The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-23

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VIA n irOnt, DIS cnarget ninglng fne earth
from beneath him, with colossal leaps, when
rom among the cannon, starts han
figure, red with blood and begrinmed with
powder. I,
1T is Kidgely, who to-day has sworn to
wear the mantle 81 kirssg". :. and to wear it
well! At once his eyes c.-"h the light now
blazing in the eyes OF May, ana springing to
the cannon, ne shouts
"One moment, my comrade! and will
draw their tire !"
The word IS not passed from his lips when
his cannon speaks out to the battery across
the ravine. His fash, his smoke have not
gone, but bark Did you hear that storm
of copper balls ciatter against his cannon ;
did you see it dig the earth beneath the hoofs
OF Nays squadron. I.
"Men, follloww Do you see that face
cleaning with battle fire, that scimitar cut
ting its glittering circle in the air? Those
men can hold their shouts no longer. Rem
ding the air with cries. Hark The whole
army echo them. They strike their spurs,
and worried into madness their horses whirl
on andxhunder away to the deadly ravine.
The old man Taylor, said, after the battle
that he never felt his heart beat as it did
then.
For it was q glorious sight to see that
young man May at the head of his squadron,
dashing across the rayine, four yards in ad-
vance OF his foremost man, while long and
dark behind him was stretched the solid line
OF warriors and their steeds.
Through the windows OF the clouds some
CLEANS OF sunlight fall-they tighten the
golden tassels on the cap-they glitter on
the appraised sword-they illuminate the
dark horse and his rider with their warm
glow-they reveal thu, ,battery-you see it,
above the further banks of the ravine,
frowning death from every muzzle.
Nearer and nearer, up and on! Never
heed the death before you, though it is GER
tam. Never mind the leap, though it is ter
ribie. But up the bank and over cannon
hurrah |! At this dread moment, just as his
horse rises from the charge. May turns
and sees the sword of the brave lnge on his
right, turns again and reads his own soul
written IN the hre OF Sackets eye.
To his men once more he turns, his hair
floating back behind him, ne points to the
cannon, to the steep bank, and the certain
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