Evening star., 1924-10-05
Continued from Yesterdays starr

" eFtlDuti from J tSttrOaA : SIdI.l
His companions immediately ritet
tho body-war is war. \ shining
"dEe, Il rinI Of silver coin. showed
over Il saddle Of the peaks. "G
mare" said the soldiers. The moor
-ah, now
The whispers and laughter ceased
every tattured Starvelinr lay tense
'Npectant
In tn" village the drums went on
hump. thump: thumn, thump. The
noon climbed up, up. draS%ah her
-sif clear Of tn" peaks. Grenchiug the
nav n"ids with ,eri" light. drawing
~E'nTk ki"> here. shadows thcr-: 4 dad
-odd"ss rising out of frozen seas.
tn" watchers held their breath,
!"Wly released it, Lrrathed again.
Nah' thu min"S have failed :,
In muttrrrd. The powder was
lamp. ] knew il"
1T is the l2ddcr& nov. or nothing"
~F"wird another. why did the Sari
not bring cannon"
'Fhe Tobjyah say the camels could
not carry them in these hills" said 4
third
'.Th" Tohjyah tell great lies" snap
ped the first. Il know for certain
hat hey"
III" north corner Of the kaSha was
suddenly ,nveicptd in a fountain uf
Game. the ground under orthu gave
Il kick. and there came such an ap-
pallin- clap of thunder he thought
his cardrumS had been driven in. His
men scrambled to their feet rhceriuE
Hold fast. steady" he ruared.
There Is another yet ah,"
rho second mine went up as the
debris of the first came down-,nud,
>plinters, stones and shrcds of human
flesh.
\ lump Of plaster smashed across
his shoulders and an infantryman
within yard Of him got his back
broken hy a falling beam. When
prtho lifted his head again II was TO
hear tn" "Xuitant wh"upS OF the ne
gro detachments as they charged for
The breaches. In the village the
drums had stopped il was as dumb
- grave. He held his men back.
Re was not out for glory.
Let tn" blacks and infantry meet
tn" resistance" h s.id That man
with a broken back had ladder
III" Bring il along"
He led his party round to the east
rrn side, put his ladder up and got
over without dispute The tribesmen
had recovered from their shock to d
certain extent and were concentrate l.
ing at the breaches leaving the walls
almost unguarQUd. \ mountaineer
came charging along tin. parapet,
shot one Of Orthu's men through the
stomach as h. himself WAS shot
through thr head, and both fell
wr!thinE into a courtyard below.
The invaders passed from the wall
70 4 lat roof, and there were con-
frnnt"d by two more StulWarts whom
hey cut down with difficulty. There
VAS a fearful paHde ruoHium of firing
shrlekS, curses and war Hhoops GO
ing on at the breaches. but the
streets We're more or less deserted. y
young and ardent askar kaid trotted
by, beating his raSrag on with his
swordfiat He y,lped that h. had
come over the wall and was going 70
take the defenders in the rear; he
called to ortho Eor support. Ortho
promised to follow and turned the
other way-plunder. plunder,
The alleys were like dry torrent
beds underfoot, not five feet deep and
dark as tunnels. Ortho lit his torch
and looked for doors in the mud
walls. In every case they were bar
red, but he battered them in with
axes brought for that purposc-to
find nothing worth the trouble
Miserable hovcis all, with perhaps
a donkey and some sheep in the court
and i few leathery women and chill
drcn Squattinc in tho darkness wall
ing their death song. Ornaments they
wore none-buricd OF course; there
vas the piunder of at least two rich