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Show ?MW5s' , A YANKKK THICK. & . 'V ' Kr' t, 1 Al sol llcf n.lT two governments JES1' i fj ' HiavafougulBepuJs, Horn, IWJw WHS! , K) fi Rita, Maorla, Into, Malar an 1 d'H- jftvti '81 jh, In-OxtMtoiarn, butforrtal, doirnrlflit ailUaa ' i- 'iSfft J H i fCTodtjrwidiliintwlpfrMTcniuwiMre IHw) S i fl i ' nJ,1 ' W" 0,jrh RHr'i l ffl i .' r tiling as eowanlico h unknown ainmijt SE 'jMa'ItI 1 I' lwra- TIy rmJy for ftalit l WLLwPfr f fto I i moment's notice, an,l llisr enli ltn 1 )Dfft 'i ' ' ffi I "' "IJ ,lwl "ml r"l' n'1 c,nl,,cl' K ' t H ? lonfjrr than an trhlto lroop I fB.' f a 2 rirrnnnowdto Tlier aro fanatic (o IBK, ' , 8 I ''' tlio last drop ef Wool, in-l when an jflHf 1 i, L fnemvfiillbelievralliatiloatiion tbe Sfflf S I Uttlcflcl Iraeaiu eternal fralw for M SHHrt . V l name an.1 eternal rest for lil Kill, l. JHkJH:, ! ' lnvomMdouMjilatifmniit. Mf t' 1 1 t ' In (! march lo Cabul, which von MBb, . i ' f laurel for tin Ilrllbh arm only that jSBJt ; v. L j i tlier miuht I rovcml villi tin dV JHHK' H ! I K-rneo ol had diplomacy, we found the WKL o i . AMian on Ills own soil and onbotlh- rK. '. 1 J fld It of lilt own ttlretton, and thouth BftS-i" i ' J , I It, vocouHdrlro lilm In evrrjr instance, Dfigt r K ' ml ' each rl tory cmt a some of Ibeteit Wwllr ' U I,' tloo.1 in tho Kniliali annr. HBn?,, W j ' ' One of oir ootnntlt, aa the column JR' t Jj waa encamped In tho Cuota vatli-jrto Kl U i' ,, rrcnill In tnnrtli ml Irlng np sop- Jk' i . at ' ' I r"e, vM n,n" ",llf' la ""' "or"1' V. . I I l"r' '' mnml lnfvlo pnlnL A WA.- "" 1 ' I dcUdimMilof 100 nirnvai kept llir H) ft 1 ij f for flltn dr, lln n-llrrcil rrry K" v Bdr,andl will out villi llielal I l M i i i (Waclinirnt. Wa w all Inf.mlrj-, HF "fli' ' Ml "'' "' ""' 1M ronn'' ' aininunillon i Lwr 4 ' lu for our tnuxkrlt. Wtkj"y jtt J Thaport va not In tlKirallrjr, Int BL' 1 8 i Dn uaon ti ''"'"t vlirro It rorrml Ef' I J j : tm illSmnt paixM, and It u a Irr- j MKJ'' 1 n ' rlUjr loofonia l. II war among HV ' ' 1 J Ilia mln of an olllrmplo, and 11m lint B i " , (.' H I ' rorapanlr IkjI ling It lad ux-1 Hit I Hw Si y- irent Llorlnnf ltm to bulM a fort. Hw Ji 3 i fl 1 , aiu-tre, rrowntng A trp hill, and tlia HDC fr Ml ill vallt vrra alinnt twrha trr Ag)u Kf," SI : ! Two Mm of ItvrraUMWalUnf tlit Bt . , $ K j ' ' old Innpla tn.ngtli(iirl a IIUI', and ' BL c II " " & rtte 'i711 M A ' '' BlKfrr ' m ft 1 it wai a afoul anil Mftf nlmit In caa of 0 Ql 1 i1 a few mm tiring hard prwd. HM ' T V m 4 Tlie Mun Uri mad In tlmt liUtotlo BJi ' ' i ; j Mr . i raitipijgn aro too iiuiiwroui to bo re- HjX- 1)1 VI rorded. Tin mot linpnrllal lilaturUnt fflHf ' " ' " vk. a lu am agrwl that luroinprtrncy tu tlia IJBfiiLVr 5ra Jul A j Kvwllug fuatum We had taw at the ' BBfi iflnl n h i"Mt two dan when the eaiitaln In HhM SU W ' command took flftx of the mrn for PpKr kKtl ja'i E' vital lieralll an-fiinnobMiiiceupoiio HflBfcT' iJf Mi of the paives to (ha north of us, and at H'" JECjB rihr' i the lame time tint twenty Qrenifnon t lfllflMl Jm i k aiiothrrfoorairrand tothe eat Vi BUti'lf" 'JE'tinl JLT' ' ' Ubl