The Arvada enterprise., 1917-09-20

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out their tales Of horror. Parr, sum.
moned from what had been intended
a. his ANAL council with the ofacers
commanding Patria's private army.
prior to his departure for the South.
west, had needed to hear NO more
than half q dozen words before he
gave the order to sound q general call
to arms.
Thanks to their long and faithful
drilling, the men Of the night shift,
dropping whatever work they had In
hand at the moWent, assembled under
arms In the yard In record time. The
flames Of the second house to be fred
In the town were just beginning to
leap above the rising ground that sepa-
rated the factories from the settlement
when Patria's men doubled out Of the
main gateway. Donald ut their head.
Halfway to the town they got their
nrst taste Of warfare. encountering
there In the darkness q very consider
able body Of japanese. outnumbering
them two to one. They responded no
bly,, deploying In open skirmish order
at the words Of command and throwing
themselves aat upon the ground before
attempting to return the nre Of the
raiders. Though here and there man
fell, dead or wounded, not one looked
back. Their Casualties, II anything,
seemed the one thing needed to stlfRen
their determination to drive back the
enemy. And the accuracy Of their IRE
proved % calling that the nrst line Of
japanese WAS quick to give ground
and retreat upon the burning town.
There. In the scorching. nams-lllu.
mined streets, the combat became q
hand-to-hand AFFAIR. the raiders, q.
though they suffered heavily. giving. to
begin with, almost - mach punish.
ment % they received, but inch By Inch
yielding.
The main street was Uttered With
dead and wounded when at length they
broke and ded. hotly pursued By Don
aid and his men.
Beyond the town the pursuit became
more OF less q running skirmish, the
raiders sndeavoring desperately to
stem the pursuit long enough to enable
them to regain their motoecars.
Both sides had suffered heavily. In
the end It WAS With but . handful Of
his original command that Donald
pressed the pursuit across the ridge
pole Of the hills and down Into the
open aslds where the motorcars Of
the raiders had been parked.
There q 6nal stand was made, Q
desperate resistance opposed to Parr's
men till the last japanese had found
place In the car which he hoped
would bear him to safety. Then, o.
the nnal car swept out Of the neid and
down the road, splitting Ore from halt
dozen rides, the pursuefs swarmed
upon the Geld and took possession Of
the abandoned cars.
Communicating the 6rst that came
to hand, PAR Jumped In With four Of
his men and resumed The pursuit. 9th.
e. cars. laden to the running boards
with employees Of Channings, followed.
A running battle Of racing cars swept
out through the sleeping countryside
and, In due course, down Into the val.
Icy Of the trestle.
A. his car took the down Grade at
the top Of its speed. the nearest car Of
the fugitives, leading II BY Q bare two
hundred yards. Donald saw the head.
light Of Q locomotive sweep through
the cut at the far end of the trestle,
like Q sword Of light slashing the
night.
Then. travelling at Q fast clip. the
train ran out on the trdstle-a light
train. he remarked. consisting Of din.
gle coach In addition to the locomotive
and tender: In short, q special, such
~ Patria was accustomed to use.
BY this time his motorcnr had de-
scended to the bottom Of the valley
and crossed the bridge that spannsd
the river. Ten seconds later q sudden
premonition drew his attention to the
train; he looked up just In time to SEQ
the locomotive shoot out at q sharp
angle from the trestle. twist and fall,
dragging its tender and coach with II.
The crash Of the wreck nlled the
valley like . thunderclap. followed By
kissing Of escaping steam and tho
groans and screams Of the injured
train crew.
Instinctively Donald shut OF the
gasoline and TANNED In the emergency
brake. bringing his car to q halt within,
thrice Ito own length. A. It stopped
he jumped out and began to run across
fields toward the wreck, his compass.
Ions at his heels.
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