The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-11
With a Loud Cry Dashed Forward,
Yelling the Chnrge.
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Yelling the Charge.
the example of many others, and trav-
eled.
America. both North and South, had
the greatest fascination for him, and
he happened to be up the country
when II of the so-called revolutions
broke out.
''Tell me about it," l said. as we set
tied down to smoke over the fire after
dinner.
He watched the feathefy blue rings
rise in the air and vanish, placed his
feet on the fender, and looked stead
tasty at the crimson glow.
| fancied from his expression that he
was recalling something unpleasant.
l waited in silence for him to begin.
81 had been travelling, as you know
he said at last, through many of the
South American states. and had Il very
good knowledge of Spanish. | met
with a fair amount of adventure, but
not until | reached one of the small
towns in the interior of Venezuela did
| take up arms. While staying there
l came across some English miners, a
class you find all over the world.
There vas plenty of good sport. and
l got to know some of the most lntlu-
entail inhabitants. They are supposed
to hate the English, which they do col
%lectively, but their appreciation of the
race is shown by their anxiety to get
them to join any one party in a scrlm-
mage with another.
"They know an Englishman can be
relied upon. whereas their own leaders
cannot, though at times they will fight
like demons. The people of the dis
trict were suspected, and rightly, of
organizing a rising against the govern
ment. SO the latter thought it best to
take the job off their hands. and send
q force to Quell the idea. On hearing
this a call to arms was made, and, to
my surprise, a deputation waited upon
me to request me to lend my services
and take a prominent position III the
little army
"That just suited YOU l exclaimed
Yes. The opportunity of getting
some experience of real fighting was
too much for me. and | consented"
st didn't run to uniforms, but 9th
erwise the equipment of our force wa;
good.
Drilling commenced, and in a few
days we were able to move our bod,
of men about in quite a respectabl,
ldSlllOll. llltlllStlitt SpOh tdllc I'D
the invading forces were at hand.
"a river divided them from us, alon:
the banks of which | set IL with
accommodating party. From ohSerN a
ton and intelligence | discovered the,
did not exceed us in numbers, thougl
no doubt they were far more etticien
in the art of var They encamped nea
the river, with the evident intentio,
of bridging and crossing it. There wa
one thing to do, and II only, to N
mind. Attack them! The blow wOul
be so thoroughly unexpected that sue
cess seemed to be certain. | pre-
pounded my views, which were we
received. and | was asked to sarry OF
the attack.
II knew the country fairly well, an
arranged for the greater part of IN
force to cross at Il ford some wa
above, and work round under cover {
the dark.
81 determined to cross with then
having selected a picked body of
hundred strong, and taken a positio
under cover of the river bank.
"At daybreak our enemies would a
tack, when | hoped, With my men.
rush the camp. All went well, as W