They were armed with short rifles
and heavy cavalry swords. They
turned the horse loose, which swam to
shore, and was used by the other two
as a living ferry, one riding this time,
while his comrade held' fast to the
animal's tail.
(To be continued.)
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Weapons could be provided for all tlil 1 I A I j~ "M
tlise. The captain took a hurried inlC "f g~\\AT A rilTTICS
ventory and found, that, with economy,
there was enough 'food to last* AIT
bands five days. As the first day wore
on, an occasional horseman could be
seen on the Manchurian side, in the
dim foreground of the forest. These
horsemen appeared singly at
{first,
then in twos, and finally in groups of
three or four. They were evidently
Increasing in numbers and collecting
in the Vicinity of the stranded steam
er. Toward evening Smulders and his
"Chulia" came along. The German
had persuaded the Viennese to em
bark with him in a lotka and they had
made nearly as great progress as the
steamer, with its frequent delays on
account of this sand-banks aiid the
necessity of taking on wood. They had
come on, perfectly unconscious of
danger/ £hd probably owed their im
munity to the fact that they had stuck
close to. the Siberian side, to which
the Chinese did not often cross.
