Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-17

the Redan-A NeNs Yorl Newspaper Cor
respondent Ia Battle.
Tie tale was ELECTED Ly euostion Us 10
wAo, lcr Lord Noi.c,,y knew tharlcs Cor
don IN the Crimen and what he thought
of him.
ooh, ycs l knew GorlIn--kncw him
very w,i We wcgc suballcsls together
young follows, just beginnir1 life, fun OF
spirits aud "a. In spite Of 49,. the hard
ships "a road before Us seemed bright, IN.
tcrpinuble--aiways leading upward. Ger.
nd Graham, Gordon and ! were often to-
Fether in the advanced works IN front II
the RedAn. We had already come Ia look
on Graham's courage az something almost
supernatural. You know his hcight--wcll
on TO feet 6 inches, shouG say. Well,
lac used 20 stand upon the Ccuches and
pay 10 moro attention 20 Tic Russian fire
than if Tie bullets had been snoTbails
ana when be Was relieved In the evening
instead Of craWi NJ along the trench I'M
der cover, hr used 10 sep out of IL on Ia
the open ground and make boe line for
his quarters. At fret thc Rus-i-us were
too astonishod 40 Ills piece If check 20
1t was repeated aguiu and again their
sharI shooters grow moro numerous, till at
last % perfect mob OF them used 10 wait
for Graham's appearance, and then lot
fly. But he walked away, with his back
10 them, evening after evening, "a cool
NJ u cucumber and was never touched
Again and again We demonstrated with
him. .old him he had TO business 20 make
cock shy of himself, hut nothing we
could say altered has resolution. He'd he
hung, be said, before he'd take the troU
bic 10 crawl "a quarter Of mile out Of his
way 10 avoid the Russian fire. Let them
shoot ana hc damned 20 thcml'
And you, we asked, iutorrupt.ng the
narrator chow used you 10 20 to your
tent
"Oh," be went on modcstly, with q
CLEAN Of humor in his eyes, Il cr.Nlcd
along the trench in the mud and slush till
l was well beyond guushotl | suppose
my disposition was calculating and ambi-
tious. l did not see what could be taken
by getting II bullet in the back for no
reason. -
"And Gordon?" again we interrupted.
That the curious part Of i, was the
reply. zone evening Charley Gordon
would link arms with Graham and walk
away IA if u hailstorm of bullets had no
power 10 hurt him and the very next even
ing would crawl along the trench after
iuo o il hc would like 10 hide in the
s.u~H
Th. second Story is concerned with the
".t.n who VIII probably bc found TO have
"la .,5.e.uy reputation, though not ex-
Arilv t... fame OF the heroic defender of
hAu. 90.
" },.-e oie. -ron3cnts" exclaimed Lord
We ,1lc Of them are desperately
BRAVE. while others are anything but he
ror~. The ma ority, think, do their duty
well. even when II leads them into tight
places. Ky the way, talking of tight
places and war correspondents, | rcmem-
her an incident that may interest you. 1t
was at the beginning of the Ashanti cam
pGi-u, jU~t after uur landing. 4 square
built !iUle man came up TO me and said,
speaking slowly and with an unmistakable
American accent:
" General allow me to Introduce my
self ! am the correspondent of the New
York Herald +
" Too busy To attend 10 him, l cut him
short wi,h. What can do for you. srf'
g. lie replied imperturhably, with the
same exasperating slowncss, We'll, gen
..
there i, any fghtin TO be sccn.'
q" Captain So-aud- 50 has charge Of AL
the arrangements concerning corresponds
entS, l rcJoincd CURLY. You had better
sec him. And with this turned on my
heel and went about my business.
j saw 10 more Of my correspondent
with the ag2ravating GOODNESS and slow
ness Of speech for many day. | did not
even know whether he was accompanying
,he column or not
Personally speaking, | was only in
danger once during the whole expedition.
1t was shortly before We entered kunaSsi.
l had pressed forward with the advanced
troops, hoping 10 break the last effort at
resistance and have done with the affair,
when tho cncmy, utilizing the heavy GOV
erI, came down ana fairly surrounded US
For "a iew minutes the position was crit
ical and every man had 10 fight, for the
enemy fire was poured in al CLOSE quar-
tiers. They pressed upon Us from all sides,
lodging from tree To tree and continually
cdging closer, hoping 10 get hand 10 hand.
IN the hottest of il my attention was
caught by IMAM in civilian : clothes, who
was some II or 20 yards in front of me,
and who was completely surrounded by Il
advancing savages. He seemed To pay liz
heed TO the danger he WAS In, but knceling
on one knee took aim and fired again and
again, and | seemed to see that every time
he fired black man fell. 1 was fascinated
by his danger and GOODNESS. As our main
body came up and the savages were driven
back, Went forward 60 see that no harm
came 10 my civilian friend, who rose just
rs | reached him. To my astonishment it
was the correspondent of the New York
Herald, and he began again, in the same
slow, calm way:
" Well, gcueral'-
"Again l interrupted him: You ere
lucky to escape. Didn't you see that you
were surroundcdY
Well, general he began again, i
guess l was too much occupied by the mig
gers in front to pay much attention to
those behind
THAT was evidently the simple truth.
Whatever men may say in the future about
Henry NJ. Stanley, no ono that has seen
him in danger will deny that his courage
Is of the first quality. i took "a liking to
him on the spot, and we became great
friends. Nor has anything occurred since
D. u1tpr nv pn,pknn ~ him, i