Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-09-27

and made his way up a tree. While
he was yet barking as If TO call our
attention, chipmunk came out of his
hole in the ground and sat on the pile
of fresh earth and whisked his tail and
chartered merrily.
Suddenly a shot rang out from across
the field. An accident, probably, or
perhaps some soldier trying his aim on
smaller game than a man. No one
minded il. l thought | heard the hum
of the ball, but il tight have been the
done of bee. I turned on my back
and was looking at the branches over
head when a second shot made nv
pulses jump. This one was from a
cavalry carbine and was fred by one
of our own men in the gully at the
edge of the field. sprang up to look.
and for a moment the sight dunn
foundePme. just breaking out of the
woods on the far side, where they had
come up and formed so quietly as to
create no alarm, was full brigade of
the enemy. They were marching
straight at MS. 1t was not the begin
ming of battle, but a reconnaissance
IA feeler to find the weak spot in the
line a mile behind us
Pop pop. pop! from the pickets
March! march, march! The fifty men
of us on that front we're too small
game for brigade to oren on.
Captain, they are CON i'.g-a whole
brigade. Don't you hear the fring?"
Thus To the sleeping officer, but he
slept on There was no time to run
and lay hand on his shoulder
Fall in. Forward, marchl Haiti
Fire at will Down on the ground,
boys, and give IL TO EN- hot We've got
to hold EN- for minute. anyhow
One lieutenant on detail-the other
back in camp-the captain asleep be-
hind US. Every instant | expected TO
hear his voice shouting orders as he
passed along the short, weak line be-
hind us, but it did not come.
March! march! march, l thought
of great wave of water sweeping in
land as peered under the smoke and
saw the brigade coming forward at
common time and arms at right
shoulder shift. Here and there one
fell out as our bullets found their bill
cts, but a full battery OF artillery
playing grape and canister on that
moving mass could not have checked
its momentum.
What shall we do, sergeant2 Run
or be gobbledp"
Wy bat shall we do, captain?"
So they asked Of me. and so asked
of the captain, though he was not
there. Now we can make out in
dividual faces Now we can almost
tell the color of the eyes In three
minutes more the wave will sweep
over the ground on which we are
Tying.
Captain! Captain Where's the
captain? We can't fight whole
brigade
zone more volley, men, and then fall
back
The volley was given and we rose up
to make run for It. Too late Every
gun in the front rank OF the brigade
came down from the shoulder and NJ
to the face, and after the crash Of the
musketry there were five Of us left to
take to hight--on, on past the dead
and the sleeping and. close mp 10 the
battle Aae There a division opened
fire. assisted by artillery, and the on
ward movement was checked Ten
minutes Of hard lighting and the
brigade was routed We followed the
broken regiments back and regained
our lost ground There were dead
and wounded here and there, but
looked for the sleeping captain. There
he at the same as when the alarm,
sounded
Captain, Captain Dust. Wake
mp! Don't You know there has been a
fight27
lie did not move shook him
roughly by the shoulder and the body
toppled over 20 the right Capt Dust
was 4ead-dead from the bullet whose
hum had heard and likened it to the