New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-02-28

! Ills men surged past MN Tor lew
yards, but were then repulsed and driv-
en- back pellmell. In the confusion and
darkness they missed him, and he was
left lying, with his left knee mangled,
to bleed to death or to get a speedier
auietus from one of the many bullets
| that were whistling after the retreating
blueja
It is astonishing that he escaped being
hit a second time, for not only were the
Cinnamon firing with. rifles from the fort,
but the men In the boats Wereuslng their
machine guns. In five minutes. though,
! the worst Of the storm had passed away,
and with the lull Captain Bellamy saw
a dark figure slowly drawing near him
from the u.gght. He fully expected to
find that his visitor was one OF the enc
my armed with a mission to put an end
to him, or perhaps drag him into the
fort, where death might be administered
a little at a time, and though brave
man he was much relieved when he was
able to distinguish that the newcomer
was one of his own people.
Beg pardon, sir, hoped it was you, 2
whispered a voice, which the captain at
once recognized at that of his coxswain.
'Hoped?' growled the captain. What
do you mean by hoping, you scoundrel!
! Here l am with my knee smashed, bleed
ing to death!'
''Sad news for Miss Violet 9 muttered
| Larch.
:Confound Miss Violet and you tool
Bear a hand here and pull me out of this
| if you can. The beggars will be blazing
away again in a minute. .
$ Mustn't move you, sir, till I've tied up
your leg" said Larch, who had already
taken off his handkerchief and was sat.
isfying himself as to the position of the
wound and the quantity Of blood that
was being lost. Its that big artery on
/; the inside Of your leg, sir, that's got to
be attended to. If you won't mind my
using my 'baccy box and my handker.
chief SO now, I'll twist it close"
Hang it! You're twisting my leg of, :
cried the captain.
Never mind, sir" said Larch. GIVE
stopped the
At that moment the Chinese in the for
opened fire again.
t'What the dickens is the matter will
you, Larch?" demanded the captain.
] For an instant the coxswain, who ha6
drawn back with q shudder, was silent
When he spoke, it was with an altered
voice. They've hit me, sir, / think, hi
said.
''Then run, man, and take shelter,
urged the captain. "I'm all safe now fol
an hour or two, if they don't come out K
look for me-
There's wall a little to the right
sir, /" said the coxswain, who paid no at
tention to his chiefs orders, ..and thinl
I can get You behind it if you can drag
yourself on to my back as crawl. Only
don't disturb the bandage, sir. =
Captain Bellamy, with great effort
managed by degrees to work himself on
! to the mans back and to clasp Larcl
] round the neck. 81 hope, Larch, that
you're not risking too much, hut if We
] get through this therell be q Victoria
cross for you as certainly as there'll be .
wooden leg for me. .
l ttBeg pardon, SIR muttered Larch
who was now crawling slowly with his
/ burden toward the wall, but I dom
want any Victoria cross. Would they
promote me, do you think, :sirss''
81 don't doubt it, Larch. You'll gel
! your warrant. J"
The coxswain stopped suddenly.
What's the matter7' cried the captain
Larch resumed his laborious crawl.
81 was only thinking, !" Unexplained.
won't you be wiser to defer your
thinking until we are under the lee Of
that WALTZ" growled the captain. Ell
those fellows fire any more, we're done
for"
The coxswain made no reply, but
dragged himself on, yard by yard, until
at length he gently deposited his load be
hind the thick stone shelter. As he made
q motion as if to return whence he had
come the captain cried: Is tay in here
4 You idiot. Where the dickens are you
/ going?''
Larch sank down by the captain side
tsBeg pardon, sir 2 he said after pause
s.but may ! speak my mind out to yol1
! just for this once as between man and
man.
8 Certainly you may, = replied the cap
tain, somewhat astonished at the qnes.
. ton.
I Having got permission. Larch neither
/ hesitated nor attempted to restrain him.
/ self. His confession came with a rush.
I've been a fool, . he said 81 knew ii
| all along, only I wouldn't see it. I've
had mad dreams of promotion not to q
warrant only huf To q cnI,,,,oi;Ssii ~, s5T,r,c