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her and which they had evidently been
unable to control. The Chameleon
still hung tattered overhead. slowly
circling. had scarcely raised my
head a little higher when 1 caught
sight of Payton in the brush. calling
and g%esticulatine to his men, who o
came into sight behind him. They
were all dripping and bedaubed with
mud. and a more savage looking trio
I never beheld. To my dismay 1 saw
that they all carried rifles.
1 had no weapon but nv automatic
pistol, which contained ten shots, be-
sides twenty in my belt. 1t was a
slight preparation for a siege. but I
had the advantage of the natural for
LITIGATION of the rocks.
1910
presented itself. 1t was evident that
the Chameleon was gradually being
brought to earth. l saw signals ex-
changed between her and Payton. His
men on the Chameleon had seen us,
and I saw from their motions that they
were pointing us out.
He knew how to manage his cam
paign. He sent his two men around
to the northeast and northwest sides.
while he himself guarded the south.
Then we were surrounded.
The question now was, How large a
reinforcement would Payton receive
when his aero succeeded in landingf
Miss Gayman thought five had fallen.
In that case u enemies would num-
Der only Ave in all. and Payton's &C
cessiop of force would be two men
Still. IL would be terrible odds. since
they had guns and l only a pistol.
The open ground around us was suf-
'6ciently broad to require several min
utes for a runner to cross 1t. My
task was to keep a sharp watch on all
sides and prevent an approach.
l ran round the parapet. as l may
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Miss Grayman. compromising what
was about and seeing my difficulty,
offered to aid me. l refused at first.
fearing to expose her to a shot, but
she eagerly insisted. and l let her take
the northern side. instructing her to
peep through the interstices In the
broken rocks. but not to show even her
head.
Presently a shot came from the
northeast side and spattered on the
rock close by her head. She screamed
and dropped through fright. and |
sprang to her side. with a terrible fear
that she had beer hit. She was all
however. and ! pulled her to the
center of the Enclosure and sprang
back to my watch.
After awhile the Chameleon came
down in the brush close to the point
where parachute lay. Payton dis
appeared, and another man took bis
place. The way IN which they expos
ed themselves'i in surrounding the rocks
convinced me that Payton knew ver
well that had no other weapon than
a pistol.
now told Miss Grayman' to renew
her watch. being extremely careful not
and to give me warning If any N
tried to approach the rocks from her
side. l did not know at what moment
the rush might come.
There were yet several hours Of day