Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30

gorge AT ease Somehow Dalroy knew that
Irene would not free the hand which was
now closing on her mouth. The two Wal
,oons carried short forks with four prongs
--Joos had taken to heart the Englshman's S
comment on the disadvantage of a pitchfork
ror close fighting-and Jan Maertz might
he trusted TO deal with the ruffian who was
nearly stranglng Leontine. There remaih-
ed the gallant lieutenant, whose sense or
bu,,,or permitted the belief that the best
NUay TO force onward terrified elderly
woman was to plant a knee against the
small of her back He had looked around
at once when the door few open, and his
rigbt hand was already on the butt OF an
automatic pistol. Him, therefore, Dalroy
ha voneted so effeCtually that startled oath
rhorCsd into a dreadful howl ere the words
Ieft his Iips The orderly happened to be
nearer than the officer, So as the bayonet
aid its work Dalroy kicked the louts feet
from under him. and thrust him through
the body while on the floor. The man VINO
nod once won the Dholepur Cup. which is
"or,nated for BY the most famous pig-stick-
srs in India, knew how 10 put every ounce
~ weight behind the keen point Of lance,
hacause an enraged boar is the quickest and
most courageous fighter among all the herce
creatures of the Jungle. But he was slightly
loo near his quarry: the bayonet reached
the stone floor through the mans body and
snapped at the forte.
Then he wheeled and made for Irene's
assailant.
The instant Dalroy appeared at the door
the girl mad caught the Prussian's thumb
in her strong teeth, and not only bit him
10 The hone hut held on. With loud below
~ Helm, Come quickly" he released her,
ana struck fiercely with his left hand. Yet
this gentle girl who had never taken part
In any more violent struggle than a school
romp had the presence Of mind 10 throw
herself backward and thus discount the
blow, while upsettinE her adversRry's bal
ance But her clenched teeth did not let
90 II came out long afterward that she
vas a first-rate gymnast. one day, moved
nv curiosity on seeing some performance
in q circus, she had essayed the stage trick
90 hanging head downward from a cross
bar and twirlinR around another girls body
strdIsd by a strap working a swivel at
sched 20 a strong pad which she bit reso-
lutely.
Then she discovered a scientific fact
which very few people are aware Of The
law is. perhaps, the strongest part Of the
human frame. and can exercise power
relatively far greater than that OF the
hands OF course she could not have held
OUT for long but she did thwart and delay
the uaddened PTussian during two precious
seconds. Even when he essayed 10 choke her
she stnl contrived TO save herself by seizng
his free hand
Bv that time Dalroy had leaped TO the
rescue. Shortening the rife in the way
familiar 10 all who have practiced the
bayonet exercise, he drove II against the
pT,issian's neck. The Jagged stump in
ftcted a wound which looked worse than II
Vas. hut the mere shock OF the blow rob-
he'd the man OF his senses. and he fell like
log.
In order To come within striking distance.
Dalroy had 20 jump over Busch old Joos,
mining in weird faisettO, had sprung at
he fat ma jor and spitted him in the stomach
with all four prongs Of the fork. Busch
toppled over backward with a tearsome
howl the chair breaking under his weight
combined with frantic EFFORT TO escape.
The miller went with him and aus the terri
Bile weapon into the soft body as though
driving u into y truss Of straw. Maertz,
4 lnair falAoH. nAds shorter work OF hir