Telegram-herald., 1888-07-23
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ire sszt La ths wids op~n eye. sad lie
quick lBs-rross.oas 22d tbe blaL.caed cheeks,
l realized what tArilllnz drama Il was.
fhsrs n ths oAd csry, shorter By name than
any ssher cay - ne .gss. spelled vita two
istUers-A, Al JasA1z and hfs men want
% take IL No. - % this Is the question Ga
a fsrn-r occasion, IN . srrais atfsr~ard. face
10 face ngst, tsey kaa bsen dsfe@sed; but
Gsn-ral Jo.aaA has two divisions IN kls army
the oas divisioa the b~nsls worn commander
vii l-sa himself, the other divhion he sends
Oc 60 encsDp Ia an ambush on he ~sst slde
OF the city Of Al Ne torches, no lanterns,
no sound OF heavy batt.hons, bat 5000
swsrtay warriors msvIng in silence,
speaking enly IN a whisper; no chck-
ing Of swords against shields. lest
the watchzaen Of Al discover il aud the
ssratagsm 10 q failure II . registering
| soldier IN the Israslltish army forgess him
| self, al along the line the word Is ''HushF
joshua takes the other division, the one with
which hs is 20 march. and puts IL on tas
north sifs Of the city OF Al, azd then spends
tho night In accommodating IN the valley.
There he IL thinking over the fortunes Of the
coming day with ssaeshing Of the feelings q
Wellington the night before Waterloo, or Of
I Meade and Lee tho ght before Gettysburg.
There hs stands in the night and says TO him
self: "Yonder 10 tho division in ambush on
the west side Of Al Here Is the division I
havs under my especial command on the
north side of Al There Is the old city slurn-
bering IN It's sin- Tomorrow will be the
battle, Lookl the morning already begins
10 tip the hilk. The military officers OF Al
look out In the morning very early, and while
they do not see the division in ambush they
behold the other division OF Joshua, and tho
cry, TO armsl To armsi" rings through all
the streets Of tho old town, and every sword.
whether hacked and bent or newly welded, IS
brought ont, and all the inhabitants OF the
city OF Al posr through the gates an infuri-
ated torrent, and their cry IS: Come, we'll
mako quick work with Joshua and his
troops" No sooner had these people of Al
l - I.xk4 fkur,
Joshua gave such . command IS be seldom
gave. Fall back" Why, the, could not be
lieve their own ears Is Joshua's courage
failing himi
The retreat is beaten and the Israelites are
flying, throwing blankets and cantccns on
every side under this worse than Bull Run
defeat And you ought 20 hear the soldiers
Of Al cheer, and cheer, and cheer. But they
huzxah too soon The men, lying In ambush,
are straining their vision TO get some signal
from Joshua that they may know what time
20 drop upon the city. Joshua takes his
FURNISHED spear, giisssning in the sun like
shaft Of doom, and points it toward the
city; and when the men up yorder
In tho ambuAh sec it, with hawk like
swoop they drop upon All, and without
, stroke Of sword or stab Of spear take the city
and put 10 to shs torch So much for the di-
VISION that was In ambush. How about the
division under Joshuas commando No sooner
, dos joshua stop in the fight than all his
: men stop vita him, and as he wheels they
wheel, for IN q voice Of thunder be cried
"Haitr Oas strong arm driving back a tor
rsnt Of aying troops And then, a. he points
his spear through the golden Light toward
that fAsed city, his troops know that they ars
to ssA<s for ~ What-a scene It was when
| - Itvt.- 10, >rhf1h boA t.Io -
, city marched down against the men
: Of Al On the ons side, and the
: troops undar Joshua doubled up their emo
mics from the other side, and the men Of al
were caught between these two hurricanes OF
, Iraolitish courage. thrust before and behind,
stabbed in breast and hack, ground between
toe upper and the nsthsr millstones Of Gods
isdignat1en- Woe 20 tho city OF All Cheer
fer the trtnmph Of Israeli
. L1cn the hrzt: There is such q thing a.
. victorious retr-at Joehuas falling back
! was tAs dryx chapter in his successful besiege-
ssenk And tbsre are times in your life when
the best thing you can do is 70 run You
= were once tAe victim of strong drink. The
demilohn and tie decanter were your fierce
focs They cane down upon you with
!, greater fury then the men Of Al upon the
|, nsn of Joshua Your only safety Is 70 get
|, away from them Your dtsSipating com
: psnious viii cone around you for your
ovsrthro~. Run for your life. Fall back
Fan baek frSm the drinking saloon. Fall
back from shs wins party. Your flight 4
your advance Your retreat is your victory.
There - a saloon down on ths next Strees
that has almost becn the ruin OF your soul
Then why do you 80 along that street, Why
dc y0u not pass throogh oule Other street
rather than by the place OK your calamity
A spoonful Of brandy taken for medicinal
purposes BY man who twenty years before
had been reformed from d-unkenness hurled
I into ircorsety and the grave one Of tho best
friends I ever had Your retrea. Is your
victory. Here is a converted snfteH He Is
Z % strong nov N his faith Ia the Gospel ht
xay- be can rad anything What ere yor
rssdinxf Baiingbrokei Andrew jackson
Davis sracts' Tyndsu's Glasgow Uuivsr-
sfsy sidressf Drop thera and run. You viii
be an infdel before you die unless yo7 osjf
that Tsess msn of Al viii Be too n,nch fcr
= You Turn yuur back on the rank and fl
. Of usheisef. FiY before theY eut you wiih
t ttssr s~Ords and trsas6x yoa with thetI
9 jssElx
: Thsrs are peup'- who have been wsIl nigh
4 ruinsd hecszss they risksd fooihardy ex
+ p>dssfou n he prer~ncs Of mighty ard over
. vh-srnfnx temptations, ard tie n~n q Al
s rns-te q rsrvussg rs-.i q then Soeieo TIERS
is such a thing as vtctortous retreat II sas -
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