Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-28

ond Biz rangers An0teAA OF them 0AS0y
RED ooAts that vas coming. The gsHss
woulda't geov uader Ais feet
mind. dos doubt that weeon Whip
the Frehchmen ourselves, and then I
vote that We 60 snd hunt up the En-
giish troops and lick tAexs for not getting
here in time Tbs suggestion Vas
favorebly received. the popular belief
being that one Tsn9er vas . mstca Tor
three Epglishmen-
81 served Under johnson ct Crown
Point" continued the speaker. .
westher-beaten and Aoldier-like man.
General Dieslcan comu1ended the
French and Indians, and. il We had
been English troops, led by thick
headed English officers, wouldn't be
here to tell tho stofy. A. it Was We
fell into IN snbuscade and the advance
guard was thrown into confusion John
son said he was wounded, but he vasn't
hurt bad enough to stop him from PUN
ming away. But We didn't miss him,
for Lyman was there, cool and quiet IS
if he didn't think it wAs much OF .
shower after ell. The Indians were
firing under cover. End the Frenchmen
coming on in line of battle with bay
onets ct the Charge 1t was . ticklish
moment; but Lyman called to the
stragglers to drop, and the front rank
fred over them. It Wao the French
mans turn then. Then Charley Sell
wyn gathered up the stragglers and
charged the Indians in the woods, dfiv-
ing them out and piling them on to the
French, while our main body poured
volley after volley into the struggling
mass. But Dieskan was lion. and he
flew around among his men, and while
the Indians skulked to the rear, firing
at us as they went, he got his. regulars
into order and led them to the Charge
myself, shouting: SEN avant, mes en-
fans! Vive 1e Francer The men took
up the cry, and came on shouting: 'Vive
lie Francer
''But we stood firm; our front rank
knelt, the second stopped and the
third fred over their shoulders, end
poured storm of bullets into them 1T
short range. Their front rank and most
of the second fell in piles. Dieskan
himself staggered, ran a few PAGES,
calling to his men to follow, and
tumbled head first on the ground, which
was wet with blood. Then the French
line wavered, and Lyman led us to the
charge. The French tried to rescue
their leader, but our boys, firing as
they advanced, drove them back, and
George Marden captured two of their
cannon and turned them on their
owners Then they began to break,
and although they kept up running
fight for awhile, they finally gave it up.
loads OF arms, and Lyman said we had
George would thank US FOR it,
''But he didn't, did he, ,Jabe?' asked
one of his listeners.
'No, nor Lyman either; but he made
runaway Johnson baronet, Is they
call it, and sent him . lot of gold and
silver clothes, and called him the hero
Of Crown Point" added Jabe, with a
smile that proved that he appreciated
the roysl sAgacity, though not in way
to hatter his majesty.
'Tell Us, Jabe," said woman with q
child In her arms which bore q strong
resem blAnce to the orator and was
making silent but effective efforts to
reach him, ''tel1 US how Master Marden
got that Indian boy that follows him
sbout like his shadow
"Wel, you see, there was two OF
them" said Jabe, transferring the in.
FAINT to his own broad bosom, where it
presently fell asleep. ''After the bat
tie I've been telling you about, Marden
chased the Indians until it was too dark
to see them, and on his way back to
camp he found two young half-breeds, a
boy. and girl. They might be twins,
they were so like in features, size and
every thing. The boy had been hit by
a bullet, and his sister. was trying to
bandage his wound with leaves and
strips from her blanket. Our boys
haven't much love for the redskins, but
the look that the girl gave Marden out
OF her big black eyes melted his heart
like lump of sugar. and he gave orders
to bring the boy along. We made .
kind OF. stretcher with our rifles and
coats and laid him on it, the girl
walking beside him, holding his hand
and saying few words in French now
and then almost in . whisper, but it
seemed to help him to bear the pain.
Weobrought him into camp and the sur
geon-he was a French prisoner
extracted the bullet-the girl
holding his hand all the while and never
flinching. Marden used to visit the
hospital sheds every day to talk to the
wounded, and he was SO gay and cheer
full that ethe men got to look for him,
and their pale faces would light up when
. they saw him. The Frenchmen called
him the Chevalier Joyeuse, for he could
speak their language as glibly IS any
of them, and he would sing French
songs until the poor fellows almost fan
cied themselves at home. Dieskan
loved him for his kindness to the pris-
oners, and wanted to give him the cross
of St Louis switch he wore, but Mar
den would laugh and turn it OF with .
compliment They were both interest
ed in the young half-breeds. I never
heard what their history was, only that
they had been made prisoners by hos
tile tribe and rescued by French soldiers
after the boys tongue had been cut out.
But if you had seen the way the girl
followed Marden with her eyes, you
would say it Yves as good as love story.
Dieskan promised to do something FOR
them when he got his liberty, but he
was semitic England because the French
had no prisoner of equal rank to ex-
change foS him; but all the others
were sent to Montreal in exchange FOR
men, women and children captured by