The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-03

Pon arthur here were number q
momen and cAildfen Anut up = the
fortress. HIneularly enough. they were
there. the women b fhsR own cop-
sent and the ehlikfsn b fhe consent
of their parents Disaptine vas very
lex among the Hnaaiate. and ! nurrber
II tie ofaeefs I.referse6 70 have sheiF
famiiies wifh them 10 being sepaxaf.
"a from mem General sfoesseI.
the Russian comfnandsf, ses tha exam
bic by having his own wife Fl Port
Arthur. - 81 Naa not Femarkable hat
others followed sulf y Il said that
humber 81 children dugiag The siege
we're playing about IN the fortress and
sometimes among the guns on the ram
parts. EXPOSED 10 sAot aad shell But
the enlisted men we're not allowed %
have wives Or children with them.
Sergeant Boris IoEsky waa gub'
ner n renoWn He was II charge of
one 81 the big guns On Two Hundred
and Three Meter hill and did more
damage to the japanese with his
piece than any gunner in the Russian
army
with Tornsky was young sharp
shooter named Alexis petroff, dead
shot, who dld most Of fhe rifle work,
picking on japanese who were work
ing guns that were doing especial dam
age.
While the sergeant was firing Inn
mense balls from hia pet cannon IN an
EFFORT 10 silence SOME japanese gun
that II left alone would surely make
an important breach, Petroff would De
picking "a 0ne by one fne gunners that
were directing the fffng.
Petr06 was q mere boy Not q hair
had shown Itself Oh bis face, not even
bit u down. THAT On bis head was
of the Iightest of the light northern
hue. while bis eyes we're q correspond
inR azure. He seemed very much At
taehed 10 the big man who directed tho
big gun. with his shociry hair ana
beard and fierce mustaehios. Indeed,
each seemed Atfed for hts especial
work, Tonsky to send forth the great
cannon balls. weighing couple o. hun.
dred pounds. Petroff to dispatch the
thin Icaden bullets.
Tomsky kept Oh dismounflng guns
aud doing other damage 70 the Japa-
nese until be became famed among his
comrades FOR the most useful single
man IN the Russian army They used
to say, "If all our generals could be
turned into Tomsky gunners the Japa'
nese would never take Port Arthur
But at last the Jape got on 70 the
fact that this wholesale destruction oi
life nnd ordnance WINS due to one man
md they were not long - locating tbe
Big gunner on Two Hundred and Three
Meter hilI. Then they called for one
Of the best sliarpshooters In the army
and, pointing out TomsIty to him, Or
dered the Jap 70 eliminate the big Htus
sian. Once the gunner was located
and sharpshooter especially detailed
10 KIN him be had not long to live. i
happened that after be was pointed
out he did not show himself for some
time, but asscon as be did be received
d bullet In his forehead that finished
his career.
The grief Of bis assistant at his loss
was touching to see petroff was af
fected to tears. The Russian peasant
soldiers, who were more like cattle thar
men, could not understand how a maj
could weep But presently Petrof'i
feelings changed from grief to revenge
His comrades could understand that
and an they saw Petroff take up hl'
ride and mug II as If It were q denl
child they looked az one another as u
to say:
"Now petrofT ii man again; he
viii mike the little monkeys pay fol
killing the big sergeant
Fran thht time retroIf was always
behind the rnmparte watching through
4 portfolio for some Japanese to show
himself. When one did 80 but an In
stant would elapse before he would
pitch forward OF backward, and 1
would be discovered by his compan
ions that be had either been killed o.
mortally wounded
Egery time petroff killed a Japanes'
he would punch q hole In bis cap. Al
the Siege went on the holes became
30 numerous that there was scarcely
room enough for them nil. In TINT
they passed che hundred mark. Bu
this did not satisfy the young marks
man, and he went on relentlessly max
ing one jap after another bite ths
dust till the surrender came, when h
had ia holes punched IN his cap.
There were 1900 prisoners takeI
by the Japs IN the surrender Of Pori
Arthur. One day when a lot OF Rus
slams were lined up to be marched t
a transport a woman passed She wa
dressed IN feminine apparel, except th'
big military Russian cap The sol
tiiefa lnughed and ieered at her. TAX
ing on her cap. she held Il up TO th'
light. showing pnnctures like cluste
OF stars
DO you see thatYT she said "Eacl
hole stands Tor d Japanese killed be
cause they killed my husband
swhu was your husbandT