Show laughter Laugh tar as a weapon of defonso Do Daf fonso enso on oa the alith lay day of out our match march from load we I 1 was us as usual considerably in ia front of my mod who with willi their liadi warn not nob able tu to walk 4 ai i fast us as myself ia yell the sky threatened A star storm M wh oil made me hasten to reach pamfilo Fam Pam lilo 0 oa the village nobody was t to vo ie boca been the nati natives veis being either oat in ID the fields or in ia tle houses out of 0 the rain the stockade present Gd is rather uninviting appearance being ornament el ad with kith A few hundred human skulls io in ull nil from the iho froehly froth fret lily ly stuck u up p head tu to the nud and nil an jaws at the thou glit of 11 law am 1 1 alou as aa the wind wheeled t then be buka 1 a rd and nil for or ward however eribo alio tain was TS fulling falling rest fust anti anil there was waa no use of being qi i bamish so into the village i 1 marched mar clied unnoticed end ami doling flu ling out oat a but bat with i a broad overhanging Log eare card I 1 1 took refuge out oat of 0 tight might waiting or my ai to come forward in order that I 1 might appear with pomp I 1 bud eliud boca been thus thas nearly too tea minutes inia ates when suddenly Budden lj the stillness ol of the village was broken by a loud becu lire hoat this wua was utmost almost immedi a abely tekoa up from ovary every quarter of the villada villaga vt vi llaga until every stone seemed to yell jell out the strange ranga cry to the uproar while ahila women 0 aud d the men were been to ta w wai 11 as dathe the gates shouting and brandish bram listi lug their aclaro I 1 ws wits very much at this but it wes dimply eluo mashlor able mode of que 1 diug it I 1 still expecting my men every minute minata ilow liver ever the uproar continued without alia teme at nail and my meu men did not thinking there must bo be something wroe wrong g I 1 emerged from rooi my to my bar sur surprise prisa rise I 1 found the tha gate gala 1 I I 1 as B d nil the t e 0 kt 0 obade and crows aerts manned by on an exalted xai ceil multitude brandishing their heir spears at some at apparent anomy outside iju it instantly u upon me tint that I 1 wax was u prisoner ed an ami cat it train from my men my presence la in the village lago was evidently evi dendy unknown for on toy my appear suca among them every voice was waa sliest silent sod the ilia once ex oiled 0 multitude became para lydid with fear I 1 wu was supposed to be ba a ghost seeing this I 1 recovered ered my presen presence cs cc of mind mud aud striking attitude like Hum hamlets lets shoat I 1 moved mored forward with slow deliberate steps and aad a severe a expression pres eion ot of IMS face at each cash step the wa priors recoiled strack with awe they looked at me with sta staling ling eyes and open in breath breathless 1 cas bi silence I 1 denoo aen allua hi a was wa too much for mo me and unable to keep up the tha character cliar acter 1 I burst bant out oat in an aa roar ol of laughter the of that laugh WM was tromon lees dons the tha aanas savages recoiled egtill tit further leaving tho the gate free with a bound I 1 reached it and nd beloro before they bould recover their abuses it was open and I 1 was outside to tae unbound ad joy of my men baen who were f for or my iny safety flood words |