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Updated: June 28, 2025
Forsyth, with Lieutenant Beecher, and Doctor J. H. Mooers as surgeon, was in charge of a company of citizen scouts, mostly expert rifle-shots, but embracing also a few Indian fighters, among these Grover and Parr.
I could tell, however, that the tide was strongly in my favour, and I believe I should have escaped the boat's notice, but that the people on shore, hearing, I suppose, the rifle-shots, turned on an electric search-light to see what was going forward.
The general did not attempt to restrain him, for he had been startled by the rifle-shots. "A little below the edge of the hill Almia stopped, and, turning toward the Commander-in-Chief, she said, 'You might as well surrender. I do not wish to injure you, but if you compel me to do so, I must. And with this she drew the pistol from her pocket. "'Is that thing loaded? exclaimed the general.
Then, turning my back upon the mysterious shore which had thus far lured me, I sank softly below the surface, and swam as far as I could under water. During this unseen retreat, I heard, of course, all manner of gurglings and hollow reverberations, and could fancy as many rifle-shots as I pleased.
The sky was black with it, and in the terrible moment that followed his piercing cry for Mukoki he fancied that he heard the sound of rifle-shots. "Mukoki! Mukoki!" he shouted. The old Indian was beyond hearing. Quickly it occurred to Rod that early in their trip they had arranged rifle signals for calling help two quick shots, and then, after a moment's interval, three others in rapid succession.
There Stuart saw him still so delirious that, although recognizing the officer in some sort, he talked wildly of pressing dispatches, of the inattention and callous hearts of officials in high station, of delays and long waitings for audience in official anterooms, of the prospect of any expedition of relief for the fort, of Odalie, and red calashes, and Savanukah, and rifle-shots, and Fifine, and "top-feathers," and Sandy Sandy Sandy; always Sandy!
Many rifle-shots were fired at him, but in vain. He seemed to bear a charmed life. "Can none of you pick him off?" said the captain of the gun-boat. Twenty rifles replied to the words, and the man's red jacket was seen to be torn in many places, but himself remained unhurt! At last the pirate-guns were silenced in two of the prows, only the chief's maintaining an obstinate fire.
This acquaintance was one Wun Thu, a son of Thebaw, last of the Burman Kings. Wun Thu objected strongly to British rule, and emphasized his objection by making trouble with his bands of patriots, whom we called dacoits, robbers. Even my peaceable occupation of surveying the land met with obstruction on the part of Wun Thu, and led to a frequent exchange of perfectly harmless rifle-shots.
He might have failed ere dawn to grope a way out of that trap had not the disappearance of the submarine been discovered within the hour. A sudden clamour rose in the quarter of the landing stage, first one great shout of dismay, then two voices bellowing together, then others. Several rifle-shots were fired in the air. More lights broke out in windows ashore.
Forsyth, with Lieutenant Beecher, and Doctor J. H. Mooers as surgeon, was in charge of a company of citizen scouts, mostly expert rifle-shots, but embracing also a few Indian fighters, among these Grover and Parr.
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