Connecticut western news., 1874-06-05

l VOOOS LID WA15P0ASOs II W0 Du steal march upon them this time, believe we shall carry the great re- doubt, which Prince Menschikoff de- clares would defy all the armies of the world to capture-he deems it impree nable; be Qa4S ViVe."
 He was about to ride off when stop ped him.
 "General," said I, "it's my duty te defiance of the outlying picket, crossed our position and safely entered the ensmy's lines"
 The General drew up rein suddenly at this.
 "What, again? Unquestionably g spy. In the name of God who and what was he like ?"
 I felt an irresistible impulse to un. they should @ prove nnfoundedf The character of an English officer would be compromised, and I probably cash worthy of an officer and gentleman.
 1.merely hinted it might be @ Turk, Frenchman, or an Englishman.
 "Humph 5 ejacu1ated the English commander, eff one of these lie Shall not escape us"
 "Order the outlying pickets to be doubled. Throw forward section of rifemen, under cover of the great re- doubt. Suffer no one to pass, on pain of instant death. Order the rifemen to lie down, and, should the spy ap- pear, not to dischafge their rifles, but either to seize or knock him down with the butt ends of their muskets." This or6or r 1or0nnrt1v aorriad ont Still the same ominous silence at &c., bastopol. I heard naught save an oc- casional chant and clock striking the hour, in the doomed town. Silently, I could see, with my night-glass, the Russians relieving sentry.
 elf it be the foreigner, he cannot es- cape and should he not return, my worst fears will be realized"
 While I was thinking l was dozing off. Should I fall asleep under this thorny brler, there would be a vacancy in ours. And, above all, it would fall to the foreigner. t strove hard to rise, and to my dismay, my limbs felt stiff and rigid. The revolver dropped from my grasp. essayed to cry out, but my tongue refused to move.
 Crack, crack, crack, I heard, like one in nightmare Something had hap pened. Sharp firing followed. I gave a faint cry, as if in pain. The tramp ing probably saved me from an awful death. It removed the stagnated blood. I sat up and instinctively placed my hand over my head and face to protect.
 Was it panic, or was I still dream
 "Curse him he's old nick himself," I heard voices exclaim "but for the snow storm we would have made mince- meat of him."
 And, to my amaxement, the rifles in swarms cat1e fIlnning back to take up position. One fellow tumb1ed over me, and the next instant was surrounded by men who poured stiff tota of grog" down my throat. Some ehafed my limbs, while others took me by the arms in turns and walked me rapidly to and fro. In 8 short time I was fully restored. To my unutterable astonish- ment l learned stoutish man, wrapped in a white cloak, appeared suddenly in the midst of the swarm of human ants. The snow at that moment was terrific, and driven by keen wind, it was next to impossible to barely see your hand before you. Some say they seized the stranger by the leg. Others say he got some ounces of lead. And yet-he es- capped them.
 "All through this storm, captain" said an old sergeant. "We are afeared of shooting each other"
 "I'H be hanged if he ain't, or ap- peared to go, smack into our lines."
 I was seated in my rude hut week after this terrible event, and who should walk in but Lieutenant Brown. He calmly seated himself, as was his wont, and serenely smoked his short pipe.
 Positively stranger, Brown," l said.
 "A little out of sorts," he answered, staring me full in the face.
 was ever of the opinion that men of sinister natures could never rightly fix their eyes upon another mans. I laughed at this fallacy, and was ever skeptical upon this point afterward.
 "Sorry to hear it, replied. Then I added, with a searching glance, "What do you think of this spy affair?''
 It's right enough, Captain Wood, I saw the fellow myself, yesterday night. enter the Russian lines. I could have sworn the rascal had stolen my. seal skin jacket" ..... 7.
 Did he ?' said I, with faint touch of sarcasm.
 He pretended to laugh heartily at this; but there was gleam in his cruel eyes, and I saw it instantly cankered in his bosom. He proposed some grog, and between us we got slightly elevated. The subject of our conversation was that if the Russians some fine morning made grand attack near the Ink srman heights, it was probable the allies would be swept into the sea :; this was discussed, pro and con, in our camp, opinion upon it.
 Monstrous 1" said he. Have we not got the. finest troops in the world our foot guards there ?"
 "Look here, Brown, know and so do you-in fact, it is transparent to everybody, except those at headquar- ters-that if the enemy during snow storm, or foggy morning, say, crept up from SabastopoI and fell upon our pickets before the alarm could be given, they could carry everything before them"
 He laughed heartily at this. and yet thought it was serious laugh. We smoheO Auu urauks auu l 10lSu0Q to fall asleep as Lieutenant Brown took out his supposed diary. He scribbled some words in it upon 8 loose leaf, then laid the book down moment to light his pipe, and the draft between the boards of the rude hut waited it upon the litter at my feet. The Lieutenant staggered, snatched up the book with out noticing that the leaf was gone, and departed. I hastily picked up the note, and after much labor I read
 Attack, followed up, must succeed if made on Inkerman side at least, that is the opinion of English-s1ggest the first foggy morning-Sunday."
 "Tis as I expected" gasped, the foreigner is spy"