Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-08-10

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.~s s,s -, =, tho rad Hood is
NM, - t,rtv thousand strong. What
shall We ta~ cried Mai Uphsm. 10?
Hold the fort and keep Hood back!
said / And those We're the words
;hs, went round the world and gave
me 81 much fame Nobody knew the
real reason that hal changed me in a
minute and made me - brave; for it
was = bold thing to 90 The ford was
: Quarter u 4 mile long and rather
shallow, and we had nothing but q
belt II woods to shield Us The fortu-
us;e feature was that Hoods srtillery
horses gave VA from long marching.
and he could not bring M his caunon
promptly, OF he might have shelled rs
out When his advance guard came in
sight we had our light bSttevy in po-
si,!cu 70 sweep the river, and had ;
so>i sheltered place for every msn
with plenty Of ammunition at his side
L ws>toward the close Of the = and
We were armed with repeating rifles
My SIX hundred men made As much
noise as five Thousand ordinary troops
would 90, and that he.Ned greatly
Across the river was high noun
tain Its shadow ave The ford a name,
for uP stream and down stream the
water lay hrich, ami shining in the
sun. while here it ran swift, and black,
The advance guard plunged in. three
thousand Of them and tried to force =
passage. We moved them down in
terrible numbers -hen ;heH detailed
>a~arPshooters TO climb the trees and
the mountain and t-y To dlslodEe rs
but we were too we. protected, Next
iaeY sent tnelr cavalry upstream VINO
swan the stream L charged US TWO
thousand I'VE hundred strong We aIn
pushed them with our battery ana
Grove them back w.t7 'eaFLn. loss Ny
Moo" was up no" an" was every
NHeFe up stream an" Gown stream
>en.'.hI QUIZ scouts at" ~>A''In'>'eI>
III" "''et''4- 'he .'7 ~. our U''p> ~
u Vo"nN> / got e~''T' D" ."0 '"'.n
men 11a'i' e-' 1' % 80"
A'9N. one ott.>N next morning
lioe~ t'' MS ar'li.elf Up an" sHeI1eu
JIG >et we oe"s A"'e III HHu!
faces ~es'Fu!eu '-e baggage WAGONS
ana most OF I'll horses ana A'--eu
many o1 our men hlt we s'ucN -
Tue position ana s''- We're au'e 10
sweep me river Win '"' ou''e'>
At nlne oeIoea the enemy sudden
II disappeared, 2 we FOUND theE mad
made a Ponto3n bridge eight miles be-
10" . crossed lAey "ouIa have
animated rs mao me! turned uAcN.
Tor we were too worn ana aemora!lZed
TO escape out instead they swept on
|uth' too late 70 90 US any Marin
there We had Delayed them untI the
Intended raid was a failure
And That's the secret behind my
great reputation, Ben. 1t was not so
uucl tina; was res0lu,e and fearless,
a. that tried 20 please the woman
who looked 30 ike mother.
And it goes back Of that even, to
the time when 7 ran away from home
with Joe Cory and even Hod Durkee-
the morning mother told me TO saw up
the maple boughs and said: I won't
the first and last time l ever spoke
- 70 her in my life. did not 20 to
school at all Had a streak OF sin that
DAY. and i a.. came Of Hold Durkee,
who hsa been urging NE to run of to
sea Ba. when Joe and Hod and
turned on top Of the Mill and took our
.as' view Of the church spire. and the
shops the cemetery where father lay,
and the shining creek beyond, and
"Aeh O SAD after we had gone on a
h.f wen never see that sight any
more. ana u OF mother alono
On 'he place WIN the cows to tend n
me WOOD - cut and the calves to feed
aLN'hf Iantrrn 70 MI and the butter to
maze. al alone with her own hands,
SAID ) II gong back. and never
running III. ! hhe.' n put
N' -ace ~ "eI zap. never forgot the
-r an a"s gave me ana never
'ef'e- "2A lNe goou resolutions
"4a's 'hyh-not 50 iong as n ilVed;
nT'e'' '"' we ourled her IN the ola
e~"-'cN'a'"r "l'h a puhcn OF daisies IN
ArI poor nahds' JUST IKE 'hese'
and It goes hack of that even, to
the time when J was a little fellow and
'As ia'he' 'o.G me 70 90 all could Tor
my mother always because she was
ule incest ana the best 80 held 1t
fght 10 10 al couid for nat poor