The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-20
-TF5 E.
.GuIOleI Of the Fourth
81 A story Of tAs Late Wa1'tr-
BY BERNARD B1GSBY,
Author Of Loyal at Last" my
Lady Fantastic" &c.
CHAPTER XVI
NIIn nEsrun.

"Have you heard the nawa ETankF'
Nothing special. What has Happened,
Colonel2"
General Roaeorana Is relieved from
tho command and Thomas takes hia
place"
"You doua say 30, Well hops 5ar
old leader docs not leave us under o
oioud for though no made o. bad break
Of ChicltRmauga, his has boon no mean
record"
He has been given n nominal com
mand Ia Missouri, waa The significant
reply.
ITO lot him down easy. Well, au T
oau say IS that those newspaper fellows
have TOO much license, and eau hound o
mau 70 ruin, Il he makes mistake
| once In lifetime"
But General RosecrRns has Tnado
many mistakes Of late"
$50 he has, but ho IS brave soldier,
aud /, for one, an sorry he is going
Anyhow we get q auperb substitute TIA
General Thomas, whom the boys have
already dubbed Tho Rock Of Chcka~
mRuga.'
"A soldier, every inch Of hirn, and as
discreet IA no is valiant" "
The fact was shat tusA before this
| time, the whole Western region had
been remodeled into tho MILITARY Di-
vision Of tho Mississippi comprising
the armies Of Tho Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee, and Grant had been sp-
! pointed Commander.
] To resume the conversation OF our
two friends, Hopkins and Desant.
''Now, Frank, said the former, 1--WE
ticklish bit OF duty before me which
bothers me considerably. General
Thomas has decided 10 send dispatches
20 Grant, and has done us tho compli.
mcnt 70 direct mo to select one Of my
officers for the perilouB duty. You can
not 60 OF coursei then, who shall II beP'
Charlie Fulton, STR" Besant replied,
without an lnstant's hesitation.
The Colonel's brow knit ominously.
"Oh, sir, tho young Major pleaded,
"do give him this chance--it viii DO the
making OF him--besides, Ii will show
him that after all his indiscre&ion, you
still have confidence in him. May so
at once and send him TO youp''
What stNunch, true friend you are,
Frankm Hopkins said admiringly.
"Well, for your sake | VIII gtvO hina
the opportunity 70 provo your good
opinion Of him, 50 go at once and send
him 10 my quarters"
And Charlie F'uJtcn accomplished his
mission 30 well that within q week
tharA oauna tAis4rvor, from Grrr4 q,
Thomas: Il am coming. Can you hold
out till I reach you?" To which the
hero of Chickamaugs replied II viii
hold the fort till we starve 70 death q;
our posts"
Meanwhile there was rejoicing
among BragR's men, who looked down
from the hills that surrounded the be.
leaguered city with tho keen satisfaotlor
OF knowing that ere long Its hungry de.
Tenders must givo up their hopeles.
struggle, jefferson Davis himself came
20 gloat on the prize 30 near his grasp
and was - delighted with the prvsspec'
that he withdrew Longstreet's corp,
from the field, and sent him tSThu
miles away 10 wrest Knoxvilln trUE
abe clutch Of Burnside.
But Grant and Hooker have eouas Il
the relief of the beleaguered force, hnt
Sherman has tramped by forced nsrcl
two hundred miles from TniA to shart
In the gallant struggle for victory,
What lovely day was the s8d Of No
yemberl Who, that was present. vii
forget the glorious sun, that gllnted OF
Thomas division, a. his regiments mus
tered, as II on parade, dressed In theh
best uniforms, with hRgs flying ans
martial music hlling the air with boast
full strains9 The Confederate plekeS'
leaned on their muslCets on Lool1ou
mountain and Missionary Ridge, sni
smiled as they beheld the pictuFosquI
display. But suddenlJ theiT snIlSS arv
turned 10 loolEs Of slArnI for In min
ute ths Union line breaks into double
quick, and tho gay rovtew is chAnget
into battle, and ere they can recover
their surprise, they are driven back, an
Orchard Knob isin thehandaot Q Untol
foroe.
Ghe nsEs Gag HouGEeR's charged the 4cr
tshcatinns on Lookout mountain, an.
drove ehsm beyond tta crest wtnatn,
the famouss ''bastle above tho clUu<as'
while twenty-tOuF hourB lateE b
charged their lines ON M&ssion0F-
Ridge, with Sherman pounding on thsL
flank
, Grant stood on Orchard Knob watch
ing the turns Of battle, With eagle ey'
he saw that his enemy's weak spot LAY
In his center, AS he hsd 70 sacrifice II
strength TO support his fankR On thA
he determined to launch Thomas corps
8 Tho signal Of attack was arranged
I six cannon shots, fired at intervals q
D two seconds
Then, In the words of y. r. Taylor
the poet-soldieF; ''The moment arrived
Strong and steady the order rang out
Number one, hrel Number two, fire
' Number three, frer II seemed 10 ml
like the tolling OF the clock OF destiny
And, when at Number six, fret tn
roar throbbed out with the fash, yor
should have seen the dead line, that ha'
been lying behind the works all day