The sun., 1864-07-25
The Duolist,
OR, RECoILECTIONs OF A soLDm

collision with him, othcrs were no, equally ~, Nr
por Biijwln seeing him take hbcsty WITH
mrs TONNE jessie naturally resented H.
iDs brutal ternpsr u Ia inasmcd with
wine WAS lnsunerablc. ond blow vac the result.
As ms rcncon're hsd occurred aicr supIy'r, and
GUY aad fequircd my ahseuco I was not witness
oi tlr tram ,ction but my return made
acquainted With the whole.
Daring that tr1of interval, not only lad the quar-.
re- taken place, but q formal challenge had l.eu
yivcn AMI acocp,oJ.
But let me hurry over the disastrcus events Of !
tho Few sceoding hours they ate too pa niul to |
ucsr r'pci'uon. even nj ,bs ts,an, Ieriod Of time.
tudcr Ia ssy, that beh re- eight o'cu-k thu, morn
NJ IN the midst of the us -soll,d crnamenia " I
the ballroom, whose gsujy decorations scenes TO /
Wo'F Tue ~grown OF lose within i;r precincts |
sud uIriounded hy the unrcmoSs-l fragments u /
Tho nauight banquet lay the cold rcrns OF p,r
Htidw n, while Tie shricks and grnnns uf llf ds-
tructcd wfr now fl'ci the instead uf the gay
eosnis ~ laughter snd tho oSh.lirauug stra ua Of
muse which 30 recently had echoed through ~
walls.
Three years elapsed during which time tho
Generals second .pu having taken rny pnsl, rc.
.onci my regiment with which WAS quaricrei
"a many OF the Vindward Islands but We were at
',ngth ordered 10 headquarters ni had tho
pleasure Il finding The good Genera, happy In the
ENJOY ments of a green old Aye. In Rarl -docA we
wctc 10 nct by young ensign. whom shall name
| hISor. who bad purchased into our corls. lie
was q native ~ scotland. and ,thoueh Scots are
gouorniy reserved in thor fnlnucrS yet there was
| . yloomipe-s about MIvor, a sctnncss o' Charsr-
| ter and u sslneas Of demcanor unusus and un-
| natural At bic tiuc of life (lor he not above
1 hihcooLJ He figure was tall and elegantly form
| oi, and his features lore character srictly In
| unison with bic msuncrs. lie had the Roman east
/ "l couniona strongly marked All eye Of Tie
| t'ei"- blue. WITH hair lhnt clustered In !c' black
| c9rI rornd his loiiy aud intellectual forehead
'hle hi- whole 'agc, even IN 4lrlents oi eNcita-
ton or cNcrse re.Hincd invariably thc ss1no pale,
m1-t'e-lkc complexion.
! was one morning about twilight, and shortly
before gun-lre that having j sm ssoj the picaie,
1 ID. n lie N. / ud
| wishing The cu'Ios,s was returning 10 my qus-
| tors ~ Cral Town. when an incident occurred that
| - 'ot ever stamped IN iny bosom dctostsiion VI
| ~ char ic'cr OF ducsi and can now bi es my
| t"4, who ms thought IL " remove from sol
| Il ct's profession. which, oLivalrous and honorable
~ Il l' .sually thought is but licensed a. yscm of
, murder; ari in misery and deprivation, IN sorrow
md IA we, have almost learned 10 think shat no
excuse, no, oven SELL '-lc'cnco, can Tree that
hom hlooi-suiltincs, who dsr~s deliberately to
! 'lYcnch that glftei spark which omnpo.oncc has
ui'oo ordained Ia buru," aud which no mortal
! power can ever re-,llunnne.
II was one Of those raw chill morning. not usua
| " hhbadors at the approach Of the rsl1y sesson.
tick, dcusc iog partially obscured the lands spe
| round but which the ne VII y-r.seu sun and the
awtsening cs breeze had in part dies, patcd IN
lAe dBuoT grounds- obscuroiy revealing ira. men Ls
o me scenery in distorted ard unsightly portions.
it'rc me iog lowered round and hid the base Of
some building while the summit was clearly DIS
| .cri4ll., there the summit WAS md in clouds the
pase only was Visible. there some portion OF the
| No"'us DiN shpp ei IKE green lslanu IN IN vre>n
0i ms through another vista of clouds YOU might
| '"toid the solitary scntnel wrapped IN his watch
euA"' md occs.s onaly Ehruuded and rcsealc-i- N,
| l. owed br.Rkly back wards aud forwards, on his
CT and 10 the 4 rcc,i On Of the sea, the standard
I ts.. Anns vss observable, floating like .ome bird
OF IL omen. lGz ly an,i heavily f'ppins scout the
| clouds that oLscuioj its supporting flag -eu,it.
| advanced towards my quarters. the log be-
came thicker aud thicker A. thst rognircd per
! son well yersst in the local geography Of Crab.
