, 1877-12-25

were brought ritho,1t hurt or insult, to Kezar,-
TX, Tere reg exactly like tho Russian soldiers.
aod treated with honor; how the Tnrklah
wounded bod hospital to themtclves, under
tHeir own doctors, better found and cleaner Than
that Of the Russians in the monastery. Hut
surely ani'!c!ent has been said to prove to all
who vii listen 70 the truth that sayaqery is
that the Russian soldier became icsa
careful to show mercy as time vent on south Of
the }a'kans, 1T may be we'll to remind them tl,at,
cd fseouf pasha after severe f,rht, the liraII-
leurs, fn,IlnQ. q tho struggle swaycl back
Warts ard forwards In the wnu1, Tint all their
mouruta comrades who fell into the hands Of
hccn abose shrpka, began to bayonct sicf uf
ttest enemy Is thor caught. wlihont heed to
whether they fessstvii ur not, but weFe sternIv
CHECKED sheta hy the'r otlteert; rho satd 1care
snctf pt1n!s!ment to t;of." The expression had
reIle1oua animal-and the t!rhl!lcurs obeye1.
INCIDENTS Or THE s1Eaa or rLEsNA.
skobcc{st wan e, z',os ot ,t
would hare been were It not that IN both &C.
cas1ons when lic was struck ha was wearing a
tH,ck o9tb!c st'eepekln coat, which turned the
rihc ball and prevented the fragment Of shell
aw.r to vis!s the Czas, and il,arins hseakfastcI
with Ills staff, eaIfet out With til chief Cul.
keroupat kis,c, to view tho positions 10 9ai-
iah ,aatty ,axen a9d 10 20 @o.bstatey efcis On The
h1s"i o. ha Inc gih and ti,e morning Of tho lotl
liz .teeo 5'Sss .ass of sss Sodsc IT W. "
could but wonder to msseI how, untlcr tho
ntt1eas ate OF the Turkish regulars, the
nuss'ans had sucece1td at all In making guM
nod Riia'psc at a corner Of tho Turkish po-
sltlon. but ~ tt ras dangerous work to lit cren
for q moment one's l.cnl hboye the cover Of the
g!t: no view could bo got worth describing.
H.. hhR
tell you III was one Of thuse little eufsodes OF
war which strike hotne It's hosrp.s to tho Ipart
more deeply than tlay'a WHOLESALE slaughter.
From tlle Iurktsi lines ttoio nut i've met,
broken grouud between ttu ues toward tiei,l
Of maize. Distant some SU yaF,ls from their start
ing patnt. Their rifles were In thei, left hands,
an asu cTery nnw ana t'len' thinking themselves
though to see who ri them sttould ~ on irst,
anl then went On ngafn. all Of them together.
There object evidently was tn gain cof,ri1c1a
about f5o yards from the .pot where kcrmi,,at
nns ana wsEc lyinx ana gather tle .taang
thcIr comrades In tlcir trenches. But, alas fur
them, In this rcEy corn.lciL the Russians had
thris rihe-pis; 1t vas al! over In less time
than Il takes to Trstc! a. the t3ve On has,tl*
from the trenches In whlci, tlcy were hid, ami.
Ia q moment, four Turks wert uuiycrinV
under their bayoncts. The fifth hull pres.
tNtc o1 IHinu enough IL Hing trUtu lin his
rifle, and sucll WAS his a,osly Of fear; aiuI tue
strcnEth lent by It: that tho ptcrc t,w soma IT.
~ yards. He WIS pushed ,lown With the butt
end ot rifle, antt brought In n prtsoyer. lie
told Us that hunger had compelled so,ne ffty
facing US within the Turkish trenches to lraw
lots of I've ns to who should 70 nut and gather
from tho fell 1T their front bugs full Of cars uf
lnuisn corn, snd to thcse unlucky tyo tho
cl,ancc bad fallen.
In the .ear1ter part Of tho day, whilst I was
bscakfastlnE With tls stall, as alreay mcntEorl-
cd, q little detail of war occurred which,
though OF 10 importance in !tsclk Serves 10
mark tho character Of wur, and brings oltt its |
suiIrriugs. and tho csllousncss to The fatu Ut |
others. which 1t must vi necessity enxeut]cr |
aren In tho kjnttcst Of dispositions.
a young, Good-lookinE sub-Licutenant Of |
sotnc twenty years or 50 presented himself with
l military salute befors our breakfast table. |
holding in hts haud his eoat-&a[I r{ddtcu with |
and explained that Us jlinIor artti-
crJ Ot1lccr OF Ills battery he tIas heen ordered
10 citnb tree IL dirert aud mark tbs fire on /
1eHly.co1structed rcdoubt thrown nd by tho |
Iurka and out Of sight from tho ground 1errl, |
hat he had becn up tbcre tWo hours, tic hitter
aart Df which hu Acii been the targct Of su.Hu
our Turkish siiarpshootesa, who wcre gradually
their practice, and he thought TINT
&c had had enough OF It, md begged to bu r.
!cye1. Everybody 1au9hrd o. tho Colonel
;hIet OF tho StAT ordered him back axuir to ills
'ost, to rcman until he fell or Ha4 called
[awn- And ~ laughed too, in chorus, Uot
uitc understanding for the moment wf,at thu
natter wa1,-of life nntl Of death,-he Et,yu tne
. he took himself OF to obey IN Il fu.
3Fafe " look that shall not forget.