The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
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and ali + The aoinss at West inch whIsh had
S II for nsFs Sn aHS plains oil
purine all this time the roaring, OF those
but now they sSddcny a %sYa away though
NV Was ioI like tho lull in thunder storm, when
noise on The distant wing. whore the Prussians
t were pushing their way onward but that was
, smoke cleared 50 that the armies could sec
along our ridge. for there seemed to be lust a
few scattered knots Of d.and the lines ofgreen
masses Of the French appeared to be as thick
as ever. though. of course, we knew they must
We heard great e eerng and shouting from
anon among them; aud then suddenly all their bat.
the din OF tho earlier part seem a mothnE " in
comparison 1t might well be twice as loud,
TOR y every ri hhatery was twice as near t.inE
huge masses OF horse between aud behind
then wnd to Suard them fiom attack
boys who dil not understand what it meant
There were but two moro hours o! light. and
five could hold our own FOR those all would
prayed that we might have strength TO load
and stab and lire while man of us stood upon
His cannon could do us no great hurt now
for we were on our faces, and in an instant we
would turn into hudde Of bayone,ts i his
| horse came down again. But behind tho
thunder OF tho guns there arose u sharper.
shriIlor noise. whirring. and rafting. tho
widest. iauntiest. most stirring kind OF sound.
They mean business this time"
Frenchmnn. dressed as an officer OF hu-sars.
fnme gallopinE toward us on a little bay horse;
at the pitch OF his lungs. which was as much
as to say TINT ne vas a deserter since we,wGre
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Guard is coming! The Guard is coming aud
so vanished away. to the rear Tx. leaf Llown
before u storm. At tho same instant up thcro
rode an aidcde-camp with tho rcdJest face
that ever saw upon mortal man.
| You must stop EN- or We arc done" ho
cried to Con Adams 80 that all our company
How is It going 2" asked the General.
1.-Two weak s1nadrons LETT out Of six reg-
ments Of heavios." said he. and began to
laugh like man whose nerves are over
"rsrhHps you would caro- to Join in our ad,
sHss Said Sy fns%HF bSS Sd9ss a" sSns as
1.-THE we're we're asking him to q dish Of tea;
our three rosn ents closed u nS and the brigade
advanced in four lines over the hollow Where
point whence we had seen the French army.
~, There was little Of It to be seen now. only
the RED bbec ching OF the gyms hnshins dSky
Ing like devils and at deyilish work. but
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louder and louder. with u .deep-mouthcd
shouting and tho stamping of thousands OF
through the haze. which dhrkened and dark.
ensd. until we could SEQ that 1t was hundred
sh FUR hats ts sw nd
Of brass wor over their brows. And be- ,.
hind hind that hundred came another hun
coiling and writhing out of the cannon smoke
ike monstr9us snake. unit! there seemed to
be no end to the mighty column, In front ran
spray of skirmishers and behind them the
drummcrs. and up they all came together ut
terinG thickly at the sides and waving their
swords and cheering There was dozen
together. and one with his hat held aloft upon
his sword point ! say again that no men
than SsSS a h aT
1t was wonderful to see them. for as they
came onward: they got ahead Of their own
them. while they got in front OF he two bat;
teries which had been on either side of us all
we saw long red lines scored right down the
} dark column as It advanced. 50 near were
, shot rloughed through ten files of them. and
yet they closed up and came on with swing
, turned straight Tor ourselves. while the Ninety
fifth overlarped them on one side and tho
shall Always ' thiok st That If we had waited
, so the Guard would have broken US. for how
could a deep four line stand against such a
} Colonel Of the Fif'y-seconi. swung his right
nanK round So as to bring it OF the side of the
halt; Their front line was forty PAGES from us
At the moment, and we had cool look at
,, had always thought Of Frcnchmcn as small
mon. for there va, not one q that first com.
| If had, been a child, and their great hats
made them look taller yet. They were
hard w1ensd WHY feliPws too With
+ tachcs-oId soldiers who had fought and
| ApIt hnp I CT I'D wi IN u ~ Ma firm
ger waiting for the word to fire. my eye fell full
upon the mounted officer, with his hat upon
, and j saw si him rush forward madiy at ths
, French column. And. as quick as thought. the
and all. ard flung themselves upon the Guard
, IN front; Will" our comrades charged them on
, and they all thought now that it had been
given hut You nay Ia tax n.y. w%rt th for it. im
When isi we c E tie Old Guard. '' - A'
God knows what happened during that mad
five minutes; rememYe i, p,nnt;nE my mnsket
. and TIM, man could not fall BECAUSE no WAS SO
> wedaed in the crowd but saw horri!!
Q smoke from 1t. MS If 1t had taken fire. Then
found myself thrown up AGAINST two Il.
. three OF MS. that We couil not raise weapon.
one q them fellow Min VERY Iar }s nose
s Eas his s sh%tS up in t h:2n s and S "at
c" 'i' yTHJrs- roaS" SAID he. and then sud
denly doubted nr WIN $, scream; ior S1mo
after the first SHUTTER. hut there was the crash
| OF butt against barrel. the short cries Of
| stricken men and tho roaring Of tho officers.
r And then suddenlvthcy began 70 give Erouni.
slowly. sullrnly. step By step. but 81 II t. glvo
r ground Al. it was worth all wo had gOno
, through the thrill # that moment. when wa
felt that they were going to break. There was
ono Ercnchmau before me. Shurp-flrcd,
, dark eyed man who was loading and Trims: as
quietly ms il H. ,wrr. at practice, dwo ng
,lI,u his IL m. md looking. round first to try
. and rck OH an officer, | remember that it
, struck me tia. TO Kill So cool n man as that
would be n good service. and i shed at him
and drove my hayourt into him Il" turned rs
struck him. and IRE fnll int" my face. and
the bullet left IA veal across my check. which
, vii! mnrK lnrtu my diving day. ! trippcl ovHr
!, him a, hn foil; and two others tumbing oyer
nj last struggled out and cleared nv .y"-.
, which wer" half full II powder. saw that tho
: column had inirIy broken and was snrcld ing
into groups of mon who were either running
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