The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-16

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last night, and could not sleep
Tho pain IN my temples. the parched con,
dition Of my throat and tho tncessant
moaning Of . comrade near me, together
With tho memory Of IN incident OF Tx
morning, made me sick With . nervous
dread. For once in my life I felt that / wa
howard.
The moon was Just peeping through the
trees, and I went over to the wounded mau
70 SEQ Whist I could do for him.
~Waterl wateri" he murmured, a. 1bent
down 70 speak to him. .
eyes" I said; II will get you some"
And / started for the river, . half-mile
hack.
had thought it impossible to mako the
trip for myself alone; but to know that IN.
ether depended on my e@orta lent me
strength Of will and limb.
IstOoped and filed his canteen with the
cool waters Of the Chickahominy, took .
draught myself.and started to return.
Twas then the incident Of the morning
flashed before mo again with svividness
that startled me.
Again I saw Teddy HcKelvie, . mere lad,
staggering toward me. his boytsh face
white as death. And again I seemed to
y "What il il, Teddy; woundedf"
Then, too, came his answer: "No; but
Owe Q presintimint-A Warnin' OF dyin'. d
don't care 30 much for myself, sor; it's me
pore old mother" and he seemed stricken
70 the heart At the thought.
Then I had said, soothingly: "You are
suffering from nervousness, Ted; perhaps
y wasn't Q presentiment after I'll. You
iaven't looked well since the p~eninsulsr
Rmpalgn started"
IAN that may be. sor," he had made re
ply; 'sbut Oi'me to be kilt 70 day. Oill niver
SEQ the blissid mother-face aginf"
And then I remembered that Captain
Acton had ''pooh-poohed" and called him .
s-chicken-hearted fellow
McKelvie's lip quivered into silence, and
be turned away, tesrsdimming his pleasant,
irish eyes.
Then I rebuked Acton BY saying: 'Cap-
tain, you should not have spoken tos mere
boy like that, especially on the day pf
battle"
And the Captain, instead Of becoming
angry, a ] half expected him TO. looked
hard a& Teddy's retresting figure. and
called out after him: "Here, 4cKelvie, /
didn't mean to speak harshly Of to ccnsure.
Forgive me. Ted; I may die myself To-
day. Who knowsf"
McKelvie came back and wrung the
hand in silence.
"Yea've no idea how bad you're hurt
sometimes, sor, till the healin'S applied"
said Ted to me afterwards Then he handed
me . package and added: 'Plaze send It TO
me pore old mother IL I don't SEQ you axin.
OF fixed it up after the presintimint an its
Ill ready for the mailin'. Tho waruin' is
Just n sure as II tho banshee had walled
over me, an Ofme goin' to-dsyr"
In . few minutes after VI fen INTO line,
and all through tho heated day of strife and
death I had not seen him again. But in
tho midst Of battle I could see his white,
panied face, and fancy I heard tho cry Of
tho dreaded bansheo.
No wonder, then, that the mornings Incl
dent still came back with force.
Ali whist was that Could IL b possible
that that wa . moan from some suffering
soldieri No my inner consciousness told
We It was not; and tho Wild ha1f moan,
half shrek, chilled my fevered pulses un-
til I began to feel oowsrdly, soldier though
Twas.
Stumbling along, however. Q logs and
dead bodies alike, I reached tho wounded
man who wa waiting for me and calling
still for water.
Lifting his head I gave him . cooling
drink, and was rewarded by . fervent
s3God bless you'' - I laid him down again
and placed the canteeu where hecould easily
getit
Again that strange sound came tony ears.
s'Some ones boon calling like that foI
quite awhilo over there" said the Comr1de
1t my side, - he raised himself up partially