Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-01-11

one to take look out of the window.
why, hellon' he exclaimed, as he sent
a glance at the unclassifed member of
the party which might have meant any
thing. i think l know this place.
Why, of course certainly l do. Yes,
yes, same place Same old mountain,
looks as natural as it did thirty years
ago. And just such a night as this
when | was here, All! I'll remem-
Der that night if | forget my grand
mother
The younger man, who was student
of war history, became interested at
once He put aside his yellow backed
novel and prepared for "reminiscences.
War Of any kind seemed TO be wholly
irrelevant TO the man who had been
looking out of the window-he Of the
accent and hat-but he had a bound
less curiosity. He closed the window
and listened. The narrator continued:
Il will tell you something about tha
old hin over there, he said IF you
care to listen. 1t is doubtless a very
nice old hill when you come to know
it well, but | made its acquaintance
under very trying circumstances. That
was in war times-in the year-wel,
/ don't exactly remember the date, but
that does not signify. l was then serv-
ing in the confederate cavalry, Cham
bliss brigade, Stuart's command /
was on scouting expedition that
night, six of us il the party. We had
been riding all day, trying to rejoin
the command, which had suddenly
shifted its quarters And l tell you
we were mighty tired when we got
upon the top of that plateau which
you see there, and concluded to camp
for few hours, for our horses did not
look as if they could carry us another
mile without rest, We knew that it
was not safe to tarry very long, as the
enemy was all around us.
well, we picketed our horses, and
after stationing one man as sentry the
others stretched themselves upon the
ground for few hours sleep. 1t seems
to me that l had hardly dozed off be-
fore we were aroused by the sentry.
Come, wake up he said, as he hur-
riedly kicked one sleeper after another,
the enemy is coming We rubbed the
sleep out of our eyes and listened. The
tramp Of horses could be distinctly
heard in the dead stiffness of the night,
and looking down the road in the di-
rection of the sound we could distin-
guish about a dozen horsemen coming
directly toward us
when we saw that we were not
very greatly outnumbered we decided
on a defensive policy. The road made
a sharp curve before reaching the top
of the plateau. Just where it diverged
was ledge of rock, and behind this we
ranged ourselves and waited the APP
proach of our friends They came
gathering up the hill, and when within
about thirty PAGES, near enough to dis
tinguish their blue uniforms, for we did
not want to make a mistake, the SER
geant gave the oBder TO fire. Four Of
the men reeleC out Of their saddles, one
horse dropped to his knees, pitching his
rider over his head and the others,
thinking probably that they had run
against the picket line of a regiment,
turned and fe /
THAT is, all hut one did lie was
mounted on powerful black horse
and the animal, stung By a bullet,
came rushing directly toward us. As
he leaped the ledge one Of our men
made grab at the bride and had his
cheek laid open by saber cut. An
other, who threw himself at the rider,
was carried off his feet by the rush Of
the maddened animal We sent sew
eral bullets from our reviewers after
the pair but | don't believe any HIT
At any rate they both got away
The man with the hat had been /
listening intently to the narrative ana
would frequently nudge closer to the
speaker lie seemed several times on /
the point Of interrupting but con
tanned himself At this point be ex-