A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 260, 2 May 1888, Page 4

A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT

Ik I ween Ih< c.uh occupants "I the |i;ncmenl anil the mi nihuirt of deputations with Ihimmi'l- Theie was no i:oi(lon ol tioop-al tln • point to keep thu load oleai, m> that i w hen om t (In utmd hml -uiued loiwaid j \\ it li ;t pu^nat uni- purpose Uiec.it i i.i^i'-m ny , i -I jew ii \\ Ml) blanches oHil , was in\ad< din a tnoiiKut, and tin 1 -etilhe between ma^-t - i and ( la— o 1 - w a-* t'Ontinuod, amid uu-eemi\ I e\( ( lat 1 1 » 1 1 -> and ,\o'l-, until -quad 1 - of | mounted polite came up .it a hand gallon •uul ploughed thoii way Uiioii^h the luiinan -ml. !>rawn h\ -i\ I'lacis eipaii-oued hot m\- and r-ioited b\ 2 L \ (leneial- a miu<Uaii(l p.dl-heaiei -, l)>eopen cat lxvu 1 m^; the; eofhn, and mounted i>\ a uoldci hnldaclinio, mo\id on iti<a\. Theio was not ,i ilouei on the ( oflin, uhhh w.t.- ol Inul) -hapt . eo\eted with t i lin-on \ el\ ci . and ciou sitd with an enoi inon-> knight -helmet. The limpet oi\- mlir-!e--ehaioei, \\ M h lioot-m t hostu i up-. walked behind t he heai.-c. Looking like a ho-t, the mouinu- mv-( al-o he compi ehcn-i\ c.hilt ' ilt sciilkml a- siieli, foi it would ho impo--il)h to ■ in in what paiLieulai ouki Kin^-, Was 1 - Appaunt, (Jiand Duke-, atx! l!o\.d Ihj^hne— c* walked Tin \wei c .ill mullled j in mautlo-, uoie (hen hat-, <md -tepped 010-e fo^-othei H\ the new Kinperor h -pei lal d(-iii no iiihkm e--.ii \ <\po-ute to told wa- ( i he ' i-ki d !>\ any ot hi- lllu-ti ion- ;.Mie-t-. Tin pi m c— ion h.ul passed all the way tumi the Mom aloiu> ,i loadwa^ Mimn with i_:ieen lea\e- and hi.iin he- and uninedi.iteh at te) the la-( low in the litiiil sipiiid had mine I\\ , t lit (loud- imadctl lli<' load, and Ik '4,111 (o pick up spn^s ol fii a- k"i-ep-,(ke-i«o()KiN(. down o\ tiii: di:ad l*p to t.lie la-l moment it w.t- m>nei ills !>e.lit \ed that tin Kinj'tioi >\ould juinthe piuee^-ion w ithin the pai k, ami hi- appeal ance at. the window -\eial t uiu j-n liLfoic it- an i\ al .-ct'mtMl to add pi ol),dnht\ to the -\ippo-it ion. Hut the eo!d \\a- too mten-e foi mk h e\pe-m( a- tin- would h'i\e i utaiU d, and 1 1 1- Man ~t % tliu. Imow it< hed t he mom nful m. cno tiom an uppoi -window la th( (ential pan ot the (a-tle The <>nhiji entf lod tin paik ,tt- tin -oulh-ea-t (uinei. and thu- did not pa— tln tionl ol the (.'a-th When Ihi hheati -t 1 eat hed tin i ential towei tin it «,t- a halt a- the down l J i mk i and I'iiikc lit 111 > came out in oidei lo au unil>an\ the colltn to it- le-tiujj, place Tho Kmpeioi niLaiiwhile looki.d down with •4ia\e tat c tiom h^ tle\aU'd ))o-iiion, ■ami aeknow leduid the mau\ -alut' - that I (,unc tiom the pa--mu dam