been put thero tlui ly and roMy HBR BUI w fi to P'en Ll enemy from roinlnc HHeW " iS ll vJ tm K down the ( right at our dnor aul W ii5i 9.B I enliirlng tlio valley, Wlulwai hryond HEl -;?a'B SliS a did not inatu r There waj niutlrr ,, JKB wkvm '"' una"f ""' ""'n M "" "Tr Er3r BlK IS'B laarcliod out, each cnrrjlnjtwrnly Hu Eff - XT w'K iff 1 I rouoda of auimtinltlon, and they rolled iJBBP'f'" ifJr?jU B 'farewell" to the twenty two of oiK'ft HB4li RX-clu 9 k trlilnd. Half an hour aftrr tbeyliad Mk alenl ' paanod ont of tight we lieanl harplI BHm, juituLliJ Mil' ( lug tcf the north and eut, ami not one flBriV' jSBl Jffi' ''' ! elnghi man rer nturnnl to na. Tliry HT' 1 rnwHlU vm t tn eed In the dtfde and SBV vttrf jyy; ' Mn jL ; tlaughtered, Jutt u uLiht Lave tern 9H' Si t M In 8t eiji-clcL MBi'lS waV PP Hf ' Onthlaieryaameday thetnalnarmy HKfiAif wt 'ftS B' ' decided lo ad ranca, AeuurUrwaadl O,'!'' affl M ' patched to notify an outpuat, tot he !HBE?L' Khrln ' nerar rracheJ ua, elthrr turning back aVSTnihi. ' "n CyBl Hitl i througli fear or baring been picked off Eav' ' wfeBl Rlf i ty romv eoucal rllleiuan. Abuut t bHVt i WaS H BH t. i o'clock In the aftrroonn tlio natlm ni- BBS '' PC H !! pearrd In large Humbert, both above BBh ' uBCfcl HC !l end Mow ua, and then we knev vluit BBi- llWrVl KW " I '"J '"PPenodi'lndeed, tbey taunteil LBB) "-i- H ll B 9 ua with the annihilation of our com BBmV '' Mr'mt W it ? ralea,and gave ua the news that the BBB' S?' K Etl 1 t lnal" cu'amn llA'' 'uorcil on ami ile- BBK.V T W t W arrtoil ua. An old aergi-ant, who liod BBBV T ' B, Bi' i pw"""' twenty two eura In tho ecrrice, BHHH& ( ' 111 ft ,1 t vaa In cuniuiand of ua, and aa aoon ni BBGr'7 fi? tt ' i he fully nalludtliedukiitcr which luid HHral ' , - M.) I H i f I come about lie callnl the iiien together BHF' r I ityiirk andaildi BBI K ' rl'''' I "'e hate no choice In thla mailer HHfi Ji II i J 1 t tlioiuau 1 men could nut pu.h tlr BBK iJ uJ f w)r Jm" '",0 "" "Dry nuw to try BB 4 IH KB If "'' 0,rr"lka the column. We mutt HHF R IkIiI r nmalnanddowlut we can. H BK. J Bji ajjjji tt "llutwliatcanwe dor' oikclacor- BBr1 1 I Ih i Kn pcu1' BBai' i l K i IB BikS "Kiel" replied tlieairgcaiit 'Tliffa BBEr' ' ;'' K BRff 8 luU v, rw Knt ""' ,,cn fori ""? BBf) r m Umn ''"' w,Bre twenty two to handrcda BBaV yDiflrllll and UionuiiiU. Wo luuit kill aa many HHffll" '5t IK Sii1 It " "" loTlba awe can an) then lie HHg Ojyisi'' QHJrP 't U"tnourlvca." BB ' i 6lejj(fclj?,''i lj Tl,dre v"u"'t glimmer of Iioihi. BB kWat1 f Hi wekiiewtlM.Ugliaii. In that long B? " .BliVeMd- !Jr i l nd Woody enuipiJgn neither aide both BB - ' .AaCI 'to I '! " with prUoner If wo coptuml BBl'' .1 " I',?,! "e, ten, tlftvor a hundred It waapuni HRP , j ft ,L I """' lu"1 '"r left lying dead KSaj , k CgSajJl aa we inarched on II onouf ourmm BL c Stxif ,''" '",0 ""'lr l'"'"l, ,,w l"ui1 "" IBhL 1 Of iS, V lopped oft or a pcar lent through Mm Bff 1 x,0M ,w eou'd wbik twice. Tlieyd IHRtlV t B1 i.Jift I lu"0 ,," '' of eury man, oviu If IBaW K it " theyylilh-l up twenty Uvea for one. IBEE,', U A fi Honie woull follow oif after the col DBV f. , M umn, but hunlivi woul 1 1m Mt bohlud A'. H I; - A' l ,0 inm U" n'"" loft along tho MB t& I! 