Town 10 tc able 10 find his way. was not one o,
A. .1ata f. fsA
sui. found NJ s'lt u-wildere.i among thc labyrinth
Ut the hambco huts- serving suttl.ng houses
Kitchens stables, &C. TO thc officers quarters ;
lou2, irregular range Of which DIVIDED 'rah- OWE
from the low sands letween the fort and the bar
| racks and which used q burying -yrounc
icr the garrison; the number Of iand-crat- tina
hrrrowed smong the graves giving W the Diloin
Ing buildings its a. siinglishei nanio Of Graf low
| Finding myself and more at loss
struck into the buryIng- ground; by crossing "hici
. | knew mus, arrive At the beaten road betweel
| the garrison and the fort.
| VAS Hinuing my why csrcf1fy among tn
| STaves- cautiously avoiding the priekly pears an,
other ihorny shrubs that grow santily In the sand
bst~ecn the ridges whch marked tho r. sting + lace
!, Of the dead, when tho sound Of two shots hred u
| quick succession, s,rts~k upon my ear. They wcr
% | cyidenily l.Gchapcd close Al hand; and stood u
. | no onviablc silnation- Tor l bad clearly d'htin
guised tie shr,H no.se that bullet made IN pes
- | ing close to my head; and 81 hal hcNri too an
OF such singing birds whistle by when on sctus
| ervice not 10 tc well acquainted with the SCUM,
= | aouied with all my strength, in order that IN
. | persons who discharged the shots should csds
! frt7g, unconsc iously, ia my haste, using the tech
| ucsi word Of c'mmand. But the echoes OF m
& | words had pot get d Ell away, WI Ell they were
| sweied by repetition VI The same sounds but nos
| No ballet wb'slcd past, for they bad reached thei
= dcs untiou. A. that instant ttc morning gun iron
; TIE fort fr-Sl, and ~sered by the admiral
hts ship IN the bry, followed hy the tr SIX and II
r. r,Fui.r dischaTYs Ot small from tie mariuc
On the gangvsrr al the several men-of-hsr. I'll
elet Of heavy ARTILLERY on m s's and ScpOrs rs Tc
know u. The tLioS, siaohc-Le ell uus TIA hung oyc
the SAM moved alVv ~ aside iOr lnonen, IN Le-y
folds Ike the Withdrawing VI y curtain AID aga,
} cll.4sl. darSoning snd colcealing the SURROUND.
| o,iocis; bu. hriet the in'ervGl was Il bad puI
nl,tsed me TO dis over group NJ figures, wn,c
mig ht serve = study for painter, could the ~
ust Do found bardenel enough 10 gaze un,noyol o
- | such 3ccrc.
Not twcuty Yards from me, on tho ground, Ia
= | Two officers one IA the Uniform 0! my own -cs
| meui. the other In thc undrcss of nsvsl cSpta'n
- Nie surgeon and The secuai Of each were soop n
L over heir friauds and lieck servant sioo-. at
4. 'rfrs dlsAh'e, IN evident alarm, VIII lo tie snIs
q from ther p s,o'S still hoyerod over the spot d
u DARK circles, struggling to rise tsroIsh the oYei
Va | hanging canopy OF mist | FASTENED to the spot
a. one was my brother othcsr, xlvoS--rc other wa
. the agntng caI~Ain of the Etmira-loth naorlsll
l wounded. The surgeons Of each, af,er . To-
ID rioucnts' consu t,lion, dIciGrsl the impraoSicsb
"a ity Of removing either Of them from tho ground
y o 'eyy moments woula most probably terminal
Ller ex!h enc. IL ieod, from the Ts.cncas an
= agony impressed the features OF l.,
" | and from the crimson hood which widely statue
IS the whit. sand beneath him, 1t was evident tbs
L. the vital spI-k wrs about To be cxtinguislicd.
Ntso N'Tyor. HIS wound was in the chest, an
the besIiu was mostly iniern.I lie hai rise
i upou one elbow q small stream OF blood fowe
l. IA ia,l. nd t.s.fl hta a