Show l 1 s t- t Y FAITHFUL F T TO DEATH EATH I STORY STORY OF DEVOTION TOLD BY I JAPANESE OFFICER In Scene In-Scene Scene of Frightful Carnage Elderly Elder Elde ly Soldier T Thought ought Only of ProtectIng Protect Ing ing- His Yo Young ng Master Master His His Own Wound Wo nd Unnoticed Unnoticed It was was In in the melee of of blood and sword sword that I I saw saw a sight sight that tat touched me deeply I I nod noticed ed two mem men Jn n our oui our ranks lanks and later I found fou d out that the younger younger of these men came fr from m a awell a. a well well well-to-do to-do to Samurai family the ol older er erman man was also from the same same place In fact the father of t the e older cider m man n had spent all ll his life In the service of or orthe the family from which the the younger man man came On this terrific day day when they were within a few fe fem meters m of i the Russians when Jh they Y fought with rocks swords and anything they could get hold of I Is I's s saw saw lw these men men cling to to toe e each ch other closely losely At t the height of the bloody excitement nt the theold old older r se seemed med to be mindful of f the younger always always At one one onetime time a a. a afe few of the Russians actually succeeded In rushing upon a part of our line One D of f the Russians raised the butt of his rifle rifle abo about t to strike the younger y younger unger of these two men Then Then I i f saw the older old old- sr er r swing forward and literally hurl I down sown iown the Russian with the bayonet through his body A A little later the young man was shot In the the thele le leg and andell tell ell I saw saw the older man lLan forget himself slim him self co completely forsake his gun kneel Town down beside the young friend of his ind and not finding a pie piece e of cloth he tore ore the front of of- his shirt He stuffed i I. t little le piece of cloth Into into the bullet i iole Tole- Tole le In the leg of his his- friend Then en after a little while because of f the fi of action about me I lost sight of tit f- f these men When I came ame upon pon them a a few few- minutes later they vere were together side by side As I pass sassed l I said to the older man who to o master Dung oung m master Cant Can't you manage tarry arry yourself to to the rear with your to friend to the field hospital or to s some me shelter from froIA behind the behind the hill Oh Oh It Is all right he answered My young master Is wounded i. i Slit Slit- lit lit- tie tle b but t he will recover in iIi a tt min minute te I th Then we ewe shall get it at the Russians Russian again I 1 pointed to the ragged wound which mado mado- his his' a Russian bullet blUet had upon own shoulder Oh Oh Ob he said ald tb that thatis t is a scratch Dont Don't t mind that that thatA A A A Japan Japanese s Officer In Leslie's LesliE Monthly Magazine i |