Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-06-01

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works more exposed TO the fire thar
anyone, brought his gun to bear on mi
face at point blank range of less thar
forty steps. A dodge behind a corner
Of a rude log hut built for the winter
quarters saved my life, for Mt that mo
ment the bark spattered in my face a,
the ball grazed the log. With a prayer
for the soul Of the bravest Yankee
ever saw my trusty Sharpe's rifle wa.
aimed at the tall mans breast, and al
! the crack of the gun he fell from the
earthworlSs
About this time Capt. Arch Norris or.
dered me TO rally the sharpshooters and
try TO check the column on our left. Az
the rally call handful OF seven re.
sponded-seven men that would try
anything-and they charged that col.
umn. Some were killed and Others
wounded. At the first volley tumbled
TO the ground with broken leg. had
hardly touched the ground when, John
lIarlin, Of Wilson county, Tennessee,
Jim llearn, - Coles and another man,
name forgotten, had rue on a stretcher
and were trying their best TO get me TO
the rear. by this time the line was
broken and the enemy had IL all their
own way.
They soon sent their bullets so thick
around and into the itter-bearing party
that the men were forced to leave me TO
my fate. Another minute found me in
the hands of the advance slxirmishers,
and they proceeded TO relieve me of my
watch and money; but big, red-faced,
thick-set major made his way to me,
and, after friendly grasp of the hand,
he had my valuables returned and four
Of his men detailed TO take me back to
the field hospital, and by no means TO
leave me until was safely in charge OF
a certain surgeon, a mason and the ma
jor's friend. On the way back Jesse
Cage, of Nashville, was picked up, with
his leg broken, and placed in the same
ambulance About four o'clock that
evening, rs the wounded men lay on a
bed of straw In large hospital tent,
Cage was carried out under the trees
and, as the tent flap was thrown back,
could see him under the influence of
chloroform while the surgeons took his
leg Off. lie was soon brought back to
his straw bed and with a shudder
heard the litter-bcarers say: "Yuur time
next" was placed on the table, chic
reform was administered, and when
awoke from slumber my dancing days
were over and l was hopeless cripple
for life.
Two days after the above saw the
man | had fired at on the breastworlss
walk into the tent, but, 10 my astonish-
ment, he was shot in the back part of
the jaw. Calling him to my bed.
found that he was the same man, and
his wounds We're explained by himself
thus: IL shot at IA fcllcr ut the corner Of
II cabin and missed him, when he shot
me in the breast here" pulling open his
shirt, 1.-THE ball hitting in front on the
collar bone and knocking me off the
works. Some of our own cowardly fell
lows shot me in the jaw after had got
up ! explained that was the teller
that drew a bead on him. and explained
that the want of force In the ball was
due to the inferior cartridges used.
These two soldiers ended their war
here. The one that walked waited ON
the one that couldn't walk, and they
WV VIM iihN NiibN ~ tuNll blltT WOulu
have rislScd their lives in each others
defense. ! cannot now remember this
brave mans name lie belonged to a
Pennsylvania regiment. The acquaint-
ance lasted only three days, but that
was long enough for God 10 teach two
erring mortals that brave men bore no
malice, and, as they grnsped each
others hand for final separation, they
each breathed sigh of thanlSfulncss
that II didn't kill YOU
Reader, please pardon the apparent
cgotism. We can only write what came
under our immediate observation. The
death and wounding of great men, the
victory and defeat of armies, have been
and Will be told by thousand pens,
but there are none to tell these little
incidents except the actors themselves.
DIR. II. w. Manson, in the Confederate
Veteran.