'si fi ne of communlcatmn. Sam' ,r-laV f l . .' , ' '"' "Ln Rd IBBb V IV 'Ml of the few hour. Kit tout. UBb ', iLJf, j Afln wero elated and incited, and IBR' p eSaMi Ai hoed no dliKnltIon to attack, tint "BEY ' I S"3N etenlng, but wo know the morrow IIH&. 52 l' $t would open aaUwi -whlrli inlght lut IBff. CO 5' BJi- 'I yitj there waa nu longer a man to tie-, BjK. ' aaaaai J' Sffflfrl i fend tho furt, Aa llicru were vo day' K v " fl 3071 ratloua tor lOOioeu, tlw twenty two of mmWii' eSZ rfr .i "luwltlowupoiinmwithaproyUloin. , BBEr "rB I' L' V A, f"f ".l'ewa.a.prlngbub I BBr iS t' B U,n ,,p. wl"'1" ,l' ta- nd all the BBS' ST ' I !" rwIm,'wniiiak.con.litl1 BBKi . CO 11 f " InatrengtKnlngthiipr.ltlon, d,,,, BE , I It M.i ' ho night we built t,imb f BBB. f II : : '""J11 n ft la '"' nrowood BBK' k i "i ?:,a ",ot ,"0 0 ",' l u w"i' of aie.iv BBH S $& i1 May lia.1 mretly broken when w, Bp , H ? P i '""" ' oanth n urrouili bv at loiut BBBV Siil'Ji a tUoumnd native TUiiy, Hi 1 i T n m S '"" " '" ; "n,u;'1 'n5. , BBH' 8Mfc"i IhUwa. promptly refuM, a ,,mv BBBLt V1 IS 3 Wa mailo un rotum, butarouJiu BHK, f- T j nnrtholo. MliiueniulKwrtbuTJ (Mi" I i V l I brouk(at, and moat of tho mc, .i, , . LtLBgHL' t tl until noon. " "'l BUSK. .Jll VliV 1 toll you nur .fort w aa untlu rrat HbBB A r?i D( ft alci'i' 1,ni' Tllu """' uuim BB) "".J CilM away from It lu all dlriH tloni lut ta, BBBaL iW'Mi nil! forty rwla befom there wan any j' BBBT'""'?&Wnf 'l for au cucuiy. BoXarMiuuikat,, 4J BBBBBBBBBBBiiiiiBaiiiw2iaBflMBttei'i9r33rr BKtlBBB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBkTsx .bBBBBBI I conwriied, they might blare nway tor a year and not hurt any one, but we knew they would aoon bring up field-pieces field-pieces agilnat ua. There only one, rent where thy conld plant tho gun to git tlw proper elevation on ua, and that wai luit oplt tho north center o( tie fort, on n little plntcnu forty feet above tin traveled trail During tho dif wo liacked tllla wall will; olliw blocki of atone, and made It ru recti ro u clrcuiintancca would ierinlt, mid vlifl night cams tho enemy liml II rod ( WD bullet at ua wtthont Inlltctlng the eat damage. Weliadn'tthe lumber to bull 1 plat-forma plat-forma around tho walla, but we had luflclent to build thrvo lookout ata-lm ata-lm at three corner, and there ten-tliwL ten-tliwL took their atatlona when ilarknew I ML Wlntwe feared wn anight at-Lvk at-Lvk with acallng ladder, nnd that wnt iactly what they wero planning for, Inttead of taking time to make ladder, boetrer they mado a ruOion uanlwut J o'clock In the morning wild a detail ol men, carrying long jmle to rwt tgainit the wall. Tlje aenllneU gave ca timely notice, and rlandlng on I Lieka of atouo ao aa to bring iw nearer the enemy aa lie allowed up on top of ! the wall, wo tumbled lilm oft with bill I let and imyonet to rapidly Hint ho drew olT In great ronfualon. I That attack wan n Rood thing or ua, I The enemy gave m ereillt for thrvo tlioe our actual atrcngth, nnd thcro- f,ire ilecldeil to move