The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-04

e Americanos-FieeI"
| A quarter of an hour before a black
had penetrated to the camp of the
marines and had given the alarm-and
thu whole camp had started off ON the
double quick.
| ''Boys!" shouted Neal, pressing to
the fore, American women-don't for
get-come on!"
In an upper room in the planters
house Mrs. Hardin shrank back in a
corner with fear. Bullets were rid
| ding the walls. Joe Welcher lay face
down. Inez, with presence of mind,
had placed a mattress against the
| wall and with Joes aid had placed an
upturned bed against the other. They
were fairly safe. Besides that, just
| once, Inez had found a chance to wave
| to Hernandez, and Hernandez had
kept the insurrectos from firing on
that corner Of the house. Inez crept
| downstairs-looked about her-saw
Annette and the planter in close con-
| versation-then crept back again.
She plucked joey Welcher by the
sleeve. "Joe," she whispered, "go
down-pass through the corridor by
the kitchen-open the rear door"
mot on your life," said Joe. do
you think I want to die"
You'll die If you DON'T" she said.
"Come, follow mel"
Once below, Inez cooked her revol
yer. do as I say" she commanded.
Joe obeyed. With terror in his eyes
he tore and wrenched at the fastenings
Of the rearmost passageway. Finally
he stepped back She's unlocked"
he exclaimed. Inez, unafraid, stepped
forward, opened wide. the door and
beckoned. 1t was a signal. Herman
DEE saw it and bounded forward.
Follow me, insurrectos," he COM
manded.
A hundred men obeyed. With a
shout they dashed into the huge living
room on the ground floor-with an
other shout they fired a volley into
the backs of the defenders. The
planter, drawing a bead on an insur-
recto without, was seized suddenly
from behind, gagged and bound.
strong pair of arms seized Annette
and lifted her from the floor and bore
her, screaming, from the room.
Three minutes later she was thrown
into a far room in a secluded corner Oh
the house. Into the same room were
thrown Inez and Mrs. Hardin and Joe
Welcher.
With a sudden wrench Annette tore
loose board that barricaded the WIN
h4~ hriUhtPn6u.
Look" she cried. "The marines
they come. Neal! Neal!"
Her shout was not heard, of course
but it was accompanied with the wave
Of white handkerchief. Neal, at the
head of the squad, saw it-and inc
squad pressed forward at douOle
speed.
Below, among the insurrectos, An
nette could hear the panic.
1.-THE Americanos-the Americano'
feel"
Neal reached the house-saW WIN
waved the kerchief. With sudoen
bound he leaped upon an arbor scram
bled and crawled somehow-with som'
naval trick-up the face Of the house,
rammed in the barricade and leapeu
into the room.
Annette" he cried.
But at that instant the door OF wv
room was burst open and Hernanue1'
with Ponto and the Brute and a oo10N
insurrectos, darted in.
"Take everybody here-incluuino
him." commanded Hernandez. Ian'
them-you know where. But reneA
berthe women are mine, not your.
Neal fought like tiger but WlInuus
success. In five minutes or less ~ -
captives, Neal and Annette inciuuou'
were led through dark passagem%ov
to some underground corridor.
were driven on and on-they kne" n
where. ..os
An hour later the squad of mariD'
reported to their officer. Tho
1--WE can't find woman Oh
place, except the blacks" they saio IA.
care we ali here" queried INC Oor
Ger, anxious for his men. JuS'
the roll and see." "but
"An here" returned marine, Ing
no. not all here. There's one m'''
Gunner Hardin, SIR" cur
-, The officer nodded. well nnu lid
ner Hardin II it takes leg, nc
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