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Show Rumtan Would kill and rob him. attempted to unbockls him revolver, but the soldier, on seeing his action, approached him with fcuch a reassuring smile that be retrained from pulling the trigger. ' ' 'He stood over me, he. said, 'and poke aome word of Ruaslan, which, of course. I did -not understand; but they were gentle and amiable. I could tell. Then the man paaaed behind me, and presently I found myself, being safely raised from the around, and, eventually. In the strong arms of the humane Muscovite. Musco-vite. I waa brought down to the trench in which my comrades bad taken cover.' " Chicago News. A CHIVALROUS SOLDIER. In Frederic Villlers' book on Port Arthur Ar-thur he tells the following Incident of the siege: "During the fighting yesterday a young Japanese officer, in charging a trench with his men, was severely injured in both legs by the enemy's shrapnel and fell fainting into the ditch. His company was driven back down the glacis to a donga below. This morotug a Russian soldier, sol-dier, carrying something in his arms., was seen coming toward the donga from the glacis. The something he carried was the young Japanese officer who had been left In the trench the previous day. Of course, there was much rejoicing, and the Russian Rus-sian prisoner Is on parole, much petted by the Japanese sjldlers. This Is the officer's story: hen he recovered re-covered consciousness after his fall he was lying with several dead comrades near him. 'unable to move his legs, when an unarmed Russian soldier stole into tne trench and began to examine the dead. The Japanese ofrirer!fewrlng- thnt the |