The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-29

In spite the GBpgers and even "a 80
was, elk OF rs voluntccFed 20 do SO, but
the commandment would not hear OF It.
""If he were alive he said, It would
be justifiable TO run any risk TO fetch
him in; but could not think Of allow
ing six men to run the-risk of almost
certain death t o fetch in one dead one
As soon sit gets dark party shall go
out and bring him In
Presently woman came out from
one OF the houses and ran across to the
rough wall we were standing on.
"'Where is my WHIP she asked.
They tell me he can be seen lying
there?'
1--WE pointed TO him as he lay in our
full sight, some fifty or sixty yards
away. She stood looking at him for
two or three minutes without saying a
word. We had all moved away little,
for her white face and hopeless eyes
were worse to look at than if she had
broken down and cried.
"'Can't he be brought in? she asked,
presently.
"'Somc of us would be ready to run
the risk, Mrs Brown said, but the
commandant will not allow it. AS soon
as 1t is dark he will be fetched in
"She stood for awhile longer and
then turned away. Presently we saw
her, to our astonishnent, come out
from house that was included in the
line OF the intrcnchment, having a
door opening outside. We shouted to
her to turn back, but she didn't seem
to hear us. AT any rate, she walked
straight on, with her eyes fixed on her
husband. She had not gone many
yards before the Dutchmen began TO
fire. Every man on our wall opened
fire at once. without orders, at the
windows of the house they held, hop
ing to keep down their fire us much as
possible; and it may be that we made
it so hot for them that they did not aim
as we'll as usual.
"At any rate, the woman kept
straight on till she reached her hus-
band. We saw her l1neel down beside
him, and for time she was safe We
shouted to her to remain where she
was till evening. Presently, however,
we saw her lift him up, and take him
In her arms 1t was a heavy weight
for woman, for it takes Il strong man
to carry another who can do nothing
for himself. She was a we'll built wom-
an, and l suppose love gave her
strength; at any rate, she lifted him off
the ground and started. We stop ped
firing and gave her cheer after cheer,
and even the Dutchmen must have
been touched. Anyhow, not shot
was fired IS she came across the open.
You may imagine we held our breath;
and what q cheer we gave when glanc-
ing over the wall we saw her enter the
door safely The doctor ran into the
house as she entered, and came back in
half an hour saying that the man was
alive. He was insensible when his
wife found him, and was shot through
the body, but he had some hopes of
saving his life.
Strangely enough, the woman had
been hit twice. One ball had gone
through the feshy part of her arm,
another Ind grazed her ribs; but until
the doctor had finished attending to her
husband and turned to her she was
quite unconscious of having been
touched. The man finally recovered.
That woman and two or three of the
others used from that time regularly
go out at night and fetch in water and
singularly enough none of them was
ever hit-though instead of crawling
along as we did, they used to go across,
each with a couple of pals, as if it
were the most natural thing to fetch
water with bullets whistling round