Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-08-11

his life.' s.
The angry soldiers hesitated and hung bacl
yielding TO Larush's moral ascendancy as much a
to his threat of punishment. But then tn
grcnadier drew his sabre, and furiopsy exclaimed
""hit, dastlrds are We all afraid of one man,
Forward! Down with the German dogs'.
-"Down thyself. inhumln rufii.ns' tluIulered La
rush, and sprang to meet his foe. Adroitly seixin
the soldier by the wrist of his upltcd arm, so tina
he could not use his weapon, he struck him ore
the head with the burning branch so violently, ta
the charred wood sivered and cloud of sparks 7e,
out. But the blow, heavy as it was, was deadene
by the thick bearskin cap and served ONLY to con
vert the angry determination of the grcnadier int
ioaming fury OF herculean bniId, and at Ieas
half a @ head taller than his opponent. he let hi
sabre fall and grappeled Larish with the fntcnto,
of throwing him into the flames. The strurpl
lasted but for moment, before L,rusl tottered an,
Tell upon his knees. To all appearance his doom
was scaled. fimncdiatcly flew to the assistanc,
OF Lartish, dragged the grenadier backwards, an,
fell with him to the ground. Larush spranr 10 nj
feet, picked up the sabre, with his left hand dashed
The bearskin cap from the head of the prostrat,
grenadier, and with the right dealt him a blow tina
Glove his skull in twain. Then ercct;,o HI
princcly FORM he advanced with the calm DIGNITY
that characterised him, into the midst of the AZ
founded bystanders
Throw the corpse into the snow.' commanded
he: "l'e down again and sleep 1t matters no more
than II knocked wolf upon the head.r As II
he had no longer occasion for it, he threw the sa-
bre contemptuosly from him.
None dared to murmur, but two soldiers obedi.
entity raised the bloody corpse of the fallen man,
carried it few PAGES, and threw it upon the snow
covered ground. Larush, still chafing and yexcd
like the ocean after tempest, walked back and
forth few minutes without noticing even the de-
ilrlous Boles. He then suddenly became mild. and
SaId' turning his gaze Boles: "Lct us take to
our rest again. Mijor. What can be done in this
case but to commend him to the mercy of Heaven !?
sleep may perhaps regulate his disordered brain ~
tie laid down second time, took Boles kindly in
to his arms, and pressed him close to his breast
Rosen and myself kept watch together, and divided
between Us the tending of the fire. The night
wInl rose sharp and piercing; it ruffied our checks
with its icy touch, and shook the towering frs. dis
lodging the snow that weighed down the branches
As we sat silently side by side, low voice was
heard, as If singing. 1t proceeded from Boles. who
lay awake, his eyes wide open, smiling STRANGELY
and singing to hirnselfhtlf aloud. We gaz.d upon
the poor fellow with troubled looks.
He is dreaming ofher.- said Roscn: that Is tho
melody of the song which Lucetta. Lecrand,s sis
fpr f,rb IL.
often heard him humm;nS the same tune. His
soul y then far away.''
For some time the deranged youth kept singing
low TO himself, at the same time looking IN in in
dcscribable anguish In few moments the mclo
dy died away on his lips, and he relapsed into his
former state ofinsensibility Day at length began
TO dawn, and Larush reused every one to prepare
Tor m,rcllng; the thick mist of morning had set.
tied down and shrouded the forest in its grey man.
Tie. But 1t was not humid floating mist which
stole its way among the bushes and underwood. but
driving, slcety ice-dust, which darkened the at.
moSphere On inhaling ii into tine lungs it struck
like punsent poison.
'"et up, setup. sleepers." cried Larrrsr; "to
day you m,y reach the END of all your hardslips and
toll 81 FH
But only the SIN .llest number needed his CALL
few stirred--satup aud groaned-ind then tum |
o'ed oack to breathe out the last vestige of Iife
the greater part all hay locked in the rigid embrace
OF death, a partere, of dead bodies surrounded the
expiring fire. Boles rose up He looked like a !
ghost, buthe was yet able to march with rs.
with feeling lcerated by horror, we were oh |
'ged to pickour way over the bodies of the frozen
The ground Far and wide WAS strewed with these
o9)ects. Boles seemed hiscnsibIe to everything:
nc walked by the side ofLarlsh, and followed his
'very gesture with mechanical obedience. The
hrk and wide woods lsy llushed in silence. for
hose who were encamped around the waning watch
ires were either still fast asleep, or already beyond
Is necessity. We passed by enormous fir.trces.
rom which depended dark and ponderous branches.
iere we saw frozen figures in every species of at
itude, as 1T death had sudden arrested the e,,r
cnf OF lite, and transformed them into images
f stone. re rfI q nj n.f,., N
oome sun held in their convulsive grasp the
'tchet with which he had made fruitless attempts
'eii the gigantic timber. Others, equally una ,
o'dably, I'd laid fire aroanl their trunks, irving
, ignite them, they were observed kneelinr down.
nc Lace projecting close to the gnarled and knot
ii roots, ani the yet half kin llei ptchre in the
ana. Others still stood upon their feet, leaning |
ith their backs against trees an their arms upon
'er mnskcts, in the attitude Of sentinels. Arrav
IN the winding sheet of the icy mist surrounding
em' these objects resembled the figures of a cam
a opfica seen through a magnifying glass. un- 2
'uth' and lodging like huge petrifcd spectres in !.
e scpuchral stiffness Of natures death chamber :.
e accelerated oursteps to escape from the sick J,
ing sight. But the road in its entire length was .,
plete with these objects of horror, and the foot :,
cry step came in contact with some terrifying OBJ 4
'uction AT last after an hours march, the fore n
Is passed, and as the mist settled down to the sur
;e. a house was seen which, perhaps, would offer :
shelter and warmth. With rcdouhlcd speed we l.
stened towards it. But as we drew near and saw :,
gaping windows despoilcd of their frames, and
traces Of fire the ground, We we're soon con- al
'eedit was no longer an abidihg place for human II
'ngs. However. stepped up and opened the cl
ildins, which looked like barnT or q stablc. bt
rsed back with shuddcr, for saw nothing with m
but dead bodies-a ghastly tllrong. with eyes a
ring open;-Iayins on topof one another : ~ =.
: Is there one human creature alive hercr" ' o.
led in a loud voice. Everything remained silent oe