Putnam patriot., 1909-10-15

| 8uSBbr QI afalai. ueINtTtu l@ and received maii bags and 1 after an hours stay steamed away in | the drift of the southeast trade winds i Bombay to Cape Colony. The men l al the chateau gazed longingiy. help
 iessly through their glasses at this
 they: loved They watched II until
 nothing WAS left 10 be seen except the l faint cloud of smoke that went to & ] pin point tn the horizon. There had
 been absolutely no opportunity to com
 municate with the officers of the ship.
 They sailed away hurriedly. as if in l alarm. Their haste was significant. l Perhaps BoNies succeeded in get 1 ting q word with the officer who came ] ashore" said Browne hopefully. He l knows the danger We are in
 l NY dear Browne. Bowies hadn't the l ghost of chance To communicate with the ship said Chase. He can't bully
 'em any longer with his Tommy Atkins l coat They've outgrown it. just as he ! has. II was splendid while fl lasted, but they're no more afraid of il now 1 than they are of my Warships l wish there was some way to get him and his 1 English assistants into the chateau. l It's awful te think of what Is coming l to them sooner or later
 "Is there no way to help them P groaned Deppingham.
 1 @I'H never forget poor Bowies the ] first time I saw him in his dinky red jacket and that hooiigan cap of his V l reflected Chase as if he had not heard I Deppingham's remark He put them on and tried To overawe the crowd that night when 1 was threatened in the market place He did his best. poor | chap. and T'-
 sLeek~ exclaimed Britt suddenly, | pointing toward one of the big gates in the upper end of the park. si be | lieye they're making an atfackw The next instant the men in the bal cony were leaving 1t pellmeH. picking up the ever ready rifles as they dashed ofY through the halls and out into the park. They kept themselves as well covered as possible by the boxed trees, although up fo this time there had been no shooting.
 Chase. in advance. suddenly gave vent to loud cry and boldly dashed out into the open disreganfing all shelter Two of the native park patrol were Fastening toward the gate from another direction. Outside the hure. barred gate throng of men and | women were congregated. Some or the men were vigorously siashfng away at the bars with sledges and | crowbars: others were crouching with
 sriiies leveled-in the other direction. | Its Bowlesr' shouted Chase eagerly. | The situation at once became clear to those inside the walls. Bowles and I his friends. score ali told. had man 1 aged to reach the upper gate and were 1 now clamoring for admission, beset on | all sides by the enetny's pickets. ..Eer Gcds sake. be quick shouted 1 8owtes. There's thousand of them | coming up the mines road'.
 I The gates were unlocked by the pa l trsd. and the panic stricken thrcng | turnbleti through them and scattered | like sheep behind the high. sheltering | walfs. onee more the massive gates 1 were closed and the bolts thrown | dowR just in time to avoid fusiilade | of buflets -fnom the outside.
 Once inside the chateau the fugi- lives. shivering with terror. fairly col | lapsec. There were three Engiishmen ! in the party besides Bowies, and chase recognized the Persian wives I of Jacob son BEtz among the women | vho had feen obliged to cast their lot l with the refugees from Arafat The sister Of Seenah and five or six other l wnmen vho had been sold Into the l stand made sp the remainder of the | little group of aremlling females The remainder of the men in the nary. for>.een or fifteen in all, were | of many eastes and nationalities and | of various ages. Thene were brown l ekinned fellows from Calcutta. ecu I nle of sturdy Greeks an Egyptian and I a Persian. three or four AssyriaDs and l ss many Maeris. As to their walks in l fife among them rere clerks and cuards from the bank. members or the | native e.eonstabulary. Indian fskers and | showmen and vendors of foreign ge~- | eaws.
 I Rowles his thin legs sfiA sbakinS l uerceptibiv. although he sfroye mfgbt- | uy to hold them at strict attention. 1 was the spokesman vaiian heart | thnnped once more against the seams of the little red jacket If his nsne l trenbled and bis voice shook 1T was l hecause of rbe unwenfed exertfon 10 | which both had been put in that stir | ring flight al dawn
 | .vor some time we have been pre- ,.r,sr for the outbreak" he said. fn- eerlng the glass q brandy that brifi bsd naured for him. Ever since 1 chase began to 20 in so noticeabiy for | the Iadies-ahen.
 Chase glsred at him- The others tit-
 tered :.
 - sent mean the old story. sir. Of
 rhe PerSians. and I'm saying SIT. what's more. thege wasn't a w"Fo v
 rnrh in if--I mean the ladies oI shs vhateau. beegins pardon too. s"n ss,,x .~sust to ne often with coli
 lsinsS mat yoa were being made
 .al .f lr q pretty face oF two ane ..s4 wou were going over to the easstn1 aT and sons. When beard tiai sev tried fo klll y0u the night osesoFs
 made up nay mind that no @sss.s
 .ap was to sse left 10 tel fhe fase sst r4~s,r we locked all the essailssss8a 8as
 ,ks ln The vaults, ggt tsgethes g