with iioro caution In the future, nu 1 It gnvo ua tho Idea that our elllini could In defendeil ifalrut big odd. Muring thn neit day the Afghan kept up n alow nml Irregu-brflro Irregu-brflro agnluat u, almply wnttlng their had, and all the men, eieept thom on neeauary duty, wero pcnnltta-d to aleep. Whan night enmo again we dlaoovered the rauo of their njintlry, Wn plainly hearl them clearing nwny the amall treea on tho plateau and iialiig the tpade, and know that thny wcru going to plant artillery to uao ngalnat u. The artillery branch of the Ameer'a aervleo waa very weak, the guns being of light caliber and tho npiiiiiinltlon generally poor, but no ouo rould doubt that If a gun or two wim got to bear on o, and tho enemy would kci p pegging away, thoaliotand shell would In time effect a brenclL We had aboi ofl,T)O0 round of ear-tridgiw, ear-tridgiw, a our slaughtered comrade ha.1 left thrccr-quartcrs of their store behind them, and tho sergeant ordered ul to roan the ten porthoh on that aMe and keep up n steady fire on tho plateau It ih firing at random In the darkness, but wodoubtlea kuockod smiionf Hkmii over, and quite certainly delayed (lhe work. Wlien monilng came wo 'conld soo that they had cleared the ground nnd begun to throw up a small fort to liold tho guna. Our Ore liad driven them off. During tho day they made bullet proof isrrcns of ' bnngh an 1 mats and paid ua but lit-1 tie attention. When night felt they tot up their screen and worknl behind them, and though our flro might hato ' Intllrtol aomo slight los It did not 1 ten. nt them from getting two pin In position. Tliey had an earthwork six feet high to protect tho gunners, and aa the acrgmtit looked out and taw what had been tlono ho grimly saldi ' Well, wo shall liavo a fow day lea tolle." White wo wens at breakfast tho gun opened flro wltli solid aliot. They wero only forty rod nway, and yet tho gunnery gun-nery was wi ppor that tho flnt nine shot were thrown away. When they began to strike, howover, wo reallmt , tho dainago they might Inflict. Tho atone wero but llttla harder than tan 1 I stone, and wbllo too heavy to bo hurled down they flaked and crumbled uudi r i the Impact. We manned tho tmrthohw and llrcd at tho embrasures, and In thl way wn choked though wo con! 1 uot slleneo tho flro. Tliey gut tho gun trained on ono particular spot, and lie fore night camu wo know they could brearji ua In two day more. A dark nee closed hi their lire waa suspended. They could sco tho progress thoy had made, and .there waa no need of hurry. , Wehndwllh ua u native lni Vim-l.eo Vim-l.eo w ho liad fought under almost every thuf and tukoii the oath of allegiance to four or lire governments, and early In tho ironing we notlceil lilm overhauling overhaul-ing tho plla of iwlca wo lui.l dragged In for firewood. He nt length sclcctedout four or II vo which had all tho spring of American hickory, and then unfolded hlildea tothotirgcunt. It wasshnplu enough, but no ono but nYankeo would luivii er thought of It. Wo first laid tlvu thott poles dli tho ground and pinned them fait. Then three fret In rer of tlient wo