Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-02-04

ever hoon.
She oams 10 him one day weeping
and IA great distress and told him that
her lover bad been ordered to Africa /
with his regiment War wes looming on |
che horizon. and the work there would
be desperate.
~ know how brave be y, she sob
bed. land I rnow that he win 50 there
With no arm save bis oVn 50 stand ha-
tween him and death. think would
give chs world 20 know that thors was
sos cns Nith him no wcait watch
oves hiai saa bring hisn back 20 me as
laat
The words were uarelesaly Spoken
said ouiy ia The agoiy of the moment
But her head wns q the p5or. foolish
foilow' breast. her hands were touohing
hts. nnd the words spoke % him trum-
pei eonened. even 81 3 command.
Eio had no lbossht 81 his simple
heart but that he naiql4 o of service 70
her and might help flis man whom abe
loved. The next CIV William Tucker,
sSsQ., ieft tho r0t wherein men had
laughed 1T him. And Private William
Tucker entered on regiment which had
besn ordered % no front. and Of which
Lieutenant Chasles Lacey was one Of
the officers.
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IN thc coursa of time Private William
Tucker became merged as mere unit
81 the regiment to which he belonged.
ftll.a certain Intent purpose in his
mind, was eiad 20 lose sight Of tho
world he had left 6ebtnd and to take his
place as one Of the rank and Gle. The
latent purpose was never known--at
least until the end-y but Il heca1aen q ira
dition among tho rpugh men with
whom be served that wherever tho 1.-the
and active form of flieutonnnt Charles
Lacey was seen IN che fight, there. close
beside him, was ona grim faced Tommy
Atkins nghting withaa feEooness un-
known IN tho character 0f the William
Tucker. ESQ. who had disappeared.
As a matter Of fact, Lacey kuow
nothing about who the man was or
whence he came he had met him but
seldom IN those old dayn, and The fact
Of Private William Tucker was scarcely
one 10 be remembered.
There came day when Lacey, with
q mere handful Of men, was sent on a
forced march, in an endeavor 70 Join
forces with another camp. But the
march was not a success, and they pres
emily found that they were cnt OF, in
the midst Of the hills, with tho day fast
sloaing in. ard the hostile, yelling war
riors all round them. They closed up
silently with dim feoling upon them
that there was but small hope, and
fought there STEADILY and doggedly,
while the Light failed.
It was d certainty from the first Of
their being absolutely outnumbered,
and they fell one after another, with
those horrible black faces swarming
round them-with fendish warcries in
their ears, and with only the determi-
nation In their hearts to fight TO the last
for the honor Of The Gag they served.
There was one gallant young figure
standing there and cheering on his men
and oyerawing FOR 8 moment even those
who awarmed about them. A spear
thrust had rsnched him at last and he
staggered backward, with a score Of
weapons leveled at him. But there wal
another who sprang IL there before him,
with dubbed ride swung madly round
his hoad--one who knew only that the
man he had sworn Ia his heart to serve
was lying there beneath him; one who
saw only a womnn'e face IN faroff Eng
land, As il had lain last on his breast
one who krew that they should moi
reach the figure az while he had
the power to stand and 20 fight.
Ha
II have como back to you. my dnr.
ling, p Charles Lacey WAS saying. 'Wher
we were cut OH there, with a mer'
handful a. mon, Iiittie thought should
ever sec your face again I--og all thosl
who were with me4-aione escaped, al
though my wound took q long time 4
heal .
''Bnt how did you escapof'i shf asked
breathleesly, while ahe clung 70 him.
HThero was = soldier there's brav,
fellow who, for some unknown reason
had stuck to me- through al the cam
Daiela. <.hsy found him lying acrosa mo
with q broken rife in his baud. and the'
told me that his wounds were frightfu
-enoueh to have killed bali q dozel
man. only found ont aftnrward VIII
ho was. They called him Private vii
liam Tucker.
He wondered why she wore q blaol
drsas chat night 80 dinner. When b
asked her. she said, with tho tears shin
ing in her eyes. that II was Tor the SAX
Of the dead soldier who had sent hin
back % hor. illustrated Bits.
An amusing scene was Witnessed b
many rodesirians ore day n the corne
of Thiriy.ieyenth street end Broadway
a fence, about 30 feet highs coFefe
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