Show A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED mark twain on a neglected engagement ga of the war front mark twains kwains ail private history of a campaign that failed in the december century we take tills this incident tor for a time life was avis idly delicious it was perfect there was nothing to mar it then came some farmers farmers with it an n alarm one day they said it waa rumored that the was cuen enemy were to ete advancing in our direction from over prarie prane the result resit was a sharp stir anion among its s and fres I 1 cral coil consternation stern it ion ft it was a rude awakening from our pleasant tri the rumor was but a rumor nothing definite deli nilo about it so in the coila fusion wo we did ill not know which ivi way ty to retreat lyman was for not retreating c nl it sit fill in ebest uncertain but lio ho found that it if lie he tried tu to maintain that thai attitude lie would fare badly for the command were allar in nr i humor to lo put up tip attilli if insubordination bordini tion so lie yielded tile the point and called a council of wor war to consist of himself and if tile lie three other officers but the privates unade such a fuss about being left out that wo we had ill to allow thein to be present I 1 nican we hail had to allow them to remain for they were already present and doing doing tile tho ingot niost of thu elie talking too loo the question was which I 1 way to ic treal trent but all ocic etc so hurried flurried tl eliat it nobody IV seemed to tobaie ila e even a bess guess uess to offer except lyman lie ile 0 explained in a few calm words nords that aliat as tile enemy iacre ap ip pro athing aching froni from onar ocr prairie our coursin oe was INIS simple till all we had to do was to retreat toward hini him 1 any I I 1 ty other direction would answer ansiger our needs perfectly everybody saw in ill a moment how true rue this was ivis lad and how inke kc su lynian lyman got a great many it As was now decided that we should fall liick oil oi I 1 mason s farin it vas nas after daik toy by tills time lime ami as we could bot know how soon 0 0 1 I 1 ilic the enemy might inight I 1 arrive it did 31 not 0 1 seem best to try to take lake tile horses anti and bilings with us its so we itte only took tile fio guais tills and ammunition and started at 0 once ime the route WAS very rough aul ill hilly and rocky and aly t alic lic ili night lit gica few very black and lain b began c to fill fall so wo lie hail aiila a trouble some so tile time of it struggling jill and ert 0 stumbling along in ili the dark and soon conlo sonic c person slipped and fell and kill then ihen lie he next person befi bil stumbled bleil oner him land fell and so lid did tile he rest one after tho the other and then bowers canic willi the keg ke of powder in the arms arins athile the command were nacre all mixed to together gelber arms aid aird legs 0 on tile the int muddy add alope alit and so he ft ival 11 ol at acol course jr wi i t tn the keg and ami this ibis stalled tile whole det lal down dolvil tile hill bill 11 a i laiq dy and alq they landed i in a the 1 brook ro 04 at tile the bottom 1 in in a pile and each talat aliat 11 was Is antle undermost ra ilir st pulling tile hair and scratching and batill biting 0 those that were on oil top of him and ad those that were being berat ched and bittell scratching and bitin biting 0 the res rest t in their turn and ail all cayll saying they would the die before they would woul d cv ever c r go t lo 10 0 atar i again if they c r ever e r g got 0 ab iab iti jin lav ic oi tl t 0 of f g broa j X tl i is e a n d ll 11 invader lit rot for nil fill alicy pared fared and the country along alon etli him L mid a ill all such talk as tit is was was dismal di nial to lo idear aud and take pati pail in ill in ili alij smothered ed low voice anti and SUII such a 1 I isly dill k p paw 1 zm e so 11 net ct and am tj alio llio to enemy may lio cill I 1 il any moment ino ment tle file kent keg 0 of powder was lost sail th the e guns 0 I 1 S too so the tit 0 growling and ami coil complaining P laining lai ninn continued straight linnion along 0 ilia brigade 0 pawed paired around aroi il the pasty hil hillside kilo ind aid slopped around in ili the alook hunting for fo things lings ti 7 consequently I 1 HC a lost consider con bider able time at this and ami tile then we heart 1 a I sound and held aur our anuth anjul listened mill land it se cincil to lo lie be tile elle iy ay co coming illing though jt it could llac alac 0 liven 11 31 cow ow 1 for ov it lind A coti lough li lile IMP 1 cow but it 1 slid did I 1 not lot wait i n I 1 il L lot eft a couple of guus guns behind anti and strook 0 out I 1 it for masons fason s q again ain as briskly as 19 k we c could scramble alon along in ili the lie dark bat ale got ot loit loic present presently ly among a tile ru rugged of cd little ra ravines ines and wab wt tell bleil a delta cl little finding 0 tile the way again 03 0 3 all so it was after 0 it ban we rea elied masons stile nt at last anol then bo be fore lie e could open our mouths to give tho the countersign several logs dogs cattle lioun diug over 01 cr the fences with great rest riot and noise anti anil each catch of ilioiu took a soldier bythe by tho stack slack of 0 his trousers and began to back away hilll ich hill wo AVO could d not shoot the dos without willi endangering the persons 0 sons they were attai thed ica to tso so ile had to look on oil helpless at ahat was perhaps the most mortifying of the civil bivil war wain there ther C vas va light land ar I 1 13 1 ac for foi tile the hid had h id now now lun allt bl tiiu porch with candles in heir hinds hands abc old man inan laid his bon came and link I 1 loscri lo I 1 tile alic do dogs without t it dilli culty all but bat I 1 homers Acri hut but atsy undo his I 1 is do dog they didn dian t lillow know ills feori LO lie he was of the bull kind fad and to lie bis set bet with a I 1 vale I 1 le time lock loek but they got lii fit loose at lil IIA with bojuc scalding water of 1 eidl bou hocks cr got liis his 0 shtil laic and ami returned thanks peterson afterward ninde made up a title line fur this bellga engagement e Il lelit and also alao for lie preceded it lint mill boalt have lot lorg a ago wo faded out cout of my illy |