Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-12-03

"Thank you, lieutenant, thank you,"
was the hearty response, don't let non
o them Yanks git hold on ye or it's all
day"
"All right, boys, I guess there are not
many in that gang that can trip me up
he replied.
"All right, all right, good-by, and God
bless you"
He waved his hand in adieu and shot
down the road. Whist a Wild ride it was,
Through brush and cedar and swamp and
over hill, and down dale he drove his pant.
ing steed and the farther on he advanc.
ed the louder grew the roar of wars grim
cry. Daylight was coming and his heart
beat high as he strove to reach the front.
To be absent when the grand charge was
made meant disgrace-perhaps death.
And now to his mind came the words of
his chief:
Think what it means to be absent
when your comrades are engaged in bat
tle."
He urged on his weary horse and utter
ed Il pIaye Chat he might be there on
time. For what? Possibly death from a
rebel bullet.
'"e nlns VI Jam o loulIu 'ie lorces
engaged in deadly battle. Breckenridge
made a fierce and desperate assault, hut
it proved ill-judged, and he was hurled
back with fearful loss. In vain the Con
,r"nd 'r,. onS ""u pte'seu VI
L' ~ -" e. e NV "s"',i' oIIS y pe lePu's'u
-. "a : " Nv "'' !" i'"ueS
y, +ha ~, ' ne., u" ''n'iiu'r
;nto ,Lo % l. n"ir'ns "iol an" shri
man Il oou' VI 'ne e"ena' "nie
,;'h. "lu "Innson' SN'hEL.E III from inc
~ ' niuN'I uoMn '!r h"l -ior,'eu repei
- NV plecNnir'us' me p"t'ie
-" ~" i'"li" ,"sS III p"'h Sues ana
a.o"i' u"I surrey 'ne repei ueiehse gave
WY ""u i'm was lUrceu ueh'iu stone
wv. 'n.'nS " LUZ III ,he pat.ie II
naoui'eu "H'rer ruut hhS'iE 10 reh' Rose
,i"nN VI" lepor'eo 'he aesertIoh OF n
oris"ue ,oiilli"huer ana three other DIN
GERS III ,he race OF Dat'ie'
"hut are 'heir names! ten. Rose
c!"hs uenlaiiueu' Win Il vague real tug
sinS at ms heart
ne onncer run over the INST ana con
cluuSu Wi'h: Lieutenant Henry OF the
III ohio.
ror an instant the chiet bowed his
heau.
MY tault' he muttered to himself in
sorrow, and yet | felt in my heart he
Wouiu return IN tlme. Iheh a hard look
swept over ms race and, turning to the
oiicer' ne said sunny: we VIII attend TO
'hat Il niue later, II we llve.
ne turned ms attehtloh then to the bat
'eneiu' "Hh ls huIr!lhS' scurrylhg hOsts
VI plue anu gray. suddenly ms attention
oeC"ihe ii'eteu 10 the leIt OF the llne.
on"rsihs uoWh the slope INTO the very
!1Ms Vi ueulh II seemed was one OF Sher-
.u"h > reginieh'S' evidently bent on sweep
!hS uoWh the repel wall that mad stood
ln'i'ciuie LOT hours. Inc attack was
p."hileu 80 s"uuemlS ana put into eXecu-
n w. ~ sun uispn'cn th"t the febel
shlflhlsh lines Darcy hau time to fail back
oL - en- "p " postum 10 "-'-,'"--- &c
snoeh VIZ 'Ae lusn,hs screaming Eor"c
T1o tPrn 1nen. tmriil ran through the
Nv ""i4io, III 'he mn anu lor an instant
" 'ioseu MS eyes Ahother instant and
II rae mus CONF AS ne opened his
t I "E"iI a Snset Vi VIVA hre shot from
tho an,, ~ 'nen M"s porhe 10 MS ears
hn' ,;n,in Vi 1o!leS al,er Voiley ana
NV thn saw ne un'on ranks th'hhed out
! 49, M ,hal' III advance was
stonnoJ -"' 'n'o" ilne staggered ana
Gn.
rodo , aoTa ne sni'erias' crouchinG front
sohor sS".i,a""ia souns oincer VINO, with MS
wv "lhsih Wildly over his head.