The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-02-03

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rnE HANDSOME AEufLErY OFFICER Dis
MOUNTED ASD WAS GENTLY EXAMIN-
iNG THE DEAD MAN.
tered the hand Of the gunner who still
mechanically served the Won't As they
lifted the dead body down, the order
came % ccaae firing. For Che VOLS
from below had ceased too; the rattling
and grinding WAS raecding with the
smoke further d The leit The omiuoue
centrnlcloud parted farp brief n mnnt
end showed the unexpected sun GLITTER
ing down the slope upon near and
peaceful river
The handsome artillery officer had
diGmauntyd 0nd was Pcutlv cyautining
the Ccel man. Fla breust hnd bccl
crushed Isl q fragment of she'll lie
must have died Instantly Thc same
ni ilp had emit tile chain Of la1llct
which slipped from his opened coat
lhe officer picked itnp with q atrarpe
fccliur perhaps benauc De Ua3 con.
sci9us himself Of wearing a similar one,
pcrlapa because IL might give him come
clcU t1tacmaps Identity u eoDtaiued
1nl8 tac photograph - q pretty girl
tcnlIii 80 fair hair and Che word
sally IN the breast pocket was b
scaled letter with Che Inscriptions For
AIias SALLY n1us, a. Dc delivered IL /
fnll hg DIX hrolIngs hand a faint
smile came over the officers fa lie
was about q hand The article toa SER
geaut mt changed bis mind and put
Thorn Is Ills pocket
Meantime the lane and woods be-
yond. aud even the slope iaelf were
gr1twlng With reserves and waitiug
troop Ilisown battery was still I'M
limbcrel awaiting orders There was
a6ligLt romm0ti0n ~ the lane
Very we'll done captain. Smartly
taken aud calamity held.
II Was the voice 81 general officer
passing with ibis staff There was "a
note of pleasant relief in iti tone and
iha mi5ll-agcl, care-drawn face Of It's
owner was rclaXcd ia patcrnal smile.
TIE young captain flushed with
pleasure
and yon seem q hare had close
work, too, added thc general, point
ing 20 the dead man
The young officer huriicdly cypluinod
The general nodded, salrfcd and
plsscl on Iut a veuihful $50 olrily
fingered
"fhc cd mans fccling good. Court
tame, ''he said We've rolicl 'cm or
all along ihe limo ise ai over now
I'm point 81 fact retk0n yuHe lrcd
the lastrun IN this particular lfatri.
cidul engagement
The last gun CORTLAND remained
silent, looliirg ahstructcdly 10 the frag.
mcnt ID had crushed and broken ~ his
feet
"And shouldn't wonder II You got
5our rold deaf FOR to-day's work.
liut who's your sunny southern friend
icrc9 be added, following Ills com.
panions eyes
CORTLAND repeated Rs story a little
more seriously. which, however failed
10 impr, the young aids lcvity.
$50 hc concluded to stop over" he in
trrrupicd, chccrfully "But" looking
~ tip lrifcr and Photograph. say
look hcrcl sally pows2' Why, there
was another man picked up yesterday
with = letter from the same grill Dee
Murphy has a. And, by JOvc! thc
same picture. too. che Look here,
Courtyl you might get Doe Murphy
letter and hunt hcf up when this cruel
war is over shy you're fulfilling q
sacred trusn scc2 Good idea, Old
mani Ta-ta.r ard he trottcd quickly
fier HE snnarinr
Courtland remained with thc letter
and photograph IN Ills hand, gazing alb
itractedig after him. The smoke had
. rolled qutcoWay from tie Fields on the
I left but stil hung heavily down tho
south on the heels ~ the flying cavalry
a long buglc coll swcllal Up unsteady
/ from below Tho freed sun ehnght clio
white GAGS of two Gcll hospitals IN the
We0As nud glanced TRANQUILITY on the
bread, cypress fringcd, lagy-lowing
and crrcl hut beautiful sauthorn river.
uhich had an unseen crcpt go fmilingiy
That morning through TIE very heart q
/ The battle
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