The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-29


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r.r,ao.ssh. 1900,
ssAttention. ,nen, m the carrfaeeaiy,
$50 40 vo;ra 81 fstv;nnf before ina
| Ia eg,,ld .nesvay. M fbos,ob 6is 5oilsa
-. ,slaar n ,,rhnrried - srhen he laf&
| fbe can,n tbe hatferv Fnev fhat the
| eanraDdaat- ,raa, prenariu0 = decisfvs
move. pravar. ardent though muta.
roaa fro,n ssverv sauI
ssAav.nce mani Marchr, again cried
/ T;tvinof v.vtrr h3s avord ahoxas hia-
ffra 4 me- = meni
| March, =, reneated the Young voices be.
I hibd him 3or nov the commandment d,
b,s hav horse was {ar ahead 81 them. the
| xwavi,,g hattarv thunder; NO at his heels.
I o;,edients COURAGEOUS: heroic.
The fort ~ the K isil-Tana had disaY,-
neared. and before them smoked the
| murderous rock Of Alari.
! saTo place. first piecer, roared the
yo;ce ~ Avalof. the nIatoof,,s cantain,
| Aliochine leaned to the ground. tossed
! his reins to a soldier. and spranr for
position. A grenade from the enemy
VIII iistled sbrffiy nv MS ssar.--==<.
| Good il mereifnl: il missed me,s he
murmuFasi. instinctiyely.
| But the first was followed by a second
grenade. then a third. a fourth. dozen.
| too MANY and too fast 10 count them-a
bail-storm 81 halls. 4 yeritableerain Of
fire-and. sooner even than he had
Thought. the battery was crushed. scat
! tered nulverized.
Pale trembling. hut keeninr his self
command Aliocbene gave his orders.
/ always NV the side of the cannon. around
which the Turkish balls hummed and
Gang
oHow poes e with Won now. nv lad?r
cried a voice at his side--the voice OF
+ f,ityinof. gentle and caressfnp in its
tone. 20 his brave Young officer: show
ooes II with-n
But Lityinof did not finish his sen
tence. he had fallen forward. face down
ward with outstretched bands
Aliocbine snrano 10 lift him. Int in
Mace Of Iitvinof he saw before him a.
] mntilated trunk seme tatters Of flesh.
/ clothing and blood.
,e.Second cantain In command take
charcoal, cried Avalof who had seen the
tragedy and Tins called Zaitzef tn lit
vinof,s dnties
And ali This while tho enemv contin-
ned the CARNAGE. three ~ the nieces
yare entirelv dismounted and reduced
! e. rselessness Men and horses fell like
/ a;es and the battery with half of it's
gu,,ners gore its ammunition exhausted.
and HELPLESS under the shots of the
y;ctorions anen,v was ext;nguisbed lilo
tarer Tbree mon onlv 81 the hat.
tarv,s comnlement remained by the
= * 4, %
ssEyrer,, baran Aliocbine Init stonne5
s,ada,,lv. tbe- .g,,nnar- had tbrawn him
saIf Z, -. crro,,nd u,ri+binr and tuist-
- ,ila sarna,t
His rirbt hand had gone with thatlast
screaming hall
n, ,,,.ttar--tbo ,,nnnar ~ t,,o sovartb
was a. bis most on bis knees Inv the
ubool hut whom A1iocbine annroacbed
hin, he zoo seen,ed 70 ha slaaning 80
"a, Il, !, N ,.,aoef,,tl u,as bic dead face
"a .tba 10 u,hese. ,anoa
no Md oel,ad law qroanin, on the
arorna his hraost nlo1ad Nv : shall
II u,as TOO ronch' Al;ocbine,s nerves
Z 10 ritr6,. ha y,.nvad N, n
chino would MOVE. bis STRENGTH was
ro;ng. evbanst;on and = dnl1 inditfer-
ence weighed him down. and did not
Iaaya hin, even whom an orderly sent Nv
the orti1le,sv chief arri ved beside him
WITH orders r., retreat
sRetraatt~ Retreat battarvr, cried the
orderly with frantic Gestures. ..to the
raarr,
Al;ocb,rs fonnd biuse1f now IN n
ravina INT not that wide ravina where
! tha battery had awaited the convey a.
wounded. no q was mailer gorge mar
rover. walled IL andsas vat unoccunied.
He listened. shot still resonnded heav-
i1y Int in tho distance He was ont ~
dsnoer-be had done his dutv-he still
livedi
i EXAM alive-aliyerp he repeated. in
wardIv with the indescribable sensa-
ions - a man In whom suddenly extin.
on;sbad ife reyivps and ouickens his he.
ing He gazed about him. the battery
had stonned and the men nrenared for
i action
81 am alive, 7 live, he mnrmnred
oc.in. sshnt T.itv;nof and those, moor sol
diers who climbed that murderous hill
IN ~tbe face 81 that bellisb fre--,,
And q thrill Of shame. mingled with his
gladness that he. 80 vouno and without
q family sbonld have come from the con-
i Aict safe and sound. while useful. ma
ture lives had gone ont like candles.
Here and there in the ravjne orouns Of
soldiers. with pale. saddened faces. Law
stretcbed on the Ground Reside then,
q iaded borse cronned wearilv the snn.
drowned grass.
Poor beast, How tired II looked. and
how tired Aiiocbine felt and how sntfo-
catinolv warmi on. for a dron-a SINGLE
dro,, or ,atar,
Ha staagerea .bis aves c,osad bis
strength exhapsted-be fell nm the burn.
mo earth -, -.