Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-04

him, put then and there bracelet on her
wrist-One simple band Of silver on which
was inscribed, 'Rose-God keep YOU?
Truly, he had! For this awkward non-com-
missioned officer in his simple way was a
man persu AIDED that he walked ever in a
Great Taskmaster's eyes; and his simple re-
| ligious fervor had been duly quizzed by the
enlightened of his regiment. As he sat
there erect, motionless, in the blazing sun,
while the growing voices Of battle rolled
ever nearer toward him, these "reminiscences
| filled the non-commissioned officer with a
| quiet joy. But into this joy a single regret
! presently mingied-a regret that opportuni-
| ty had not been granted him to say
| goodby to his future wife before leaving Ber-
| lin for the front. For Rose Sueher, whose
! aptitude had raised her into a prominent
| post in her business, had been sent to
| branch of it in Munich some months before
the outbreak of hostilities; and it was from
! Munich that her lover had received in a
| short letter her broken-hearted farewell.
The tender-hearted dragoon grieved that he
! had not been allowed to clasp this treasure
of his life to his heart before going down
into the battle. But things were as heaven
! willed them; and whatever befell him, Rose
| herself, depend upon it, would be safe. Did
she not wear clasped on her wrist that gift
of his, that bracelet, that pl2in band of sill
yer which committed her safety to God?
Non Ronheim smiled a broad smile of
satisfaction as this thought recurred to him.
But the smile died upon his lips as the ever.
advancing tide OF battle, which through his
reverie had been closing swiftly upon him,
burst into such a loud-menacing roar as told
him Enthusiastically tnat crisis of the fight
had come. The van of Prince Frederick
Charles army, but $4,000 strong, had at
tackled Bazaine's whole army under the ap-
prehension that it was the rear guard. The
sanguinary contest sustained by the Prus-
SLAMS for seven hours was beginning to col
lapse Constant maneuvering of the cav
airy brigade no longer deceived the French
as to the real weakness of the position.
And amidst triumphant shouts they began
to press forward iereely. The day for Ger.
many seemed lost!
At this moment General Won Voigts-
Rhetz, Commander of the Tenth Army
Corps, answered BrIdadier Count Branden.
burgh's remonstrance that his brigade now
consisted only of the First Dragon Guards,
and, that, considering the great number of
the compact in fantry of the enemy, he could
not promise success unless he were per-
mitted to choose the moment of attack him
self, by these ever memorable words, spoken
coldly:
but if it hold the enemy in check only ten
minutes, and fall to the last man, it has
fulfilled its task"
Count Brandenburgh galloped to Colonel
Won Auerswald, the commander of the reg
iment, told him the order briefly and clearly,
and shook hands with him with deep
emotion, saying, "Ride with Godl Auers-
wald: I'll come too"
The French attack was now fully de-
veloped. The Thirteenth of the Line in
skirmishing order in front, the FortY-third
about 80 PAGES behind. advanced from the
northeast on Mars-la-Tour, while the Fifth
French Battalion of Chasseurs pressed for
ward up bushy valley from the north. On
the other side of the gully stood long rows
of French infantry, with q mitraillsuss
battery on their right wing and artillery on
the heights behind.
AYantageur Non-commissioned Officer
Won Ronheim, who rode as skirmisher be-
fore the first squadron, looked on this pros
pect and read death. He stirred his brown
mare slightly with the spur, and rode down
a slope quietly. For about 30 yards the
ground was hedgy. He got over several Of
these hedges, trotting up to them, and
finally. over board fence intoaa long