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Show FELL WHi'X CHAROINO. Iealti f a tn.mc Aolllrr Hhn Kontd Have !! llUl.nnnrrd Ital II tlTfl. Townnl tlio clow of tho rclxlhoti mid i grlrfcd veteran of llio late v.ir, who, 4nuiily enough, never flfcht hi lattfrt rier again iihlr Ifo U proil to US Art by frh ml wjia wero not Iherf, "I Mff n outi(i tnati dto dUIionoretl, wlio, I MUu wn tho victim of wirtfliexlly iififorltiiiata rlrcuiustniiee. 1 dont know what hi hatuo wns nnd 1 should not mention It If I tll.l, but lie ua dot tiioru Ihnn MVcntecn )eanoIJ, nnd bo wn bldo mo nwoclurM 1 vmio OtHiftth rtt Lrentwoilt tlnrlng Ihu pnhinhmry skirmishing that pro (ttlttl tho Initio of (lellsbnrv He mu mitiiM iknblr very miirb flight tnttl, for lin Imd Un mit to tlto front Willi ft bitch of r.iw irernllti, ami tht wn Iho lint eugngtiiieiit lio bal (Kir- 1 tlcljmtM In "111 fnco wn nhy vit, mil tnoro than mint I mw hhn lolcIn, Iwick over lil alioul h r. Hut ho held I1I1 iinikrt llnuly, mid, lionnl I doing nUmt tho witiMJ height, Iho point of hi Uionct vta In an nlmot tiriwavcrlnff lino with mine. A I nollco tht I remember thinking 'il( young fellow will inaho ngooit soldier it 11 Iho bullet ipnr hluu1 'i Ins fir wrui rery bavy nf wilnw tip to tho works, nnd our iiirn wint down by aeon. Suddenly I mw the la J bctllo inn roll over, nnd B4eral otliers ob rviil Mm fnlllnir. for be hnd nttmrhil ugxnl denl of nttentlon by bis youth nod ovldmt nervouMie. That Mlow'a fenr dMn't derelvo lilm limtlrnil Urn limn who cIomM lnhiliN plrtce. 'HI fijthtln ihyt urc our Wo carried tho bnvwtworki with treat Icm, und thui wn no mom sklr lnUtilng that day n llm et nliit,'. sit ting nt tho rampllrc, wntehlngthoroiTii Wl wllli tko rest of us wns 1 1 mi recruit whom wo bud seen, n uo upKtI, shot down In tho morning lle)oml aoiiio HTktehoA nnd brtilMit, mined by thow.Ukr.ln tho reurlrnmptliMblm, bo wn not hurt nt nil Ho fold us, In a shamefaced way, that bo hud tripled nnd fallen to thuf,rotiud, and tlmtho wn unnbhi tu gtt up hi tltuu to Join In tho nttmk. ".Not one of n belkved lit itnry AVowiro itmvlnevtl Ihnt ho hid pur loily ilroppetl to gtt out of tholtnv Tbuomeert of tho rtglimiit Ik hi Iho Mine opluliiii whin the bennl of iho innltir, mid thu jounginnti hulu nnr run escniio of bolinj trieil by drumhead court nnrtlnl and shot fur rank cow nrdicothnt night IlopleadVd Iilcio sot'nniestly, howeur, (hat ho Mt the Uin lit uftliodbiibt mill nnulliirrliatief Tho other chnnco camo tho next diy Wo wero udvanclng.townnl (hi tsbtirkr, ami anln wo wcru onlintl to chtrgo on somo otilljtng Kindwurks fnmi which tho nUl marksmen wiro bariissltij u. Tor tho wwiid thnu tho buy wo nttny sldiat wormhed on, ami again I noticed hi p.i!o faeo and coiuprvHMtl hp. though I detected no other Indication of terror About him. 'llruco joumlf up, my I id,' I sal 1 It will oil W o 1 r In n minute. "1 hnd lianllyeiKikcn when he pitched forwiinl on hi faeo. I lo fill oinelly n ho bad goito down tho proeetllng day 1 1iok)!io baa n bulla In hhn Ihu time, Is it I to Iho man who rilled the gap bo hid l mule, "If ho hum t hevrlll lmo IWorv lundown vtoa tlio rrlm rejoludcr. VA couplo of hour hitir tho ilrad bfn)y of tho lioy wn found on tho ilenretl IlilJ II bid kllltil bliustlf llni fchou and stocking wero oil onv of bla feet, and hi bnro too wn presstil ui oii thntrlgcrot hi empty inuslut. 'Ibo uni7zIo if tho plee wa In hi mouth, nod tho bulht bad MKMtl up-wurd up-wurd throtij.li hi brain, ely nil thn regiment believed that. In n fn ny of terror, lie hnd throw 11 hlum If down to ccjh Iho danger of tho moment, nnd tlun, nuIUIng tho utter hoptles-m-s of hi UI)ii( Juid summouod sunicUnt rfsolutton. to laLo hi ovn llht. tint 1 nlwnya fineleil that bo tuny Imro lrled twice, and, le pnir-tuof pnir-tuof eihiInIuK Iho emiMi of hi Inll Iiiff tho MKond time, blown out till brain. Under nny clrctnmtann i, that wo tho vehxst tiling ho could hato 1I0110," rCow orls Uecordir. SjMNikln of n iiime agt,H said WD lhm a Overton, ''I don't bellow I touM our rejieat my (hcntrlenl ex-lrUmtiuud ex-lrUmtiuud llo tlirtm.-li lu Wouscd to do tho tt rrltnrle of Iho wild west lo-foru lo-foru ttio rillrond reicliod tho pr!nclal town, nnd wuluutsomo rough tllut 1 enn toll )ou. 1 would go on forn lending lurt, vrorU liko a tl n for t hrw or four bourn, go to tho hotilntiuU night, pntk my trunks, git them Into a vrngonaiMl nwny wod go to tho iwit town. Trjliu? toilwpon )our trunk along a lonely road, hi thu roll and wit, tho wagon Jolting )pnr 1 leer Into nil sorts of slmpo. I not pleakint, ami when lo thl I Added an abntitu of bnnkfnst until 10 or 11 o'thKkhithc inomhig jour urihipplnet 1 complete Of coursv thl oxM.riitico wns not of dally occurrence, but It ruuu often inougli fur personal discomfort. Und lot uf fun, certainly, but wo (kiIJ fur It." tJt. Ixml ItcpuUllo. |