Chapter 15 AN ADVENTURE ON THE HILLS-THE VALLEY OF

THE SHADOW OF DEATH-TALIEN-WAN

For a while I was passive. Then, realising the danger of this new situation, I made violent efforts to escape my captors. A prod of a sword-bayonet was the only reply, and the sharp steel point caused a cry of pain to escape me. What had I done? I looked at the men who had captured me. They did not appear to be reg