Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-10
"WH0 COMES llEREp

NlfillN WIN NNA' hNAAAN'NNANhf
Advance ono aud give mo the coun'
tersim,"
II was tho relief going tho rounds TO
change the pickcts, and I was dropped
out at post No. :. We had fought Lev
all day long on tho rtrangcft battlefield
Of tho whole war--in tho Wilderness
From right 10 left flank. from front to
rear. We were hcmmed Ia by fofoa, aud
thickst Thow were uwamps In which
lizards and s-rpontl lurked, thickcia 10
which the coy whippoorwill built ~
nsst, dense spots o. forest which seemed
never 10 have echoed tho ring Of tho
wooiman'a ax.
We had fuush, from trcc 10 tree. from
thicket 10 thickc,. from glade 10 glade.
pushing back tho gray lines herr, baiilcd
and compelled 10 give ground NJ other
points l.eo's lines barred tho way.
Never n man In hia whole army whose
mushet barrel was not hot that day.
Never a man who did not feel that he
was fighting for tho life Of tho Confcd'
eracy.
How the forest shook and trcmblcd NJ
the great gun. sent their deadly missiles
crashing through thu foliagoi- How Oh.
thickcts blazcd up In flames, tho severed
Limbs crashed down, tho sunny gladca
turned dark ~ night with tho powder
smoke settling over thcm' Tho dead
ouinumbcrcd tho bushes. Tho wounded
walled and cried ~ never heard them
before or after. There was something
10 sombcr-so grcwome--so uncarthly
In fighting u foo unseen In the srml'
darkness that tho shouting and cufaing
usually heard In tho lines gave place TO
silence and pale faces.
Darkness had come at last. and tho
roar Of battle hal died away TO 10
growl. Grant had failed 10 drive Ice.
We knew that from flank 10 flank. II
he could not forca n passage through
thoss gray limos ha could flank thein.
Before tho sun went down wo knew that
he would do Il. II was not yet night
when tho movement began, but my diyi'
mon would be- ono Of tho last 10 move.
aud we must hold our ground and pre-.
vent tho Confodrraiea from discovering
what wHs taking place. II was a curl
Gus coincidence of war that Ice was
also moving by the flank, both armies
marching In parallel lines from baltic
held which had yielded neither victory
nor defeat 10 either side.
Post No. was under large tree on
the edge Of thickct. To the south there
was a strip Of open ground, then .
thicket. then an old neld, In which stood
log cabin. II was u lonely place. well
away from tho camps, tho dead aud the
dying, but was glad TO he alone. All
along tho lines there was growing Of
nusketryi but this waa but blun-a
bit o. acting 10 cover tho real design.
had BEEN nearly an hour on tho posi
without anything happening 10 alarm
the thleket across the open strip.
Was II pcrsoni Riderless horses had
gallopcd about that day almost without
number, this might DO ons which had
found shelter In that thicko,.
Rustlel Rufiloi stcpl Stepl'
Il was n cautious movement Who,
ever II wss hoped 10 reach mo without
discovery, but there were dead leaves
under foot, and the thiokot was dense. A
hare could not have moved without boz
traying It's presence.
Rustlel Rus,lei
Kneeling down 20 a. 10 SEQ under tho
darkness, ~ II were, suddenly made
out black object against the dark back.
ground. II Is neither horse nor mule; Il
Is n human being, Ascout from the en-
emy's picket post, only quarter OF a
mile away A wounded man hohbling
about TO find suecori One Of our own
scouts returning
"Who comes hercl'
There IA a silence Of fifteen seconds
aud then woman's voice Answeni
"lcan't find the plAeel II Is sodArk
can't find the placer
Ayl u was woman's voice, and Il
had o sob In Il too. A woman there IL
the darkness between tho hostile lines
with powder smoke still IN the air, with
stray bullets darting through the thick
cts with whizz, aa Of some great insecI
stirred 10 angcrl
"who comes herciT
~ wish Il wasn't 80 darkl ! am ;,
trcd-so tiredr' And then size cam,
across the open strip toward me, max
Ing no stop, never hosiiating, walkin,
straight up TO me "a II she could seo az
well by night rs In the sunshine OF day.
~ can't lind the placel" she sobbed. Al
she came to stop within arms length.
Good God, womanl but what ar,
You doing hsrof' lgaspod, almost terri
lied nj her presence
"see! sect she replied. holding bun,
die out toward me. zone time saw d
beautiful spot In the woods, and said 70
.as.aA thai u he died | wogll bury lin