The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

"ut their tales "r horror. Parr. sum.
In"n"d from what had been intended
b rs his final council with the officers
? commanding Parria'S private army.
prior Ia his departure for the south.
west, had needed To hear no more
than half dozen words before he
gave the order 10 sound Il 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 moment. assembled under
arms in the yard in record time. The
flames of the second house 10 be fired
in the town We're just bcginniuS-To
leap above the rising ground that Sepa-
rated the factories from the settlement
when Pat-iaS men doubled out Of the
-rissin gateway, Donald AT their head.
Halfway To the town they got their
first taste of warfare, cncountprinc
there in the darkness a very consider
able body of Japanese, outnumbrring
! them two To one. They responded no
! bly, deploying in open skirmiSh order
at the words of command and throwing
themselves fiat upon the ground before
attempting To return the fire of the
raiders. Though here and there a man
fell, dead or wounded. not one looked
back. Their casualties. if ANYTHING,
seemed the one thing needed 10 Stiffen
their determination To drive back the
enemy. And the accuracy of their fire
proved so calling that the first line of
japanese was quick to give ground
and retreat upon, the burning town.
There, in the scorching, fiame-illu-
mined streets, the combat became n
hand-tO-hand affair. the raiders. al
though they suffered heavily. giving. 10
begin with. almost as much punish
ment as they received, bur inch by inch
yielding.
The main street was Uttered with
dead and wounded when at length they
broke and fled. holly pursued by Don
aid and his men.
Beyond the town the pursuit became
more or less Il running skirmiSh. the
raiders endeavoring desperately to
stem the pursuit long enough to enable
them to regain their motorcars.
Both sides had suffered heavily. In
the end it was with but handful of
MS original command that Donald
pressed the pursuit across the ridge
pole of the hills and down into the
open fields where the mutorCgrS of
the raiders had been parked.
There a final stand was made n
desperate resistance opposed to PARIS
men till the last Japanese had found
Il place in the car which he hoped
would bear him to safety. Then. "a
the hnal car swept ont of the field and
down the road, splitting fire from half
Il dozen rifles, the purSuers swarmed
upon the field and took possession OF
the abandoned ears.
Communicating the first thot came
to hand, Parr jumped in with four of
MS men and resumed the pursuit. 9th
pr cars. laden to the running boards
with employees of ChanningS. followed
A running battle of racing cars swcpt
'ut through the sleeping countryside
ma, IN due course. down into the val
ey of the treStlc.
AS his car took the duan grade nj
n" top of its speed, the nearest ear of
h" fugitives, leading it by a hare two
hundred yards, Donald saw th" head
lEht or locomotive sweep through
he cut M the far end of the trpstIc.
Ike sword of light SlaShing the
light.
Then, travelling AT a fast clip. the I
rain ran out on the treStle-a light ?
rain, he remarked, consisting Of a sin +
lie coach in addition To the locomotive ,
nd tender; in short, special. such F.,
Patria was accustomed To- use.
By this time his motOrcar had de-
conded TO the bottom Of the valley
nd crossed the bridge that SPAWNED -,
ne river. Ten seconds later sudden c
rcmonition drew his attention to the
rain; he looked up just in time to see +,
ne locomotive shoot out at n Sharp I
n@ie from the trcstle, twist and fall.
a@ging IFS tender and coach with il.
The crash Of the wreck filled the
alley like thunderclap, followed bv
kissing Of escaping steam and the
roanS and screams of the injured
'ain crew. z
lnsunctively Donald shut off the
aSollne and jammed in the emergency }
rake, bringing his car to halt within
rice ITS own length. As it stopped
jumped out and began to run across
elds toward the wreck, his compan- Z
ms at his heels. Y
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