Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-06
Vol. XIX. Whole No. $50. No, IS

is that all, Captain?'
THAT Is all. God bless you! Make
haste! Adieur Ny friends, do not
know how is was, but felt two tears
roll down my cheeks.
No. Captain cried, Il will not
leave you; either you come with me, or
| will remain with you
Il forbid you TO remain
You may place me under arrest, then,
If you like, but at present you must let
me do as please
You are an insolent fellow
Very good, Captain, but YOU must
come with me- He bit his lips with
rage, but said no more. lifted him and
carried him on my shoulders like sack.
You can easily imagine that with
such a burden l could not keep pace
with my comrades. In fact, l soon lost
sight of their columns, and could dis
Germ nothing around me but the white
and silent plain. l still walked on,
when presently appeared troop of
Cossacks galloping towards me, with
furious gestculations and wild cries.
The captain was by this time COM
pletely insensible, and l resolved, what
ever it might cost me, not to abandon
him. laid him down on the ground,
and covered him with snow; then
crept beneath a heap of dead bodies,
leaving, however, my eyes at liberty.
Presently the Cossacks came up and
began, to strike with their lances right
and left, while their horses trampled us
under their feet. One of these heavy
beasts set his foot upon my right arm
and crushed it. Ny friends, | did not
speak, did not stir. IpuL my right
hand into my mouth to stife the cry of
torture which nearly escaped from me,
and in a few minutes the Cossacks had
dispersed.
when the last of them had disappear
ed, | quilted my refuge and proceeded
to dislnter the captain. To my 10Y he
gave some signs of lite | contrived to
carry him with my right arm towards a
rock which offered a sort of shelter, and
then l laid myself by his side, wrapping
my cloak around us both.
The night had closed and the snow
continued to fall.
The rear-guard had long since dis
appeared, and the only sound that broke
the stiffness of the night, was the whistle
ola bullet, or the bowling of the wolves
teasting OH the corpses that Law stretched
around. God knows what thoughts
passed through nv soul that dreadful
night which | felt sure would be my
last upon earth. But | remembered the
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'iiilc passed, ana hau laIlen INTO state
French officers approach. Before had
time TO speak to them their chief, lit
tie man dressed in a fur pelisse. step
ped forward towards me, and said:
What are YOU doing here? Why are
YOU away from your rcgimcntY
For two good reasons, said |, point
ing first to the captain, and then to my
bleeding arm.
The man saws true, sir, said one of
those who followed him; Il saw him
marching in the rear of his regiment
and carving this officer on his back.
The Emperor-lor, ny friends, it was
he-gavc me one of those glances that
only he or the eagle OF the Alps could
give and said:
1t is well. You have done very well
Then opening his pelissce, he took the
cross which decorated his green coat and
gave il to me. At that instant was no