The Red Cloud chief., 1895-04-05

bling a horseshoe. Their position was
on the left side Of the shoe and com.
manded a view up the Chattanooga road,
which ran directly north from where
they were. There n short distance east
Of the road and overlapping the Union
left the lifting mist revealed a limo of
Confederate gray. As Maynard spoke,
with a shout they rushed forward and
took possession Of the prize they had
been trying TO grasp for two days. They
werc between the Union army and Chat.
tanooga.
Leaving Jakey where they were and
i~nstructirg him To stay there till no
should return, Maynard went down to
take n hand in the fight. He found q
dead soldier, whose muskct and car.
fridge box he seized, and pushing on to
the line Of firing took position with an
infantry regiment. The enemy, unsup.
ported, were driven from the Chattanoo.
ga road to a ridge near by, whore they
halted and gave their pursucrs "a dcsper-
ate fight. Then the regiment to which
Maynard had allied himself was order.
cd to another part Of the field. and he
went with ,hcm. Passing through "a
thick fir1,r ballots, which were mingled
with the larger missiles Of cannon, he
encountered u sight that has seldom
been seen on the ti..d Of battle. Crouch.
ing under "a log wa u little girl about S
years old, VINO, having got caught in
among the disputants, was right in the
midst Of "a battlefield. Maynard never
forgot the contrast between the terrified
child and the unmerciful scenes sur.
rounding her. Being u volunteer, he
was under no mans orders except rs he
chose to obey them. Falling out Of the
ranks, he went to tho child, took her up
in his arms, and while bullets pinged
about them and shells scrceched above
them carried her to the rear, to where
he had left Jakey.
Here, Jakcy. he said, setting her
down by tho boy, ''it's time you have IA
sweetheart, SO I've brought you one.
She comes to you from the field Of bat.
tie and probably won't stand any non.
sense. Soyou :sust treat her with proper
Difference"
"Golly!' exclaimed the boy, squar.
ing himself before the weeping girl,
with his hands in his pockets.
Take her to that house down there
and wait till i come-that is. if / ever
come, and If l don't tell my wife to
look out for this little one, and if neces.
sary provide for her. l must go. There
Is hard fighting at tho front"
Jakoy took the little girl by the hand
mud LODI hnr x.n xrht1a At,yrnel ,,a,,t
over to the south slope Of the ridge to
sec what was going on mt the right.
Standing OH an cmincnce, he looked
down on the contcnding lines toward
the south.
The sun was o standing midway
between the horizon and the meridian.
The day had thus far gone without any
especial advantage on either side. Find
Ing the left strong, the Confederate com.
mander was massing troops on the right
OF the line Of blue. Maynard could see
them marching into position for a ri
gantic effort.
There was q lmOmentarv lull in the
firing on the right, and Maynard though,
that from II distance he caught the
faintest sound Of achurch bell. 1t might
have been fancy, for congregations would
not be likely TO meet near a battlefield,
and the continued roar in the center and
left would likely have prevented "a bel,
being heard. At any rate, it suddenly
occurred to HilD that il was SUNDAY
morning.
Sunday morning! What a contrast
hpfNyl1n that mud nthnr S,,l,, ,,,,,,
irgs he had passed. 1t was near II
O'Clock, the hour when people were o..
sembling for worship, and he pictured
the neatly dressed throngs moving to
church while bells were ringing in the
beltries. All over the broad land con,
~gregations We're assembling, uumindful
Of the struggle that was going on q,
Chickamauga.
The enemy Were moving to the attack.
As Maynard glanced toward the Union
line to see II il was in condition he saw
a division face to the left and begin q
march i'll rear Of another division, lcay,
ing its place in the line u defenseless,
yawning gap.
Great heavens! Some one has blum
dered."
Halt! Go backl Great God, wha,
are you doing?"
Who could hear him at such a distance
Who would obey him if heard? Oh, tn,
agony Of a sight like that! To see mel
marching not only to their own destruc
ton, but the destruction of their com
rades. doubtless of the whole army, anC
without the power to prevent them, Oh
for q battery with which to fire smok,
over that deathtrap-to conceal it! Oh
Tor q cyclone to blow dust in the eyes o
those Confederates! God grant that tn
stupidity which prevails in war ma,
seize those southern generals now; tina
they may not reap this offered advan
tage. May they be blinded! God, this /
terriblei
"There! They see it. They are pre-
pairing TO march through it. There the
60. Hear those c~heers-that rebel yell
They're near it. They're in it. Our me,
are breaking on tho right Of the gar
There goes a regiment, "a whole brigad