sentry. Most of those guard
Ing the school house knew him bv sirh;
but Churchill did not turn his head an.l
whether the sentry recognized him or not
Va, .1nl] $40, ,4JJ
For a hundred feet he walked as though
on ice, inwardiy shrink'n. as ne waited
for the sharp challenge, and the rattle Of
TIE Mauser thrown to the Ready" HI,
nerves We're leaping, his heart in his
throat. his spine of water. And then. as
he continued 10 advance. and still no tu-
mutt pursued him. he quickoncd his pace
and turned into one of the main streets OF
Pre- toria. Tho walks were crowded
With burghers. but no one noticed him
This was due probably to the fact that the
BOers wore no distinctive uniform ana
that with them in their commanders were
many English c~olonials who wore KHAKI.
riding breoches. and many Americans.
French. Germans and Russians in every
fashion OF semi-uniform.
If observed, Churchill was mistaken fo,
one OF these. and the very ppnness of his
movements saved nm from suspicion.
o,raleht through the town he walked
u'itli ne reached III. suburbs, the open
Neldt. and a railroad track. As he had no
map or compass he knew this must be his
Only Suide, hat h" knew also that two rail-
roads lett Pretoria. the one along which
ne mad been captured, to Iictermaritzburg.
ana the other. the one leading to the coast
ana freedom. but he took his chance, and
Il hundred yards beyond a station waited
Tor The first outgoing train. About mid
night a fYaiuJ,t St,,,.l %. -