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Show 1 Preetalimcnt of Death. " Ye; I IflieV" that many a sold!: who Itcs lib life In balUe Ins a prrnllulciit of dcatbj' said Elward MeD-vltt, of the tjuitel atateJc!erfc'oni.-e. "I formed that conclusion early in Uie war of the rebellion, aud as the war progressed I bceinla ntjre ftmily liilreiiihwl in the belief. I can recall nxauy instnucts where young men "-bowed by their conduct Uiat they were marked for death, and in each cae the man was killed as soon as he went Into biltle. 'There was one case that impressed im-pressed ma ranre Uian any other. Vu had In our company a young country fellow lbr, strapping fellow, fel-low, an J cile of the bravrst men I ever saw go Into battle. I saw him la numerous LatUr and I never siw him lliurh until the day he was killed. He didn't seem to know w hat fear was. "One morning we were lying iu our trenches when thu word wa passed along that V.e Cere going ltllo battle. Tills young man was next to me. and I noticed that he turned white at the announcement, hen w o were ordered to fall In he trembled all over, and was so weak he could hardly carry his guu. I never saw such a chaege come over a man, and I asked him what was the matter. " 'I feel that my t'ruo has come, was his reply, and that was all he said. "We were going up a hllWJc, and hadn't gone more than a hundred feet from the trenches when a shell burst in front of us. A piece of It struck the young soldier la the face and carried away a part of his bead. Dath was so sufden that he never knew how It occurred. This Is only one of many like instances Uiat I might cite in subport of my belief." Indianapolis A eir. |