Show AL A great war anut on an the field in his czar and sultan mr archibald forbes gives fires a graphic picture or of the coolness of mr frederic c V filters I 1 tu the famous fam oua artist of the london graphic it seemed to us he says as aa he stood gazing that the turkish cannon fire are we saw in aati action commanded the whole russian position in front on both flanks and even from its if rear UP tip to the main entrenchment multon on st nicholas hill bua was a distance of about two nilles miles and every foot to of the road seemed exposed to fire it was W not a pleasant prospect tut there was no alternative andhor air tuna tely 7 tor the time there was not couch musketry fire so we started dead men lay about the road rather ominously I 1 shells burst rather closer than we liked and bullets kept striking the road foad about usand us and ricochet ting viciously I 1 dont care to talk about that tramp I 1 know I 1 was wa very svery thankful when it was over the worst nuisance was that at commanding points villiers would q top stop serenely sit down bring out hia hig sketch book and betake himself to drawing 9 some group that caught his fancy or some battery over against him which no as like likeas as not WAS actually tu alY trained on himself I 1 own that at those junctures I 1 lay down behind r aock aek not that this was any important protect protection I on because of the thor kness haess of the turkish crossmire crossfire cros 0 70 lea I 1 could uld not but smile sm ile at tn tiers devotion at his AIs own particular duty but I 1 the smile was melancholy enough for to tell you frankly I 1 had bad not ilot the least hope that the sketches he bevad was working on so calmly and im d as I 1 ever reach tha graab jc office I 1 diet not beleve thata that a man bof 1 of us would ever i auit the baj e alive I 1 |