The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-01

/ vas glad OF il, although at the
time felt tahamed.
Presently Ranjoor Singh himself
chose m advance guard Of 20 men
and put me In command Of it..
March eastward" he ordered me
According to my map. you should
find road within = mile or two
running about northeast ard south
west; turn to the left along 1t.
Halt II you see armed men, and
send back word. Keep a lookout
for food, for the men are starving,
but loot nothing without my order!
march," said he.
May l ask a question, sahib?"
said I. still lingering.
Ask" said he.
Would you truly have burned
the German alive?" said l, and he
laughed.
That would have been a big
fire," said he. do you think none
would have come to investigate?
THAT Is what / was thinking"
said I.
do such thoughts burn your
brain? ?" said he. "A threat to
bully-to q fool, folly-to a drunk
ard, drink-to each, his own! Be
going now!"
So l saluted him and led away,
wondering in my heart, the wealth
er growing worse, if that were pos
sible, but my spirits rising. knew
now that my back was toward CAL
lipoli, where the nearest British
were, yet my heart felt bold with
love for Ranjoor Singh and l did
not doubt we would strike a good
blow yet for our friends, although
l had no least idea who Wassmuss
was, nor whittier we were march
ing. If l had known-eh, but lis
ten, sahib-this is a tale of tales!
CHAPTER V.
If a man stole my dinner, might
let him run; but if he stole my
horse, he and l and death would
play hide-and-seek.-R Singh.
That dawn, sahib. instead of les
| SEEMING, the rainstorm grew into
deluge that saved US from being
seen. As led my 20 men forward
looked back time or two, and
, once l could dimly see steamers
and some smaller boats tossing on
the sea. Then the fiercest gust OF
rain OF all swept by like a curtain,
| and it was as if Europe had been
shut off forever-so that recalled
Gooja Singh's saying on the trans
port in the Red sea, about cur
tain being drawn and our not re-
turning that way. My 20 men
marched numbly, some seeming
half-asleep.
By and by. with heels sucking in
the mud, we came to the road of
which Ranjoor Singh had spoken
and l turned along it. 1t had been
worn into ruts and holes by heavy
traffic and now the rain made mat
tiers worse, SO We made slow prog
ress. But before long l was able
to make out dimly through the
storm what looked like a railway
station. There was a line of tele-
graph poles, and where it crossed
our road there were buildings
enough to have contained two reg
iments. l could see no sign of
men, but In that light, with rain
swirling hither and thither, it was
difficult to Judge. l halted and sent
a man back to warn Ranjoor Singh.
! We blew on our fingers and
stamped to keep life in ourselves,
until at the end of 10 minutes he
came striding out of the rain like
a king on his way to be crowned
My twenty were already speeches.
with unhappiness and hunger, but
he had instilled some Of his own
spirit into the rest of the regiment
for they marched with swing in
good order. He had Tugendheim
close beside him and had inspired
him, too. 1t may be the man was
grinning in hope of our capture
within an hour, and in that case he
was doomed to disappointment He
was destined also to see the day
4 when he should hope for our es.
cape. But from subsequent &C.
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