The Ordway new era., 1917-10-26

out their tales or horror. Rnrr, SUM
moned from what had been intended
as his final council with the officers
commanding Patria's private army.
prior to his departure for the South.
west, had needed to hear no moro
than half dozen words before he
gnve the order to sound a general call
| to arms.
Thanks to their long and faithful
drilling, the men of the night shift
dropping whatever work they had In
hand ut the moment, assembled under
arms In the yard In record time. The
flames OF the second house to be fired
In the town were Just beginning tc
leap above the rising ground that sepa'
rated the factories from the settlement
when Patria's men doubled out of the
main gateway, Donald at their head.
Halfway to the town they got theiI
first tnste of warfare, encounterine
there In the darkness very consider.
able body of japanese, outnunbering
them two to one. They responded no
bly,, deploylng in open skirmish order
mt the words Of command and throwing
themselves fiat upon the ground before
| " TeluTH lue IRE VI tHt
raiders. Though here and there mar
fell, dead or wounded, not one looked
back. Their casualties, II anything
seemed the one thing needed to 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. flame-illu.
mined streets, the combat became q
hnnd-to-hnnd affair. the raiders, al.
though they suffered heavily. giving. to
begin with, almost us much punish.
ment us they received, but inch by inch
yielding.
The main street was Uttered with
dead and wounded when at length they
broke and fed, hotly pursued by Don.
aid and his men.
Beyond the town the pursuit became
more or less running skirmlsh, 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 1t 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 fields where the mOtorcars of
the raiders had been parked.
There final 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, us
the final car swept out of the field and
down the road. splitting fire from half
dozen rifles, the pursuers swarmed
upon the field and took possession OF
the abandoned cars.
Communicating the first that came
to hand, Parr jumped in with four of
ms men and resumed the pursuit, 9th.
er cars, laden to the running boards
with employees of Channings, followed.
A running battle Of racing cnrs swept
out through the sleeping countryside
ana, In due course, down into the val.
ley Of the trestle.
AS his car took the down grade nt
the top of Its speed, the nearest car of
; the fugitives, leading 1t by bare two
hundred yards, Donald saw the head
. light of locomotive sweep through
>--> ~et 80 tho iuI tIlu Ine treStIp.
like sword of light slashing the
| night.
Then, travelling at a fast clip, the
train ran out on the trestle-a light
train. he remarked, consisting of sin.
gle coach In addition to the locomotive
and tender; In short, a special. such
as Patrla WINS accustomed to use.
BY this time his motorcar had do.
scended to the bottom Of the yallev
ana crossed the bridge that spanned
the river. Ten seconds later a sudden
premonition drew his attention to the
train he looked up just in time to see
the locomotive shoot out at a shnrn
angle from the trestle, twist and foli.
dragging its tender and coach with Il.
Inc crash Of the wreck filled the
. valley like thunderclap, followed by
kissing Of escaping steam and the
groans and screams Of the Injured
train crew. -
lnstinctively Donald shut or fbe
gasoline and jammed In the emereency
Drnke. bringing his car to halt rdthin
tnfice Its own length. ApSit stosced
e jumped out and began to yun acToss
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