, 1869-04-11
A FRIGHTFUL WAR PICTURE.
The Horrors OF Being s. Eustantly
KIIlEf1.31

Count Te!ssets .. ..sevastopel in Nay" In coursc
e1 publication 10 Hours At Home" gives very
remarkable description OF the death Of ! n41 Mho
i instantly nlEed-as the llytn- sar, "instantiF
it2el by ? rt,.e Of she'll which strikes them.
Eut TO h!,u the dying man, bis death seems slf-
Mlehalof looked heh.nd him The shining po.u.
OF the bomb seeEe.l to ssnn At the zcn!th-la that
Nut that lasted only minute; tho bomb cAna
quicker ana quicker, nearer and nearer, 80 that
he aa 1astna IND lse Is Vs. eon1s saGs aaa ssat
At ~ n,sta's 81 .he battalion
Michaltof and Prlsk'ktn !aT down On the ttuuuE
PzasIuktn, tiSh,l, clo+nE his eyes, hear1i osig how
the bomb fell heaytly somewhere very ne4r on the
hard ground second pAsTed-it seemed an
gan to be afraid that he had done cowayitJ act
w!thont ~! seasnn, that perhsp. The bomb hal
,s ,s pls s ana M saas ne Hn, ouxht b. esi
satisfaction thai Aieha1lot lay smuosahls On TIL
ground neas h!s less Bus ats cSes as nat moment
yard from HIM. a ho1ror-a coli horror excipd-
ing MI other thoughts and ieellI.;s-tooS nosse4-
' Another tecond rssset@a second II n Faiea 4
1nole world Of feelings thoughts hopes snd nc
ulles1lons passed taIsuah nis m!nd-
"Whon will XII; me OF AichaiIof. or both
tcei then IT'S all over. 1t hitA nAJ leS the! wtn
cut II 81 and shs asf them to 10 4 BY all means
! With chloruform-Aud cAa still get through alive.
Ert perhaps It viii only XII MichalsoG-then can
,ril eow We Herc walking together. and he Was
| Killed 2Eu was 3f2tlEt1u VIII plooG& No, u q
| Icater 10 melt VII XIII me!"
Then he yrorec1cd the twelve ruhlts that he
| owed Micnailos: he reeolected also another deht
Petrsf IN y T. ~. .usa.1s have ~, ,eas as9
into IS head. The str, xhSn he iayea sppea.s..
~ h1s IMAGINATION in cap with ulsc ribbons; b..
| remembered q man whom he hsd t1sulrcrl yeura
fetdre, and who hal ncyc. paid /. back aiiApuyh
az :nc eane time with t':cse and thousand ether
rtmetnbrnnces the ir~li1g ot his present c,.rnn1-
sAnce@.he eIEttta:hin OF eath -Aaver for 4
ROT fa'rst he though. and with desnaiTtflg dsct-
ston wanted to open his eyes. Hut at that instant,
sasough the still shut lids he saw a red urc, and
With hoErshis noise something hit him II The
| n.t.ldle og the breast.
"Thank God! am only bruised. Wal hls e,.r
.so"cas, and he wanted to feel OF hls breast hnt
hts hands seetrt4. :" he eocId down, and WeI,-ht
to keep down tis head TIE soldiers staone ia lis
| essR and he unconscfously counted them; Zone.
I've, ihree ae.lrts, aud tss. nse whose overroat
haS spItd dawn + = ct.:-----. he ttonet4. Then
r. saw tashes, and he thought s.what asr tne7
| a.1hE fFpm, norfara Or cannon. Probably cannon.
Inc: are nHing again, and there mr. more soldIetas
sxe, sta seven soldier. and the. an 81 ra.." Ha
MN there. lie wunted TO CRY out th.t he VAS
| Hcanded, 1ut his mouth was 70 dry that nIx
tongue sscek to his Palate and a nut71hie ihlgst
| tnrmenttd him. He felt how wet he was abot,t
the breast .Rcany fell into souae blood When 1
| lay down." be thought, and yielnux more ond
more 10 the fear that the solders who were going
1ortes AMI trterl to cry our 2Tase ne alons 't..t
Instead of that he rroaneti 80 horribly that Il WIS
a~1nl 70 hear bis own rosce. Then some red n,es
danced u his sycs an,l IL seemrl to hlm that tho
soldiers were iaytng stones on him; the srs DANCED
quicker an'I quicker. the stones which they aid On
I him oppressed him mon. amt more, He made an
snnn 10 ilrow of the stones stretched cut. and
!hen Neither saw, nor heart1 nor tnought nor leaS
He Was kcs! the RTot hy frac1nc1f of shcii III
| Tic middle Of hts htta.t