Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-31
EVENING STAR,
A STORY oF COLTS Revolver.


turkish army, wrote letter or rather iournaI.
addressed 70 a friend, about a year since. of
which the following Is an extract II NAV
suffice TO state that he was enga rei IL the
Turkish campaign in Asia, anl during 8 s.
we're eng g ment, was wounded on the heights
OF Bascb- -kakik-Lar. After having described
the horrors OF the field and his ma. row c. apes
IN Two or three skirmshes he gave the details
q Eis suferings for "a day AID two night du-
fing which he lay exposed among the slain
and wounded on the field of battle The stor--
! OF the manner o. his escape from two plundeI-
els, or camp follower by means OF a reyoly-
ing pistol, is so curious that We make 70 apol-
Ogy tor e1tTacting somewhat lengthy pas
! sage. We commence tie nsg .aIive ibuu, the
middle Of the Journal:
All had been long silent, save occasionally
grodn from some poor creature wounded like
ne, perhaps dying, and the bowling OF the
wolves from the forest skirting the field of bat
| tlc-a pretty sort Of wake for decent Chris
tan Turk, and worse by distances, can tell
/ you, my dear --, than Pat Houlagan's :
! Srandmotber's screeehes the night W., entered
her cgbin GA the moor after that famous day /,
sninc shooting, when they laid him out as they
/ saIa; ., ST. daeent wild the pltc on hi, cb est.
tne Spalpeen. Well, ITO return from this G.-
gression. L felt how fortunate It was tfat
lay so near the middle of the pain-a sort of
centre dish you see-snce otherwise wouId
.
before any one would have been likely IL in
/ quiIe into the precise geological nature OF nv
| c-ceasc. knew very Wei the next morning z
J would be rescued. rs L could see that the
Russians were retiring. their fires being al
| out this night, and had just said 10 myself,
Jack, II Is ali right, you Will be easy and
comfortable with your limb elegantly band
| aged tC-morrow,' and ' actually tried to
whistle " The Bells of ShandOn.' ana {" Rory
/ q Nor" and one or two other tunes to keen up
| my spirits. Ii was rather a failure both in
: execution aud intention, l viii own. Aud now
, for a description which our old friend Charley
Lever might do justice to-
On leahess tree near me sat six or seven
huge birds of prey. gOrged with their horrible
rcpast. knew they were not likely to touch
me whilst l remained livng-I cannot add
lively; but l suddenly saw figure Hitting to
and fro like the ghost of my aunt -, and
occasionally stopping as If engaged in some
office of mercy, and thereby now and then lost
a!n"ng the broken groups Of men, horses. &c.
heapeI upon the plain, AMI now and then
emerging into the bright licht of the moon as
! it came forth from behind the dark masses of
clouds that occasionally obscured the terrible
| landscape . What is it 20 saws l. Present
ly / became aware of the existence of four or
tive other figures similarly employed. AT one
time L thought they We're women, and then
priests administering consolation and ala. l
a9Sgsh{ f G the b5agF bsRa9F eSa9 not te Where
they came from. Then all kinds OF strange
thoughts OF ghosts and vampires, the very
creations Of the country was III; suggested
themselves 20 my imagination. / gazed until
| could gaze no longer at their forms, which
seemed hardly to approach nearer, and 1T
! length fell back, contemplating silvery halo
round the moon, which put ne in mind OF the
Cove of Cork and Lucy M, the darlirg.
Y ir,lf ho.rp pua
hour. when sound caused me to turn around,
and l beheid sight that filed he with h rror.
\ figure like one Of the witches in MacbeoL
was stocping over and graphing with the
wounded Russian General, who lay some ten
PAGES distant from me. 1 could hear every
breath anu movement of the pair rs the vete-
ran struggled with his fendsh assailant.
There Was fearful stiffness about the deed
for the victim uttered not word, probably in
dISdain of his fate. After a desperate effort
he succeeded in holding off her skinny and
ensanguined arms, and while doing 50 uttered
a few words in Russian which L could not un
derstand. Finding her task difficult. she gave
hiss like u serpent, and presently male
Confederate, looking like Burke or Ha clothed
for an Alelphia melOdrama, such as L have
seer in London, stole to her assistance and de-
lberately passed long knif, into the bosom
OF the hapleSS Russian. L heard the sound of
IT, and the low deep groan that followed.
Nsinly ilad | endeavored TO shout, in order u
scare these hends from their prey; but my
tongue Glove to the roof of my mouth. was
like orc under nightmare. Su ldenly the
moon divei beneath a cloud When it came
odt again, the spoilers Of the field Of death
had finished plundering the Russian general
whose white hair, livid features. and starting
eye-baiis l could plainly see, and were e.
gagged in dividing or securing the booty.
The ,,iitteTiDg eyes of the wrinkled Li.gara.
for such she was, then tanned ur0n me II
was evident from their expression that my
turn WAS at hand. A tumult of thoughts agi-
tatod lay breast. t. die thus, after escaping
with hte from the events Of the week. 1t
was horrible. Already felt the clutch Of
those bird-hkc fingers at my throat Already
[ fancied that butc her-ike knife, red from a
hundred murders, and warm from the old
Gcneraps side, slowly passing into MY breast.
l could vffcr 40 resistance. Ny eft am was
broken-my ankle twisted-my strength utter
~ gone. L raised myself partly up, a ,;itI
hideous dc;iberation the pair cautiously APP
preached, one on each side. What would
have gwen at that moment To he heading
- forlorn hope )" to be struggling with the
breakers as when lately wrecked on the stormy
Caspian; to BE- standing opposite the best saw
handle shot in the county GaIway; 10 he bob
aob bling over my father claret, in my grand
ia Hcrs house, with the blackgUard attorney
who ruined lis all; to be listening to the un-
Inlstakable refusal 10 marry me ot the only
girl l ever loved, or TO be arrested by dirty
! tailor on the eve Of d stcepie chase, il which
l was the favorite gentleman rider. Done
fancy that thought of ali these things at
| time, though i never thought so much in a
year as did in those few moments.
The uglv Jewish features Of the man ap-
preached me with the fascination of a serpent.
twisted myself round to meet the still more
fendish glance OF the woman. They reared
me. The clutch of the hag is already az my
throat The knife of the man is upraised.
Suddenly the cords of speech were lOosened,
] and / screamed-screamedl like horse in the
middle Of the battlefield. snail never for
get the sound OF my own voice III that uG-
earthly cry. The monsters drew back but it
was only 70 look AT each other AT that in
slant thought Of something-with my right
T, hand l drew forth my Colts revolver. re-
member distinctly, during the instant it took
| to pluck it forth, all the incidents OF the 'wo
| DAYS preyious-each time had fired it, and
| that there were two charges left when L was