New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
A King in Khaki
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-la- she VS. good many -eer under ground
To make Z stranger S-ll. The l-E-- was shining
INTO The niche =lLsN-se.
Cautiously she made her way across the cell
md after q moment Cf hesitation stepped INTO
he niche herself The rock that formed the
--a-- and -1el- = -le niche. Ike al The rest gr
ne tunnel vaz worn and black but when she
STOPPED down and looked through The 1ole
where The lEE- came II. she saw q great Tv-l-te
lace I --lE IS fresh and dazzling, IS sharp
u al The INV angles Il presented. as Il Il Aal
been IeweL --- by TITANIC hammer --l--t very
The -ez- moment she understood She waz
beneath ne grove u old silk cotton trees Elere
mat last -o--e--ous bolt of lightning had
-z-e- And this lace u rock she saw had never
since -Le creation 01 the world. confronted tle
--s-- u Ea- before The line u cleavage mad
---=- missed -lcl-5l-E the niche where she stood
had II TACT. taken that part N the vault WleTe
--e hight came through. The rest gI L round
-7-= hole vas as thin as cardboard SO that (
broke II her hands The hole would soon be
large enough. was large enough already . get
lu- through
And --.e- below
80. -ha- groove had not been cut by the tal.
Of The -Eu-16e-1ol-. Weaker and more patient
hands had ---5eled I out long ago, 1or the
-5-llng q = was black and w9-r Ike that OF the
tunnel itself
When She had squeezed through the hole L
-se niche she found herself n little cup
--s-4E pocket n the new face OF the cl-
which ElCve-e6 and bll1ked IL the hgh+ OF day
= had never seen before And then rather
suddenly and rather Imply ~Hrl7ll+7e- 5-.
down Il n q heap and looked about her and
rubbed her eyes.
I VS. nearly SIX O'Clock when Clifford and
K .---s carving between them On -C-e-E
-----r----seE ----e- 4 man whom It would have
-eeseE more -la- one glance 70 identity IS
o. B-5e- staggered Eea---E I'D --r pain O.
Fort House The house was al ls-l- by -1ar
---le and they found wiling hands - relieve
them cf their load and eager ears - listen u
~rsv -5l5 Il briefly. ie-1-v. and with none
II -re arts 4-G E-aces that the narrative per
-a-~ deserved lIeE were --T roo -tTe- %
---rz ri even irving . play the thing Up
They had found o B--e1 pinned tzsC under q
-a-le- beam. had succeeded IN saving Ll1n OUT
without bringing the rest l- the ru-l down on
---- IN The process. and had barely got him eE-
---ca-eE. and no --5-e. when the storm 1ursI
The second time
--a-- = ---Ie shelter from the tempest. and here
-1ev had lasted out the night WITH the ar
--va- Il daylight they had set about construct
--g q hitter And here they were hat was the
sum and substance o1 II
B,,- vre-e was smith. their listeners che-
---@e6. Oh. Smith had gone after the doctor.
Ffe hadn't been able % help carry the litter be-
cause falling limb had cracked ms cg--arDore-
He was al right otherwise. Dr- Heyl they sup
z1g I'D 70 Fort House
Tl,. narrative had been accompanied by
-z-5s -re1a-at.ons and supervisors, largely
effected by Florence Rogers herself Tor getting
the injured engineer into q comfortable bel and
doing As much for ils comfort, or what would
ra--e been his comfort had he been conscious
IS -hev dared T.. It was beyond any OF them
more than 70 guess al the extent or probable
outcome o- his lu-UT1es-
To the rest 8t the group about the oeL LOT
elae BETRAYED nothing 70 indicate that the sus-
-1e-se u waiting meant any more 70 heT li'ail
l. them She was 7-sc as they had always
-een her-quler. confident. efficient nat the
doctors sentence they were Waltlns -9l Wa
one gav Or another 70 De the greatest lact III
her whole universe never occurred u any o-
them. Bu- the suspense or the worst oil il.
was soon over
smith had found Dr. Heyl Just starting out
with the earliest morning hight. on what was -
be ms biggest DAYS work SINCE the siege NJ
Yellow lack four wears ago. The doctor had
sci his broken ca-larbane n d rough ana ready
manner appropriate % ueld ot battle t1-t--.
which would be al any doctor would Dc likely
. have time Tor II several days % come. or