Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-22

Every night before he lay down .
sleep. in the rice field or the Ia
he took from his pocket a leatbo,
and gazed at the small portrait !, s.
tered. No one had been permitteS
see him in his devotions, for tha,
what he called these sacred mom.
His lean face. full of fierce enercr -
day long. softened as his eve.
voured the dainty miniature
Halt! Who goes there"
A shot rang out in the stillnes. Il
the night. 1t was answered ar o,.
by another closer in. More shots ~
lowed. gradually increasing to n ,r.n
lade as the scouts and pickets cam.
running back. Men sprang IN r,.
the ground. but even as they d,d :.
another volley reached them, and th,.s
men dropped with a groan and IL.
! still. The alarm sounded clear ~.
the bugle and echoed back from -.
surrounding hills. A sharp comm,ns
came from the throat Of the serpe.n.
The company seized the stacked r,s..
Captain Groce gave another order. n.
formation to repel attack was mad.
in an incredibly short space of t,mo
There was no disorder, no confusion
The little officer was as cool as ~ a,
dress parade.
STEADY, men! Wait until they'r
nearer"
They had not long to wait From all
sides horde Of shouting firing men
were rushing on the little square.
Here they are! Now, then, boya
fire."
| Volley after vOlley rang out. The
foremost of the enemy fell at their
feet. Hand to hand was the fighting
The bayonets lunged with deadly eff.
feet, but seemed powerless to thrust
the mass back on itself. Men shot
hacked, stabbed and dubbed each 9TH
err. 1t was whirl Of uplifting and
descending rifles and bolos.
Fierce oaths We'd with the shrleks
Of the wounded for supremacy. The
grunt Of men who slaughter, the gasps
Of the victims when the steel went
home. were heard on all sides. At
times the soldiers could not see on &C.
count Of the sweat and blood pouring
from their faces. The very air was
foul from the steam from the living
and the dead. They could not breathe.
A sort Of vertigo overpowered them.
and they only kept their feet by Crap
ming with the enemy.
To Bansemer 1t seemed that all bis
life he had been doing nothing but
warding OF and delivering blows.
Fighting side by side with Rogers, he
saw, with horror. that the soldiers
rife had been torn from his hands
and that he had no weapon to defend
himself, but before he could see Just
how it happened this individual com
bat had altered its aspect. Rogers had
grabbed the Filipino's gun and was
lGoing the clubbing. With renewed
xest Bansemer finished with the bayo-
net his own assailant and saw the
man fall on top Of poor Adams and
i,c.:-dcr.
C:Ctc..''..- there wGs al e:.ultant yell
from the enemy. Instinctiyely Banse
l,cr knew that one side Of the square
had given, way. Quickly turning he
rus,,.>l /. to s:ye his aid and just in time
aaug'.' ~ arm Of n na.'-re about to
slash. HIN with o huge knife. With the
Two gripped hands high in the air
lstrugg ing for mastery the adversaries
,,ecame separated bit from the rest
Of the chaotic mass Of friend and foe,
swaying out to one side Of the plaza
and under the walls Of conveat-
Bansemer- was facing 1t. and just at
the moment that he felt his strength
I giving way and could see a grin Of
triumph on the fiendish face there
came a fash and report, and his ad'
versary fell at his Feet CHANGING up to
ascertain who had fred the shot that
had saved his life. he thought he saw
q figure disappearing from one Of the
windows. The incident acted as an
inspiration. Gathering together few
men. he reached the captains side and
communicated his plan. The opportu'
nifty was not to be lost. GrOce gave an
order; Connell repeated it. Then In
terpreting temporary lull ip the muir
derous struggle as their vantage, the
! men, with a cheer and dragging the
field piece, broke for the building and
by bayoneting and clubbing the insur'
gents out of the way accomplished the
dash with slight loss. The soldiers
hurled themselves against the stoutiy
barred door, 1t fell with a crash.
Ito Be Con tinued.)