eleintiil llo other short polea about twn feet from the ground nn cmtchea. When tho end of ' a long pole wn put over one of these , nnd rotted ngalnat tho ono on tlio j ground vru liad what would havo bei n I a spring boanl, It there had been any board uliout It, Wo then nolle 1 box rover til tho other end of tho poll, I made rotiet fast to bend them down, 1 mid wo liu 1 a lirlnclnlo made use of In war I, COO tear ngo. Now, thou, pull down the end of the polo, place n ttuuo on tho uu mid let gu, nnd the spring Hiidathe stone ll;lng sky high, to come down w Ith a cnuli on aoinibody'a head. In an hour we had tho fh a ready mid playing away, tin re King plenty of brokrn ttunolu tlio fort for ammunition- 'there was spring enough to the iolra to Ihmw n live (wuinl stono Ixty nli, and we lieard omnia to proto that wo drove tho enemy from n doieu dlllervut poaltluns durlnl ho night The gun openod on lit early In the morning, and then n funny thing took place. It may seem alnioat absurd to you, but 1 m giving you ouly what wa ulllclally reported when 1 luy that with our Iho spring guna, iu)ou might call em, wo actually drovo the pinner out of that redoubt and illeurml their lire. After a little prattles wo could get Juit tho right spring to m nd tho stoim soar. Ing nway llko n bomb, to fall um tlu lr unco erod head. A Jugged stone, weighing from ouo to Iho lumidi, nnd 1 falling from a htlght of tlftyor sltty feet, I not tu bo di spUil They tried to uitu thelttr oir them, but with our muikutry lire ut thn nulruaurua, BBBBBBBSI! and our rotka dropping from aliove, they had to deacrt tho redoubt. Whir ever wo found a body of tho tticmy sheltered by rock or thicket to flro on ua wo trained our Yankee turiulioii on them, and they had lo withdraw After tho failure of Iho nrtlllery lo breach the walla, the Afghan sat down to ttarvo tu out. The Idea wa to weai n out a wc!L nnd a flro of luutketry wrw maintained day and night They probably ill lu't eipi-ct to do any great harm by thl lire, but Ihry knew It would keep ua ou the nlert nnd hnnoy and Irritate. It did hat o that effect and they harnwwetl ua further by Ihreata of assault Wo on our wrt kept them dodging with our !utHr, nnd I hire no doubt we wounded n gil niany of llieni In that way They eouldii't make out what sort of guns wo had which fired without nolso and throw rocks hi stead of Iron or lend, nnd thl puulo waa what prevented them from carry hig our wall by assault. I or thirty-six long -diy nnd nlghU wo were cooped up In that fort, not suffering for food or drink, but a prey to constant anxiety, atul then tho see ond main column eanio up from the coast and sent us rtlkf lu tho light In Hie a below the fort owr 300 natives were killed, an 1 of the doen captured allie every man of them expressed n desire to see our strange gun liefore lielng ilkpoaed of n prisoner! were. They wero brought Inaldo and penult ted to Imped them, and their curiosity curios-ity waa unbounded. Poor dorill They wero backed ngalnat tho wall, not twiuty feet away, and shot lo death even n their face still ciprccd wonder and astonishment 2Cew lurk Hun. |