Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-05

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/ II carret filed with boxes and mis-.
cellaneous furniture Quickly tossing
/ tie heaviest 81 these against the door
] he threw his weight upon his barri-
\ casle ana griully waited.
TIis respite was brief. IN the hall
without sounded the natter Of bare
/ feef ana the next instnnt there WIS g
| great heave upon the door. Agaln5 ne
/ threw all his strength IN opposition 60
/ theirs. md 50 great was hts effort, and
4 81 greatly was he assisted by the
/ heavy furniture before him. that after
/ moments futile struggle the ones
/ outside relaxed their efforts aud the
pressure ceased. Taking advantage
/ 81 the opportunity, John wrenched z
leg from d table and laid II beside him
for instant use.
Finding themselves bailled In this 81
rection, the IIindus resorted to STRAIT
agein. Securing ladder. one of their
I number placed 1t against the outside OF
I the building and mounted 70 the ROOT.
/ Then creeping along until he was over
4 window Of the garret, he made Q rope
/ fast to chimney and began lowering
j himself. At the signal of Shere- Khan.
/ who was watching all from the ground,
! those In the hall again attacked the.
barricaded room. AS the lone defend
er was forced to pit his strength
] against the assault. the Hindu ON the
| rope swung himself to window of the
| room md lifted II.
Within the room the door was slow
I IL giving way before the combined at.
| tack. Flashing glance over his shout.
I der. the defender saw the man enter.
4 ing the room behind him and thus
i found himself confronted by two evils.
1 Either ne must be attacked from be-
I hind and be unable to defend himself,
I or else he must leave the barricadc
and confront this new foe. Choosing
/ tie chance which he thought most
promising, ne abandoned his showing,
i leaped To the window and sent the in
conner flying to the ground BY q ter
ric blow upon the jaw. AS ne turned
4 to again face the door, his barricade
came tumbling down with crash and
i his assailants swarmed into the room,
/ He brnced himself 20 meet them.
| RalREace, still considerable dis.
4 lance away, saw the Hindu hungtng
J from the rope outside the window,
then caught d glimpse III John MS he
! sent the oriental flying 10 the ground.
Knowing that his friend was In dire
4 distress he retioubled his efforts
Throwing open the door Of the house.
and guided by the uprpar above, he
went bounding up the stairs like an en-.
I ragged catamount.
Within the room John was putting
up the fight Of his life against hopeless
oeeis AS hts foremost antagonist
leaped the barrier which had helped
hold the door the lone defender met
7 him with d blow III the face that sent
i him flying into corner as though
i thrown from eatapult, then made d
/ jump for the table leg which tie had
laid aside for close work such as this.
/ But before he could reach 1t 1.-the
body wrapped itself serpentiike about
him, and from all sides blows fell upon
him Ike wintery rain. Protecting his
head DIS best he could, and using his
/ fists right and left, for moment he
beat them otf But no mortal man
could long hive endured such On at
tack single handed, md with final
heave that sent another of his foes
| flying against the side Of the building
! he went down beneath the mass as a
i stag lib dragged down ny wolves. Be
lieying TINT his end had come and
that further resistance was futile he
sill fought doggedly on.
Rainface. tiashing into the room. ar
rived there just as his friend was
pulled to the noor Gun In hand ne
went leaping about them, but 50 swift
i II did the struggling mass roll md
change that he dared NOT shoot lest
the heavy bullet Of his forty-fiye
should pass through the body OF an
enesny md also kill the man whom he
SO much desired TO save. Then sud
denly seeing hts chance he raised his
weapon.
shere-K Khan, bursting into the room
jusE at this Instant. took In the scene
at glance. At the very instant the
Indian was In the net ok pulling the
trigger, 1.-THE Tiger swung heavy
club upon the red mans head. and old
Rainface dropped like d stunned OK
going down as had his ancestors, fight.
Ing bravely and III the midst OF battle.
john also had been beaten into sense
iessness. and battered and torn the
unconscious pair we're dragged to
lover room and pinIoned. Shere- Khan
spoke:
Wen waste no more time on these
pariah dogs Get the sacks
From closet the farmer brought
forth two long gunny bags and intD
these the senseiess victims were thrust.
Raising them upon their shoulders,
four of the Hindns carried them 10
the edge Of the sheer blum which over
looked the sea- For moment they
svung them back and forth as d hmm
meek swings IL order that suficient
momentum might be attained. then re-