Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-05-12
ny MAJOR sonS +. LaSdrxnarcH, seq.

BY MAJOR 5onS F. lASGESrArGH, sES
7r,n e. .nlr. CHAPTER xlII.Tat os l1o9.l
sFrom place seven fold more terrible than the
jaws of he'll - replied the stranger as ie SAT down
"Thc day before yesterday hunger drove me. with
many others OF my comrades out of the ranks Of the
regiment. Our object war to SEEK Cor food jn the
nearest siIlagcs, suddenly m the midst ofthe TO-
rage. horde Of peasants upon us. and began
Jutelrcring us without mercy. We fed in every
direction; but there were the cursed Ccssicks at
hand, who pursnedus as Shepherd dogs pursue tiie
scattered sheen and drove us back intothc hands Of
the peasants. But The FIRST fury of these Williams
was satisfied. With stripes and blows they collect
cd us together in body and lied US together like
dogs. driving Us before them We trusted they
would have mercy upon US and carry Us away into
generous captivity, Woful mistake. Having ar
rived in village, about two hours journey from
the road, they first stripped US, that We stood half
naked in the piercing cold. They then thrust MS
all together, in the church. Crowding cios,y TO-
gcthcr strove to keep each other warm. But
this did not last lsng; tso Of US were taken out a.
gain. Soon after We heard the report of firearms,
in single discharges, with considerable Intervals
After each shot,a Wild shout seemed to rrnd the
air., Al first we couLl not comprehend what this
sigufed; but when, by tho help of some of the men.
| climI,cd up to n, window saw-miy the
devil seize the rascas.-I saw tiey hal b,nnd our
cograd,s 70 a tree and rere .friay at them at a
taryrf. got down again and betrayed nothing;
for there nothing to be done to help us-' ,e,i
ofrf,er f.s,i.l
''But 10 rankIei in my breast. The door being
opened aSai,l rie blood hounds led out two more
victims WAS silent, because it woud presently
sr,w dark and hoped to save ourselves daring the
night In the iisht' broke open the door leading
TO the tower. and 10y means of the bell rope succeed
cd IN letting ourselves down. The sentinel before
the Church had fallen asleep j plunged his own
side arm into his heart; u.e vii lain never moved a
muscle. Then threw over me the fur of the Rus
sian, ansl. taking his arms, =, passeslont the guard
room at tho end Of the village. My comrades |
drcctc,lto follow me in silence. Here lay all the
r,Scas snoring and bcastly drunk-peas.nts and
Cossacks all mingled together. Their cloaks AID
furs they had thrown up into heap; for there was
suioc.tng heat in tie rom. In the corner there
stood basket ofbrcad and some bottles ofbrandy
I VI, first thought was retaliation for our murdered
cvunuymen by Turning The whole Together, but the
o1por;iu,ir, being favorable took three OF the
men and We packed up as many clothes and as much
foot as.wc could aud carried them, outside. At
once fastened away with our treasures to
i ncglrbosing Ticket, and honestly divided
the siOils Our preparations for departure were
speedy cnough but the peasants must have discov.
cred our I'll sit brtimcs, for Suddenly hcy close
npon us, il was q en- each msn for himself. We fed
in All directions shithsocver accident M slt lead.
Isuceccdcd in reaching thick wool where
concealed myself until the tun,ult had passed by-
I then struck cautiously in te direction ofthe main
road As long IT was dark I got along prosper
ou y. but al daylight, Tie forest seemed alive with
Russian securing parties, and ll to resort to
cry precautionary measure to enable me to escape
t',ei observation. Before an hour had passed they
were close upon my heels. Isoonlcst all correct
no'io''s OF my way. and desp.ired Of reaching the
great road. Bat hope how with Gods help 70
sr,ach smoIcilsko This night Hereafter I shall
take esood care 70 keep in tho ranks and die honor
ally ike soldier. instead of prey to these mon
stess in human FORM A soldier may die a noblcr
death than target for boors." -
An true enough, my worthy fiicnd,'' replied /,
iwonder:alI y-rrstoscd by the food had swallowed;
and 1 wish you all success. Hope to gam my Oh
iect, as hope you will attain yours. Even in our
prccarious y,sition, xhere every hour is full of ncr
II, we need Lot dcspar-not even il Death shoudbc
staring in the face. He may Law his hand upon
| us. but we can leave him our coiks and sp out
n lrurt'' IIf q srr nM ~ n3seU .sHaL
'sAye. aye. connrrdc ,-couragc must survive.4-
t wha: were YOU saying about your objcct,-
Where are you bound d,--onward!'
mo, replied I.
9'"Totlie rcari What back again among those
fdeyilsi Are you crazy ~ 9f 4 sHiel3Jmsui
=. sD-,this moro Imminent here than there s.id
i.agil liodf iia isRl aoomy9God lisai 1aN !
GLOW sol' asked the m a. 4
Aiter a moaicnt's reflection. related INV story
convince th,t this houcst soldier wold not bc,rv
into the hands OF tsc co,umissries.as-oo sissf
gs'Aecurscd generation Of vpers. tycncmmrs rep
tile These pen and ink scosrrlrels:,s Thus dill
thc hcuests sier saashcm the devoted objects
ofhis ls'tcd whehi hut cs'dcsi my nsrraticn.--
risut oil that yoanccd noe care Cor. Hereud dan Ter
Turks a every step, fos tho cnrsge,l peasants arc
skaikinslikr wolves behind cvcrytrreisA sinai,
IN IN cnlios escape ;tl.crcfore Isdvse YOU % como
with me 10 Smolcns<o.s Who knows vos1s Y@,
EN- pst ON nv fur dsessll1 Who asks now who or
whit isl Each isa enough 70 10 for hinsc,r
Have We pof, stu:: thous,nis 'ofstsagglersr Well.
co~c'sisss xkk@c. .G1'A s&1y ysd< Il II, 4 sure !,
as NV iaans Is jean Lsc,sss. - sues Norm,H.- I
: etmc, let US be oFit Is getting dark: VIC have
had some rcst;-the nearer 70 France the bettcr.''
Weiarosc nnl walked along in convers ,tion with
each ctlscr Suddenly VIC heard the sound of
sIFslf x1I1Blc 1som mfhcsBFsN-71Isscacd i6alsszn: I
b. taPsef kie setyeh I'm tyvwkSF-
ly forward tcyisys ,-,rn un-7s f,stas your legs
.yeu;--thes sdevils sv close lppusr on
hseIs.s kechsniczliy fclIoved TIC rapid strife
Rms eohpallion aHsonsh eo,5d not yet'icficye
n'tl'e imminent dsngcr-having never until now
been wits4 10 anhofile @pplsof tlIs nature.
- tt'Hweern onl sstsround that ppiat ,snid "a
'ostc. ss b ran along, eve cantksew ourselves at
nee into forest on our Ief BUTT Is eonfound
q nnlaeky that We cannot reaeh sAe nercst ooa i
Eishn thsss hnndees s-y~ds--sa:sAs sssw fh<y ses
Il too wcll.'' -ssoqsrs feft ~ a1e 4
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