Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
cINcHlNa up FOR TROUBLE.
A Curious Impulse That Soldiers Feel Ig
 Moments of Danger.

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 Moments of Danger.
 There were two men lowering heavy cask of wine into @ cellar tho other day, and one of them asked his comrade to stand by moment. The man stood by and the first speaker took an extra hitch in the belt of his oyeralls.
 "That's queer," said Perry Ingram, who was passing at the time T saw 10 men do that in the face of certain death, and of tho other 250 who were with us guess nine in every 10 did the same. know l did anyhow. Can't tell why, lJecause l never thought the matter oyer but I'll swear that if ever get into an- other fix like that again I'll do the same thing over,
 ''Itwas during the Basntu war of 19s0 was trooper there, and was oneof tho 900 and odd that composed the Kimberley Horse. If there ever was set Of not care-a-continental scalawags in Queen victoria's uniform, it was that same gang of rough riders.
 "We fought all right, of course, but that all we were good for. Honestly, l think half the troop was made ID of ex- eonyicts and the balance of that class of alventurers who had pioneered the road co the South African diamond fiolda
 "We were in fort on Thlotse heights, The Basutus, about 5000 strong, were amusing themselves plotting at us from the other sido of the Thlotse river, and one day they took it into their heads to send 200 warriors across tho stream. over lords above and below us, to do us up,
 "As it happened that morning about 250 of US were detailed to escort a couple of 6-pounders up the lnll to the fort from below, and on our return trip the Basu- tus got between us and the encanpnent.
 'We threw out in open file while they rode down on us--they were well mount ed, were those Basutus-and we had or ders to hold fire until they were about 100 yards away.
 "Well, when they came within the given distance we fired, but instead of soaring them by killing off a hundred or 80 the beggars still came on. Dismount- ing from their horses, they seized their assegais. The hill was black with them, and they rushed on us like the hounds of hell.
 :" Its all up now, boys. thought I, for when those chaps takeitinto their heads to go the whole hog and charge they do it.
 While I was thrusting another car tridge into my rife l felt 3 bit 9uoei about the throat, and somehow, I can tell how, itaeemed as though my stom ach was empty.
 Now, l know what if is to be scared but was not frightened then, There was no time to get frightened. It was just stand and fight till you dropped dead full of spear holes. "I laid down my rife for a second tC i loosen my revolver iu Its case, and iilel from some involuntary instinct that cannot explain drew in my belt n coa 1 ple of inches around llly waist. As dil | So I looked gt tho fellows nearest mo Every one of them was cirching up just l the same as myself.
 "Juat for q iDoment everything on oul side was silence. and tho Basutus Nger, not 70 yards away Then we all begaS i blazing away again and yelling as me; do in battle
 "'fEe fire frightened the blacks. Thel came within % yards of Us, then turne. tail and fled We kept hlazing awug e the beggars as long as they were il range, and then suddenly ceased
 "The strain was gone, the peril O death over. Only q moment before i had seemed as though our little band wa to b. wiped of the earth. 1t was suf foc2ting day, 50 laid down my gun i, wipe the sweat and powder from ml i foreheai
 l Then ! set about loosening my belt | As did 50 I turned to c.c 10 fellow nearest mo. Every enc of them was do 1 itlg the same.
 l Queer, isn't it that fellow wants |, cuch himself up in inc face of certaii | dsatht'-San Francisco Examiner