Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

placed me there. But I was quite help.
less. and must needs gaze in a horrld
fascination at the approaching tragedy.
the gap in the head through which the
cart track to the shanty passed I saw
that it was the good Carl who was
was f thus sH1 placed % directly ire o6 between @ % De.
winski and Room and Mackenzie and
Deverill. who was behind the chair,
it ELI eIimnsted d the good Carl. EAR 70 and r PIN in.
sured unity from frontal attack. The
numbers might be held to be equal SO
while Mackenzie, shielded by Carl, and
Deverill behind both. had, l saw. an
immensely stronger strategic defense.
Nothing would well seem more nat.
moved toward the shanty across the
turf, yet something in it-no one now
will ever know what it was-raised
he aid not II know kH ali the a tme suRIh Wch is
uncertain. I saw his hand come behind
and whip out the gun he was never
without :. But he kept i there. never
eyes fixed on the party that stole slowly
nearer Suddenly he shouted out some-
thn;gg thing to Carl ,art in a loud voice The
the. left, thus Mackenzie, seated in It
with the hood up. was made helpless,
and Deverill was exposed
I heard ,Deverills shot and saw the
Carl collapsed quietly, on the grass, like
Room had now Joined In the fusil-
hnn,. lade. az and say. say splinnters fy of the
agined Mackenzie must have been shot
In the first volley. 1t was amazing to
see with what simplicity the tables had
been SO much as a single shot from the
other side Deverill lay face down where
he had pitched forward on the grass
with the German youth in front lying
on his back, the silent chair standing in
the open, white wood showing where II
had been splintered by the bullets.
No defeat could be more decisive.
Dewinshi and Rocn. however, We're TAX.
ready to begin again at the slightest
movement from below. But none came
/ am sure they had not desired the
thing to be done just like this; lonely
as the country was they would have
| preferred less shooting
Then even as l watched l heard. from
some direction couldn't see, the crack
crack Of gun, and within a second Of
| each other Dewinski went over. and
Room pitched awkwardly to the earth.
Dewinski was up again, almost instantly.
on his knees, gazing around, seeking to
discover whence the attack had come.
Crsek went the the s1Tad again and the
wildly round about him the Jew caught
sight of me at my window. and. scram-
| bling to his feet. RAN clumsily but swift.
| ly to the door. Perhaps he thought that
somehow had succeeded in freeing my.
self. and had thus taken them in the
rear in the very moment OF their tri.
umph, or more likely he was simply NOV
ed by the instinct Of a wild beast. which
when wounded attacks the nearest living
thing in sight.
Before he reached the door the hidden
| gun spat at him again. and he stag
| gered momentarily. but recovered and
pushed on like a man fighting his way
| against a gale of wind. l knew I was
helpless in his hands. He tore at me.
and though his right hand was all shat
| tered and bloody he had the strength Of
madness, and dragged me over toward
| the we'll of the mine shaft in the centre
of the floor AS soon as / read his in-
tentions put up such resistance as was
possible. which was very little, and
recognized that 1t must soon be over.
DewinslSi had only my weight to con-
tend with. He put forth all his strength
to hoist me up on the parapet that en-
| circled the well, tugging at me with
beth hands, head thrown back. an insar,.
ity of hate in his straining eyes Then,
even while i saw his face so, some one
stepped up unheard. fist shot over my
head that took Dewinski on the up
turned chin. / saw both his hands go
up and with cry he went over into the
dark yawning depths.
CONCLUDED TOMORROW