Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-05

-Thcy'yc trapped ne, hoysi"
Rose FROM our flank q voice.
with rush of steel and smoke
On came the rebels straight.
Eager ~ love and wild a. hate.
And our lin. tooled and broke;
Broke and fed.
No one siaid-b but tho doadi
with curses. shfisks and cries
Horses and wagons and men
Tumbled back through the shuddcfing glen,
And above us the fading skies.
There's one hope. still
Those batteries parked on the HIN
"fiaitsry. wheel" cmld the roar
spas pieces hE proionzc 10 hte
Retiring" ''rroti" In the panic dire
a buglo rings "rroti'-and no moro
Tho horses plunged.
The cannon lurohcd and iunged.
To Join the hopeless routi
but suddenly rode form
Calmly IN front ~ the human storm.
with stern. Commanding shout
-Align those guns"
I'VE knew II was pleasonlon'sl
The cAnnoneers bent 10 obey,
AMI worked with will At his wori
Aud the black guns moved asit they Lad heafdi
hut. All. the dread deayl
TO wait Is crime.
q 8od. for ten minutes tlmoi"
The general looked around.
There Keenan, at. like stone,
with bis three hundred horse hlOno-
i,css shaken than tho ground.
"Aialor, your nsn'-
"Aru soldiers, geucrnL" Then
Chargr, MAORI DO your best.
Hold the enemy hack at all cost,
TIL my guns afu pluccdi else the Amy u Lost.
You die To save the rcail'
by the shruudod CLEAN Of the western skies,
brave Keenan, booked IN Plcasont0n's eyes
Iof on instant-cirar. and cuol, aud atlll.
Thea. with a smile, hu tald. II will"
"cavairy. chargcT" not aman Of them shfahk.
Their sharp full cheer, from rank % rank.
hosc joyously, with willing BREATH
Then forward they sprang. aud tpurred and
ciashsdi
Shouted tho oficsra. crimson sashd,
Role we'll the mcn. each brave a. hla fpllow
IN their faded coats Of the blue aud Yellow
And above In tho air. with an Instinct true.
LAKE bird Of war their pennon now.
with olank Of scabbard. and ,hundrrof s,eedA
Aud blades that shine ike aunllt rccdS
Aud strong brown faces bfavuly pale
lor fear their proud attempt shall fail.
Three hundred rennsy lyaninua close
On twice ten thousand gallant foes.
Limo after limo tho trooper. cane
AZ hhAN W NV NsAA AAeh NAAf hAAa - WEES
nnmei
Rode In aud sabsred sud shot-ani fell.
Nor one came back his wounds 20 tell
And full Ia tho midst rode Keenan,, tall
IN the gloom. Ike a martyr awaiting his fall.
while the circle stroke OF hls aahor. kwung
Round lila head, like halo there luminous
hung.
Line after linei ay. whole plaioon',
struck dead In their saddles. ufbrayc dragons,
ny tho mahdoncd horscs were onward borne
And into the vortex flung, trampltd and torn1
A. keenan, fought with his mon side by side.
10 they rode, III there were no more TO ride.
But over them, lying there, shattered aud mute,
What deep oeho rolltf lis death salute
From the cannon In placer for. heroes, you
braSed
yout fate not In ysiu, the army was saved
Over them now. ys.r following year
over their graves the pine cones fall.
And the whlp-poot-wll chnuts ldaspccier call.
llat they ttlr not again, thty raise no cheer;
They have ceased. But tholr glory shall never
cease,
Nor thoirlisht DO qucnched IN tho llsht Of peace
The rush NJ thclr charge T. rcsouudlng stil
That saved tbs army at Chancelloryllle.
-0eorgo Parsons Laihrop.