Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

where Hooja held sway, Indiana; 1t Is 40
marked now upon our maps. They were
coming on at great rate. raised my
revolver, took deliberate aim at the foremost
warrior. and pulled the trigger. With the
bark of the gun the fellow lunged forward.
His head doubled beneath him He rolled
over and over two or three times before he
came to "A stop, to lie very quietly in the
thick grass among the brilliant wild flowers.
Those behind him halted. one of them
hurled a javeln toward me. but IL fell
short--they were just beyond javelin range
There were two armed with bows and ar
rows; these l kept my eyes on. All of them
appeared awestruck and frightened by the
sound and effect of the firearm. They kept
looking from the corpse to me and jabber-
ing among themselves.
| took advantage of the lull in hostlities
TO throw a quick glance over the edge to-
ward Dian. She was halfway down the
cliff and progressing rapidly. Then |
turned back toward the enemy. One of the
bowmen was fitting an arrow to his bow. |
aised my hand
stop" cried Whoever shoots at me
or advances toward me / shall kill as l
killed him 80
pointed at the dead man The fellow
lowered his bow. Again there was ami
mated discussion. l could see that those
who were not armed with bows were urging
something upon the two who werN
At last the majority appeared. 10 prevail,
| for simultaneously the two arciers raised
| their weapons. At the same instant | fred
| at one of them. dropping him in his tracks.
| The other. however, launched his missile,
| but the report of my gun had given him
| such start that the arrow flew wild above
my head second after and he. too was
! sprawled upon the sward with a round hole
between his eyes. 1t had been a rather
good shot
| ! glanced over the edge again Dian
was almost at the bottom. I could see
Juag standing just beneath her with his
| hands upstretched to assist her.
\ suen roar from the warriors recalled
| my attention toward them. They stood
shaking their fists at me ana yelling insults
| From the direction of the village I saw a
| single warrior coming to join them. He
J was huge fellow. and when he strods
among them could tell by his bearing ano
their Difference toward him that he was
chieftain He listened to all they had t.
,ell or the happenings of the last few min
utes: then with command and a roar h,
started for me with the whole pack at hi
heels. All they had needed had arrived 80
namely, "A brave leader.
] had two unhred cartridges in the cham
bers of my gun. ! let the big warrior hav,
one of them, thinking that his death woulc
stop them all. But / guess they wer,
worked up to such frenzy of rage by thi.
time that nothing would have stopped them
At any rate. they only yelled the louder a.
me- I dropped another with my remaining
cartridge.
Then they were upon me-or almost.
thought of my promise to Dian-the awfu
abyss was behind me--a big devil with 2
huge bludgeon in front OF me / graspet
my sx-shooter by the barrel and hurled il
squarely in his face with all my strength
Then, without waiting to learn the effec
of my throw, ! wheeled. ran the few step.
to the edge and leaped as far out over that
frightful chasm as | could. ] know some
thing Of diving. and all that / know | pu
into that dive, which ] was positive would
be my last.
Far a couple of hundred feet / fell in a
Horizontal position. The momentum gained
was terrific | could feel the air almost al
solid body, swiftly I hurrled through
it, Then my position gradually changed
to the vertical and with hands outstretchec
| slipped through the air, cleaving 1t like
flying arrow. Just before l struck the wa
ter a perfect shower of javelins fell al
about My enemies had rushed to the brinl
and hurled their weapons after me. BY a
miracle I was untouched
CONTINUED TOMORROW