The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-23
WOLSELEY STORIES.
THE GREAT ENGLISH COMMANDER
TELLS TWO GOOD ONES.

the Redan-A New York Newspaper Cor
respondent In Battle.
The tale was ELECTED by question rs L
whether Lord Wolseley knew Charles Cor
don in the Crimea and what ho thought
of him.
"Oh, yes; knew Gordon-knew hin
very WE'LL We were subaltorns together
young fellows, just beginning life full OF
spirits and 90. In spite of all the hard
ships the road before Us seemed bright, in
terminable-always leading upward Ger
aid Graham, Gordon and l were often to-
gether in the advanced works in front OF
the Redan. We had already come to look
on Graham's courage as something almost
supernatural. You know his height-woll
on 20 feet inches l should say. Well,
he used to stand upon the trenches and
pay no more attention TO the Russian fire
than if the bullets had been snowballs,
and when he was relieved in the evening
instead of crawling along the trench I'M
der cover, he used 10 step out of il on to
the open ground and make bee line for
his quarters. At first the Russians were
too astonished at this piece of cheek 70
take any steps 10 put an end To II, but AS
it was repeated again and again their
sharpshOoters grew moro numerous till at
last perfect mob of them used 10 wait
for Graham's appearance, and then let
fly. But he walked away. with his back
10 them, evening after evening, as cool
rs cucumber, and was never touched.
Again and again we demonstrated with
him, told him he had no business to make
cock shy of himself, but nothing we
could say altered his resolution. He'd be
hung, he said, before he'd take the trou-
BILE to crawl quarter of a mile out of his
way TO avoid the Russian fire! Let them
shoot and be damned TO them!"
"And you, we asked, interrupting the
narrator, chow used you to go to your
tent?"
"Oh," he went on modestly, with a
CLEAN of humOr in his eyes, Il crawled
along the trench in the mud and slush till
l was well beyond gunshot! l suppose
my disposition was calculating and ambi-
tious. did not see what could be taken
by getting "a bullet in the back for no
reason"
"And Gordon?" again we interrupted.
That's the curious part of it." was the
reply. lone evening Charley Gordon
would link arms with Graham and walk
away as if haistorm of bullets had no
power TO hurt him, and the very next even
ing he would crawl along the trench after
me as if he would like to hide in the
slush. "
The second story is concerned with the
man who will probably be found to have
won enduring reputation, though not ex-
actly the fame of the heroic defender of
Khartum.
War correspondents! exclaimed Lord
Wolseley. Some of them are desperately
brave while Others are anything but he
roes. The majority l think, do their duty
well, even when 1t leads them into tight
places. BY the way, talking of tight
places and war correspondents, remem-
Der an incident that may interest you. 1t
was at the beginning of the Ashanti cam
paign, just after our landing. A square
built little 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. T.
Too busy to attend to him, 1 cut him
short with, What can do for you, sirY'
He replied imperturbably, with the
anne exasperating slowncss, We'll, gen.
raj, want TO be as near you as / can if
here is any fightin to be seen.
Captain So-and-sO has charge of all
he arrangements concerning correspond
nts, | rejoined CURLY. You had better
ee him. And with this / turned on my
leel and went about my business.
Il saw no more Of my correspondent
With the aggrayating GOODNESS and slow
less OF speech for many "a day. did not |
ven know whether he was accompanying
he column not.
Personally speaking l was only i'm
anger once during the whole expedition !
was shortly before we entered Kumassi |
had pressed forward with the advanced |
roops, hoping TO break the last effort at
eSistance ard have done with the affair,
'hen the enemy, utilizing the heavy COW !
ri, came down and fairly surrounded Us.
or few minutes tho position was crit |
'al and every man had To fight. for the
hehy lire was poured in at close quar-
RS they pressed upon us from all sides, !
odging from tree to tree and continually |
dging closer, hoping 10 get hand to hand. |
u the hottest Of it my attention was
lught bya man in civilians clothes. who !
vas some 10 or 20 yards in front of me, |
nd who was completely surrounded by tho |
dyancing savages He seemed to pay no |
eed to the danger he was in, but kneeling |
a one knee took aim and fired again and |
gain, ana seemed TO see that every time |
. fired black man fell. was fascinated |
his danger and GOODNESS. As our main |
Ddy came up and the savages were driven |
ick, L went forward TO SEQ that no harm |
lne TO my civilian friend, who roso lust
! l reached him. To my astonishment it |
as the correspondent of the New York
erald, and he began again, in the Same
Ow, calm way:
Well, general
Again 1 interrupted him: you are
lcky TO escape. Didn't you sec that YOU !
ere surroundedg
Well, general, he began again, L !
lcss | was too much occupied by the mig
irs In front to pay much attention To
lose behind
That was evidently the simple truth.
hateyer mon may say in the future about
enry NJ. Stanley, no one that has seen
Inn In danger will deny that his courage
OF the first quality. i took "a liking to
Inn on the spot, and we became great
lends. Nor has anything occurred since
alter my opinion of him. London
aturday Review
As He Read IL.