The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-13

enee service, and IN command OF the
expedition fitted out by Secretary
Grantham for your rescue
Lieutenant Allan she replied, you
nave performed an act OF splendid dar-
ing; may God reward you for itI''
Ny heart IN 1mped against my ribs,
but I made M attempt TO reply. IN
stead, I quicke ned our steps In few
minutes more we had reached the rocks
There was a clear space around them,
ana they were rough and preCipitous.
An excellent fortiication," / said TO
myself
The highest point may have been for
y feet above the surrounding plain. 1
immegiia tely scrambled up, drawing the
top We found a slight depression in
which We could conceal ourselves from
the eyes Of any person below, while
from the rim I could command the dp-
prOaChes on every side ] placed Miss
Grayman and Susan VIII 5re they were
perfectly protected, and hen. pistol in
nands crept 70 the edge and carefully
looked over n the direction OF the
marsh
Afar OF I saw the Osprey speeding
away on the course that ! had given
her, and which they had evidently been
unable 20 control The Chameleon still
hung tattered overhead, slowly cdrcling.
had scarcely raised my head a little
higher when 7 caught sight Of PaytOn
in the brush, calling and gesticulating
10 his men, who soon came into sight
behind him They were 2li dripping and
bedaubed with mud, and a more savage
looking trio / never behesd- To my dis
may, I saw that they all carried rifles.
I had no weapon but my automatic
pistol, which contained ten shots, besides
twenty in ms belt IL was p slight
preparation for a siege, but / had the
advantage OF the natural fertilization
OF the rocks
And now new cause OF anxiety pre-
scented itself It was evident that The
Chameleon was gradually being bs%Hght
- u sic he
tween her and PaytOn. But a. the same
time, he did not neglect 70 make sure
OF our location. His men on the Cham
eleon had seen Us, and / saw from their
motions that they were pointing US out
He knew how 20 manage his cam
paigu- He sent his two men around
to the northeast and northwest sides
Then we were surrounded II the Cham
eleOn had been manageable OF course
he would have ordered her 70 drop
straight upon US
The question now was how large a
rein Increment would PaytOn receive
when his aero succeeded in landtnB2
I asked Miss GrayTnan II she knew
how many men Parton had ieItr Lor j
was sure that all could not have es-
caDed our rnIrderOus fire She replied
that she thought five han fallen. In
that case our enemies would number
only Eve in all, and Payton accession
OF force would be two men Still u
would terrible Odds since they had guns
and only a pistol
II the bushes had approached close
to the rocks, affording them cover Tor
an advance. I could have done little,
but in that respect We we're favored
The open ground around Us was SUI
fentIv broad to require several min
utes FOR a rJSlner 10 cross it. Ny task
was to keep a sharp watch on al sides
and prevent an approach
1 ran round the parpet. as I may
cali f., peeTing out IN every direction
Miss Graymau- CCmprehe ndInE what /
was about, and seeing my difnc2lty. CT
fered TO aid me- / refused AT -. fear
ing 20 expose her 70 2 shot. but she
eagerly insisted. and 7 let her take the
northern side, fustructiuE her 10 peep
through the iuterstfces in the broken
rocks. but not 70 show even her head
But, as I had feared, she was incau-
tious. and presently a shot came from
the northeast side and spartered on the
rock close by her head She sCTea med
and dropped through fright and
sprauE 70 her side, with a terrible fear
that she had been hit she vas al
right. however. and pulled her 70 the
center OF the inCiosure and spralE back
10 nv watch
7 heard Payton sing out 20 his men 70
IRE no more, and concluded that he
would wait for his reinforcement before
attacking
After a while the Chameleon came
down IN the brush close TO the point
where our parachute lay PaytOn dis