The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-28
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We sNFA MANt HfAfe Aah - Asf
tlmt. rare enough. said old Ivan start
koa. removing lis short plpc 90 paa oul
. re!ume Of smoke from beneath bis long
white mopnsche Mapy aud macy a
out have seen; fof. thank Heaven, tie
children d holy Rassia arc never want
lng ID 1ai way; BAT al n them pat to-
geiher wouldn't mske spoh a mau Sc our
o.d colonel, Coant Pave Petroyiich Sew
erin. !, wasu ouly thst be faced danger
like man, --all lhe others did that, but
be never seemed 10 know that there tras
ans danger al All Il was 81 good a. a
Reinforcement Of ten bal,aliious 70 have
BIN among US Ia the thick Of a Gght, and
sec hts grand, talI ilgure drawn up to iss
full height, ana his firm face and keen
gray eyt turned straight upon the smoke
of the epemy's line, as II dciying them 10
burt bin. And when the very earth was
shaking With the eaaBouade, and balls
were flying thick Is bail, and Tie bot,
sitting smoke closed d. III like a sbadow
OF death, with Assh aud a rosr breaking
through il every now aud then, aud The
whole sir filed with the rush Of the shot,
I like tie wind sweeping through a forest
In Autumn, -- then Peroylch would
/ lignt cigarette and hum snatch Of 4
song, as cody IS il be were AZ dinner
party in lhe English Cub at Moscow.
And II really seemed as II the bullets ran
away from him, instead Of his running
from them; Tor he never got hit. Bat il
he saw any Of Us beginning to waver, be
would call out cheerily: Never fear,
lads remember what the song saYsl For
in those days we had an old camp song
that We were fond Of singing, and the
chorus Of il was this:
Then f6sr not swords that brightly shine,
Nor towers that grimly ifown
For God shall march before our line,
Andtrcad our f5emen down.
lie said this SO often, that at last he got
The nickname among Us Of Ne Boisya
(Don't iear), and he deserved 1t, If ever
man did yeI Why, Father Nikolai Paw
loyiteh himself CHE Emperor Nicholas)
gave him the Cross Of ST. George with
bis own hand (the St. George from the
emperor's own hand-think Of thatD at
the siege of YarDa, in the year '28. You
see, our battery had been terribly cut up
by the Turkish fire, so at last there were
only about half dozen Of Us left on our
feet. Il was as hot work as ever | was
in, shot pelting, earth works crumbIing,
gabious crashing, guns and gun carriages
tumblng over together, men falling on
every side like leaves, till, all at once, a
shot went slap through our flagstaff, and
down came the colors!
Quick as lightning, Payel Petroyilch
was up on he parapet, caught the flag as
II fell, aud hetd it, right in the face OF all
the Turkish guns, while ] and another
man spliced tie pole with our belts.
You may think how the unbelieyers let
fly at him when they saw him standing
there on the top OF the breastwork, just
as if he'd been set up as a mark; aud all
at once Isaw one fellow Gan Albanian by
his dress, and You know what deadly
shots hey are,) creep along 10 the very
angle Of the wall, and take steady aim at
himl
made spring TO drag the colonel
down Q was his servant, you know, aud
whoever hurt him hurt Dle) but before |
could reach him | saw the flash OF the
Albauian's piece, aud Pavel Petroyitch's
cap went spinning into The air, with a
hole right through it just above the fore.
head. And what do you think the colo
nei did, Why, he just snapped his fin
gers at the fellow, and called ont 10 him,
In some iibbcr-jabber tongue only fit TO
talk to Turk in
Can't you aim better than that, you
fool? II were your officer, I'd give
you thirty ieshes for wasting the govern
ment Ammunition.
Well, as said, he got the St. George,
and Of course everybody congratulated
him, and there was great shaking Of
hands, and giving Of good wishes, and
drinking bis health ia mario tchid, -
that's horrd mess Of eggs, aud tcrsped
cheese, aud sour milk, and Noldayisn
wine, which these Danube fellows have
The impndcpce to call black tea, SIS II 1t
was anything like tie good Old lea bat
we Russians drink al home Owe al
ways thought, for my part that tea
onghl 10 grow IN Russia; for its a shame
that those Chinese idolalors should have
such grand stuff all TO themselves
Well, just Ia the height Of The talk,
Pavel Pelroyitch takes the cross off his
neck, and holds ii out in his hand just
so-and says;
Well gentlemen, you say l'm the cool
es, man in the regiment, bat perhaps
everybody wouldn't agree with you.
Now, jast 10 show that want nothing
bat fair play, il ever meet my match iu
that way, III give him this cross Of mine !
Now, among the officers that stood
around him was a young fellow who bad
lsiely joinei-a quiet, modest lad, quite
boy 70 look 1T, with light curly hair,
and face a. smooth Al any lady's. Bat
when be heard what The colonel said, be
looked up suddenly, aud there came a
hash from bis clear blue eyes ike tie sun
striking a bsyonei And then thought
TO myself
Il wcn't be 80 easy thug 70 match Pa.
yei relFoyi,eh; bni II II can be done,
here's The man to do ii!
think that campaign was the hardest
ever served Before | was enlisted, !
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