Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-16
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gers" ls7 strs, = n' 'ss,:
o oD q boys, ranging ~ ~ Y
gathered s0h IN hssls I, ~
s mrr, on April AZ
constantly ,'o,l. from an ~
p pom On The hi I ~
n l0ur years ana sI,as
O Opry seven eve, were ii, !, \
U w,n "a and hsFes. ,ass \
universal DrotAsrbss," ','
the world rolls.
,, = boy Is the best J, X I.
little or no rcflecl,v,
perianea ron the r,.0
future na,,l,,.,.i first IN sluht' 4 N Y
pefspective-.eysr la, ~ ~
outward on the broaa, ' w!
I'VE ..,,, on The hope q w w. Z
tomorrow, llorsils
~, heard thee ~ N, 's.,l
Tomorrow never u, ,sgH
"a, rose or set" ~ts
or these hundred 4,
oeeding 2 per Cent Cent ~. ~ ~
showed the white .sal NJ
thc ight. We had r s,''''.
from over the Inc u opI ,,.l
ON, about the same \, Ne
man each, the rest ~ Y Ne
70 the manor born. N.
We're at home Tor henms..
ing backward thro' "A.
years, how great Il M ",
~, ~ .yushi uhder their Nj
ana with a head and MI,
on duty for It's own ,a N x.
he!o OF them all. In M
gray boys, who bravedf 4
eessfully the oppollnF M
boys, was Blly Cas- 1sd,
with me when | have NV.
ms story Perhaps II II.
blnsa7i uairn iilnR0n a h
! cannot say for certain, ID,
ASK questions Of pedIr,, y
II Is only has Ne ent n
and Will he stand In ,s,'.
we had driven back Bulusss
orleksburg In the las. an
were granted the pseIes
drawing every ton,h NH
OF thirty daya FOR a IAN
folks, and The young iSh
Dame fortune m hes NIL
on Billy Cast the whlte NJ
When the holder Of tha NJ
" lly's name the calm a,
placid. fair face gayt lati /,
beam OF Joy. Ills heart MA
great waters, hid IN tie M
ors OF the Rhlneland. I'M,
working diligently ali N
weary days on q hrlef III
on picket post IN the Oh "A
house on the river slae 4 E.
old revolutionary city q 8
hammock A 'air face nh
cut OF the rough and torn
the Ivy root under he All n
the German Confederate I
He Ind about Finished Il, II
tour, when he drew The viii I
ed the falr-halred Saxon ~
of chuos from his ip,lng \
snil; "Bllly, this Il ydw n
Billy bluahod but said no ~
too sacred for sound to rs
tinued; billy, YOU dfaF
30 see your fraulelh-H Dinf
slightly, very slightly, f.hi'
cross between u smile Attl
bright CLINT shot frem M
OF his calm. soulful eyes VI T
was calm again, as he f,llA
fraulein no live this side N
she waits for me In the i4lds
dakes my furlough, You .
frauleln. You got fair fiia'e
sack; | zee her one Day
everlasting thanks, thai
after long years repayluf
Casts luck across the ioli-
ON the back Of the lron ,
mine frauleln." The npu
are in the peach ofcAAa
thunders Of Gettysburg
and given another furlcufA
~ Federal bullet III 4
death, but Billy and N
make II to the battery VA
wheat Held. They lay wa
is theirs by rights Of val
down TO guard their pAil I
smrglng blue line. The NJ
IL the fatal third dAy
Plckets last charge cnfa
came TO tell me now N
was at the field hosFH
peacefully sleeping On 10
mother earth around ne "
tory, except Billy CAST AK
how do you reckon We isla
was kneollng bolt upllgAl
ono knee and one foot, 10Y
a last cartridge Just o.
slightly leaning 70 on' y
faithful rifle looking si'Af,
the blue line not far ayy
to It's last stand WIN y
open. but the light 10 "
upward. We laid Mn
with the rest Of ne ~
covered the sorrowinf
earth over his blessed
which we wrapped In Ny "
and we saw that III. nv.
waits him in the 'fadslllL
forgotten. We felt ~ ~ "
pocket over his heart ~
brler wood pipe, gave sM n.
that splendldly cafysa
II away with Bllly 10 ~ y
direction morn"
So ended The story o. w
battery boys 10 ths v1
others are all dend o. pr, ~,
you may see there moA v,
roes who are known %
tho brain and bravn q
In ranks, like Billy gisl, w,
OF this dcrman tenl,aS,
boy. graaplng hls trusll WI
death and duty, dyins nv
hone or reward, "a lhe n.s
young manhood i ,h 4. a' VA
Of heroic yalor thai
or painters pave, ~ (, M
type OF the dead nato9, Y. Y IA
80 young, SO nobly, g NJ
SO calmly, SO hv'ye,,,
voted alone 10 ihe wv
him the light to Sc y
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