The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-15
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very htk, ara Ne fpsed " N'tn Sns "e
snd tessts Of Mr.. kipllng's stories, ws cal
~ him Dsiloo.
Dalioo ssemed 10 he good Indian n'ms
sfd IN the general i,opsyiurvy Of eondl.iotf
snd ihlEgs In the settlements ss Tifstsii
that GUNNER Il msiieied VERY little wbeth
eS names OF clothes or anything eIse fitte'
their wearen
". ws. stisebed 20 . regiment cf indisE
troops. one of those strange sgsregsiion'
of sikbs, Psfhsns, Afghans, Punjsbis, Rsf
tu,s srd even BergslIs, which. although
they bore diiferentixiins manner, and could
be told apart by their ffieers and the eolr'
try.wis~ smorg their observers, we're per.
force Jumped all 10 one class by the ineI.
psrienced American soldiers, and denomi'
mated "thsm sske,, partly In bamszement,
partly 10 mystincatiop, and partly In con.
mpt--tbe foolish contempt 80 many m'
f,el for what 10 straDge and not under
stood.
To Uncle Sans lighting nsphs~s any
ore OF the isll, hin, spindle stsa ksd, erin.
xle-wblsksrsd sud tDrbsn-vcvered soldiers
OF the White Ea pr.ts was "syke, and
all biz iiid were simply "lheln syke
mulet-r
Any one OF the MISSOURI six.fcoters who
hsulsd the be,vy American escoit wagons
about AZ es.ili as II they were the little
red vseons Of the! mud-p bakers would
have made slmo ss much IN se'ght ard
surely did az much In work ss Dulloo ard
bis whole tssm.
Undoubtedly in appearance Dalloe WAS
Jus, plain mule, Of the mall lnditn breed.
His color was dlrgy brown. IL looked a.
| II there once might have been elements Of
brightness 10 It which bad long ago fad, d
away under the fierce onslaught OF his ns-
tive sun. His name was duly reached bu
his tail, instead OF being cropped Ike s
paint brush, the inslienable aud distn-
gnisbing d, cOrstive feature Of the mule the
world over, was bushy, with long, coarte
hairs.
Moreover, the light, iuddrisd brown Of
his thin rtile legs vas striped at regular
Intervals with the broad dark bands that
suggested irresistibly some relationship TO
the zsbrs. He had. soft, cont, mplativf
blue brown eyes, 10 which the traditional
mule patience mingled with wisdom as
subtle ss the East where he WAS born.
Bot even TO the casusl observer Dull o
was something more than simply one Of bic
class. To be sure, during the first two
weeks OF nv acquaintance with him ] saw
nothing tx,raordii ary about bin except
the spectacular part be played the day
fret beheld him, when, chained to his two
team mates, and loaded with bundle Of
forage twice his own bulk, atop Of which
bis driver sat under the shade Of a huge
umbrella, he led the little procession |
through the tsngled maze Of soldiers, equip
ment and camps.
Grim vissged war dealt bitterly with the
settlements At Tieptsin In those days. The
Chinese realized that their opportunity IN
In surrounding the barassed allies befor
help could come up the tortuous river; 81 d
they strove to win the settlements.
But through shell-Hre and "snIppipg"
alike, morning and afternoon, calmly indif
fersDt to his disturbing surroundings, Dul-
loo led his team mates at the head OF the
little column that passed through the Taku
gate In the mud wall and plodded out toto
the green country after the forage that WAS
to he the salvation not only Of us, but Of
be sorely befet legations Of Peking.
P.kiug! II was very far away from US
thsr, and sometimes we were inclined to
wonder little II we should ever get there.
For between US and that dearly desired
goal there stretched nearly hundred ter
rible miles, and right In our front lay the
great walled city OF Tienttin, swsrmiDe
With its thou sands OF trained soldiers Of
the Imperial armies ard its many more
II tousands OF Boxers. Also 1t had huge
wartbou. es full Of the best rifles the Ger
mans and the Austrisns could make, mex
hsustible supplies Of ammunition ard
guns. First, then, we must take Tient.
10,
IL Was eleven O'Clock Of a June night
when ! first passed through this streets
y ere fires burned unheeded on bo des
sd reached headqusrterr.
Tomorrow afternoon, said the majer We
sre going to take the Walled City. VIII you
comef
But eli through the early July the allies
we're still preparing to take the Walled
City, and day BY dsy, as the preparations
sent on, we saw from our house near tho
mud wall Dulloo setiiug forth after forage
sih man on bis bach,
There came ut last an evening when the
nsjor ssid again, "To-norrow we take the
Walled City" ssd this time bis prophecy
a ~ true.
The curtains Of night bad hardly part
d enough for dawn to peep through when
be fearful work began. Az ususl, ID.
hinese commenced Il. Their fire hsd
ardly begun before all along our line the
,.it.ries lifted their hosrfe voices in an
wering challenge.
The c. lomns formed to march out 20 the
'inct attsek op the gres, wAllssof the
,hl.sse citadel. Simply and with feE
words the men took their places The oc-
'stiopsl orders came GEAR. but 10 lowered :
ones.
The special correspondent and stood ~
be mud vail hy our bou.e and watchrd
be preparations. Finally tn men moved
onward. Three columns, British, Jsps- :
sse aud Americans. swung out thf,osh '
be gate. over The caeaI, and tarvvd up "
hrouxh The wrsve-dotted kv.l pi.is, 10. "
vnd The point In the mud W. ! ~L. nee the
nAin attack vas 10 be delivered.
Aod ~ they si.d sssy. lhese was DaI.
20 Nos be WAS peigLer farsge-