Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-17

Singapore"
Henry Banks looked at his erratc
daughter whimsically. "Why. my dear.
thought you were devoted to the
place." he said. "Etill, my work 10 a.
most finished. and the hot season viii
be here In q week or two. Suppose w
sail in ten days timer
II don't want to wait ten days."
sobbed Doris. and ran out Of the room,
leaving her father looking after her
with that expression man wears
when he discovers that he has pro-
duced something totally unexpected.
They had booked their passage on
the vessel. but they were not destined
to sail on It. For on the second night
before 1t was scheduled to leave the
native instruction broke out.
The full account Of this has never
yet been written. II was a time Of
confusion. Of alarms and wild fears.
Doris was awakened soon after mid.
night by her father, who came Int
her room fully dressed. She sat up In
bed, to hear the distant shouts Of the
mutineers at the farther end Of the
, town. There was a lurid glare In the
sky.
i've just had a telephone mes
sage to drive to the residency," he said.
"There Is a riot In progress some
where. Hurry up and dress. Our rick
shaw is waiting for us. There won't
be time to pack much"
He did not tell her of the murders,
the outrages, the fury of the fanati.
cal soldiery as 1t had been recounted
to him. And Doris was only mildly
! excited when. ten minutes later, with
the yells of the mob ringing In her
ears more loudly, she stepped into the
| rickshaw with her father.
All their native servants had desert
ed them, except the faithful rlckshaw
boy. They set of wildly through the
empty streets toward the residency.
They were the last Of the white inhab.
itants to have been aroused, for their
villa was a considerable distance from
the city limits.
All went well until they were actu.
ally In sight Of the resldency, though
the cries were now becoming alarming,
and whole blocks Of buildings were
blazing furlously. Then, as they
neared their destination, with savage
cries a party Of mutineers burst round
the block. They carried swords and
torches, and they seemed bent on
massacring everything In their path.
They spled the rickshaw and rushed
forward, screaming. Doris had a con-
fused memory afterward Of seeing
their rickshaw boy fall, stabbed
through the throat. She looked up In
horror into the black faces with the
wickedly cleaning eyes. She saw the
naked swords.
Then suddenly a horseman burst
through their midst. waving a drip
ping sword. Doris, half fainting. saw
the stern face Of John Garner. Alone,
upon his steed. he set himself against
the score Of mutineers.
He Glove his way to Doris side,
The mutineers had fallen back, but
now they rallied. A score Of shots
rang out. The horse fell. shot to
death. and John Garner went tumblIna
under Il.
He picked himself up. llmping,
seized the rickshaw In his arms, and
set II up as a barricade IL the door
way OF a deserted house. He placed
Doris beneath 1t. swinging her In his
arms as lightly as II she was feather,
Then. sword In hand, he took his pos,
before her, while her father. SELLING q
sword from fallen mutineer, stood ai
his side.
The natives had exhausted their anu
munition In the first outbreak. But
they came forward with n rush. q
black, streaming body. shrleklng male.
dictions. And Garner and Henry Banks
plnyed their part nobly.
In this imminent danger Doris fell
herself grow suddenly calm, rs II she
were mere spectator ut a play. She
saw one Of the men fall. pierced by heI
, fathers sword. though Henry Banks
had never handled sword In his life
before. Then he was down. and Garner
was bcstride his body. fighting like
a man possessed. The natives drew
OF and looked nj him In awe. II
, seemed impossible that one man coult
achieve so much.
But from their outskirts little mar
, ran forward and fired revolver
point.blank into Gamers face. Garner
still clutchIng his sword. staggered
and fell PROSTATE. and with wild yell
the rebels rushed forward over hi
body.
Then. MS Doris closed her eyes an,
and awaited death. n buglc rang out
and into the thick OF the crowd gal
, iopcd n party OF loyal horsemen. Gu,
!. ting. stnbbIng. The rebels broke AM
flcd. Doris felt herself raised In some
. body's arms and knew no more.
. She opened her eyes In bed In
: strange room. She looked about he
J, In bcwlldcrment. Then she saw he
I, fathers familiar face beside her
= swathcd In bandngcs And she bcgal
TO remember.
"a DADDY. you are hurtr she cried.
= "only n cut across the cheek. m,
A DEAR" said her father chccrfully
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