Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-07-30
HIS FIRST FIGHT.

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A friend or ,,,iue. n soldier who died
IN Greece Of fovor some wears since do.
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wrote IL down from memory lt was as
follows:
7 Joined nv regiment on Sont. 4. II
voc ov,,,i,,, fo,,,,5 t,o colonel i, t,,o
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uucsoIS leVUer j" Oh'uISo" MS iNoI'ueF
and addressed me courteously.
Tr Ii1 7 was presented 90 my CoD-
tain. who f.E jus. come tn "...r n....-
naitaau.. LlisgaUaiu. NHus.u.gur.lt-
ancc had scarcely time to make. was
n tan. dark man Of harsh. rnraIlirr as
poet Tie had been % private soldier and
had won his cross aud lnuu'.N urul
tho fold Of battle. His voice, which was
In.r#n and r..r'n. c0".....f STRANGELY
With bis gigantic stature. .n.a va.. I'll.
his he owed, as 1 was told. To 90 1uii.e
which had passed completely through
his body at tho battle Of iona.
Oa1u.r.Hre that Lnad tual COME fr.rn
COLLEGE aft rufgfnobIeru. he ronarnnd
with v.r-v frcn. "Tv lieutenant died
last ufrhr."
understood what he implied--"It is
for You TO take his place, and you are
good for nothiup "
y sharp retort was on my tongue, but
l restrained it.
hound
doubt Of Chovouno, which stood two
cannon shots from our oncampmcut
The moon was large and red, az is com
mon at her rising, but that night she
seemed to me of extraordinary size. For
an instant the redoubt stood out coal
black against the glittering disk 1t re-
sembled the cone of volcano at the mo-
ment of eruption.
An old soldier at whose side found
myself observed the color of the moon.
"She is very red, " he said. ''It is u
sign that it will cost us dear to win this
wonderful redoubt.
was always superstitious, and this
piece of augury, coming at that mo-
ment, troubled me. l sought my couch,
but could not sleep. 1 rose and walked
about awhile, watching the long line Of
fires upon the heights beyond the village
of Cheverino.
When the sharp night air had thor
oughly refreshed my blood, / went back
to the fire. l rolled my mantle round
me- and shut my eyes, trusting not to
open them till daybreak But sleep re-
fused to visit me- Insensibly my
thoughts grew doleful. I told myself
that had not a friend among the 100,
900 men who filed that plain. II
were wounded, should be placed in
hospital in the hands Of ignorant and
careless surgeons. l called to mind what
/ had heard Of operations. My heart
beat violently, and mechanically ar
ranged as a kind Of rude cuirass my
handkerchief and pocketbook upon my
breast. Then, overpowered with weari-
ness, my eyes closed drowsily, only to
open the next instant with u start at
SOME new thought of horror.
Fatigue, however, at last gained the
day. When the drums beat at daybreak,
was fast asleep. We were drawn up i'll
ranks The roll was called, then we
stacked our arms, and everything an
nounced that we should pass another
uneventful day.
But about O'Clock an aid-de-camp
arrived with orders. We were COM
manded to take arms.
Our sharpshooters marched into the
plain. We followed slowly, and in 20
minutes we saw the outposts of the
Russians falling back and entering the
redoubt We had a battery Of artillery
on our right, another ON our left but
both some distance in advance Of us.
They opened sharp fire upon the enc
my, who returned it briskly, and the
redoubt OF Cheyerino was soon concedl-