The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-02

heard from his father a thousand times
tho whole scene reclted. accompanied
Us over the Geld. There stood the old
Hougomont Chateau, the walls dented,
and scratched. and broken. and shat
tered by grape-shot and cannon-ball.
There Is the well in which three hun
dred dying and dead were pitched.
There is the chapel with the head OF
the infant Christ shot of. There arc
tho gates at which. for many hours.
English and French armies wrostled.
Yonder were the one hundred and six
~ guns Of the English. and the two
hundred and Atty guns OF the French.
Yonder the Hanoyerlan Hussars FED
for the woods. Yonder was the ravine
Of Chain. where the French cavalry.
not knowing there was q hollow
In the ground. rolled over and down.
troop after troop. tumbllng into one
awful mass OF suffering. hoof OF kick
ing horses against brow and breast OF
captains and colonies and private SOL
dlers. the human and the beastly groan
kept up until. the day after. all was
shoveled under because Of the malodor
arising In that hot month Of June.
There" said our guide. the High
land regiments lay down on their faces
waiting for the moment 10 spring upon
the foe. In tina, orchard twenty-five
hundred men were cut TO pieces Here
stood Wellington with white lips. and
up that knoll rode Marshal Ney on his
sixth horse. Eve having been shot un-
der him. Here the ranks OF the French
broke. and Marshal Ney. with his boot
slashed Of a sword. and his hat on, and
his face covered with powder and
blood, tried to rally his troops as he
cried: Come and see how a marshal
OF France dies on the battlefield
From yonder direction Grouchy was
expected for the French REINFORCE
ment. but he came not. Around those
woods Butcher was looked for 10 re-
enforce the English. and Just In time
he came up. Yonder Is the field where
Napoleon gtood. his arm through the
relns OF horses bride, dazed and In
sane. trying TO 80 back" Scene from
battle that went on from twenty-five
minutes 10 twelve o'clock. on the
eighteenth Of June. until four o'clock.
when the English seemed defeated.
and their commander cried out: Boys.
can you think OF giving way1 Remem-
Der old Engiandr' and the tide turned.
and al eight o'clock In the evening the
man Of destiny. who was called by his
troops OLD Two Hundred thousand.
turned away with broken heart, and
the fate OF centuries was decided.
No wonder a great mound has been
reared there. hundreds Of feet high
a mound at the expense OF millions Of
dollars and many years In rising. and
on the top Is the great Belgian lion Of
bronze. and a grand old lion II Ia.
But our great Waterloo was in Pales-
tine. There came a day when all hell
rode up. led by Apollyon. and the
Captain OF our salvation confronted
them alone. The Rider on the white
horse OF the Apocalypse going out
against the black horse cavalry Of
death, and the battallons OF the de-
moniae. and the myrmidons OF dark.
ness. From twelve O'Clock at noon q
three o'clock In the afternoon The
greatest battle Of the universe went on
Eternal dostinies were being decided
All the arrows Of hell pierced oui
Chleftain. and the bAttle-axes strucl
him. until brow and cheek and shout
der and hand and foot were incarna
dlned with oozing life; but he Tough
on until he gave a inal stroke and tn
commander-in-chiei Of hell and all hi
forces fell back In everlasting ruin
and the victory Is ours And on TN
mound that celebrates the triumph vi
plant this day two figures. not Il
bronze or iron or sculptured marble
but two figures Of living light. the lloI
Of Judah's tribe and the Lamb tina
was slain.