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He let his gun fall to the ground,
stopped down and took the little girl
in his arms. The action could be plain
ly seen by both armies Suddenly, as IL
by q preconcerted order, the artillery
and small arms on either side ceased
firing.
The roar of the battle field was re-
placed by silence that would have
been complete had Ii not been for the
groans of wounded men, and ! knew
that thousands of eyes were strained
upon the soldier and the child.I looked
at the man next to me. He seemed OBJ
livious of the conflict. ! looked at our
colonel, but he had forgotten the COM
mand to fire
The soldier bent his head and kissed
the child, and then lifted her high ovei
his shoulder and handed her to the
man behind him. Then we could see
her passed rapidly from rank to rank
until in q few moments the frightened
face and yellow hair had disappeared
toward the wood, and she was in safe
ty.
The soldier seized his gun, uttered
the rebel yell, and came on again with
line after line charging behind him.
our colonel shouted fret" and the vol
ley blazed from our rifles. At the same
moment a hundred cannon from the
/ summit of the hill poured q torrent of
lead and iron upon the charging bat
talions and the batteries of the enemy
replied. The earth shook as if in the
throes of an earthquake. My ears We're
deafened by the uDroar, and thick
clouds of floating smoke hid the dark
soldier and his companions.
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crate troops debouche from some woods
about mile distant. We watched them
for little while, and then,as | had had
some experience in scouting, the colonel
sent me forward to Join our skirmishers
and bring a report to him. | advanced
among the rocks and bushes, until
within a few hundred yards of the
enemy. | stopped down behind a large
rock and watched their movements
Within the edge of the woods | could
see the house at which / had stopped
during the previous night, and l Won
dered if it's inmates had taken me at
my word. and had gone.
While | was watching, a shell flew
over my head, struck the ground near
Directly came another, and it alighted
among them, causing great confusion.
one man was killed, as l could plainly
see, and several others We're wounded.
They withdrew in haste and much dis
order. Some of them came back. l sup
posed they We're trying to recover the
body of the dead man, but wondered
why they should take so great risk
for so slight an object, slight, at least in
war and upon the eve of great battle.
They We're a shining mark for our bat
teries, and again the shells came fly
ing toward them, tearing up the earth
around them and covering them with
| dirt.
They retreated, but in few minutes
returned again to be driven back as be-
| fore by the shells. l could not under
stand such obstinacy, but, as l haG
| more serious work to do than to dis
| cover the cause. I continued my re-
| connoissance, and moved off to the
right. The confederate troops remain
ed stationary at the edge of the woods
and | had plenty of time for my duties
| About an hour later | started
back to my regiment On the way
met another of our skirmishers, anC
told him about the little episode o
the Confederate troops and the shells
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and at the same time a desire to save
her. | wondered what the Confederate
would do when he reached her, for
had come to the conclusion that he
would not fall unless | shot him. WOulo
he rush on over her? Would he tram
pie her into the dirt, or merely thrust
her aside?
The child may have cried out with
fear, but ] could not hear her. for the
roar Of the battle filled my ears, and /
was watching the Withholding Confed-
crate. A light wind blew the smoke
at that point aside, and / could see dis
tinctly. She turned her face toward
the Confederate, and a beam of sun
light fell upon her hair | glanced up
and down our ranks. | could see, by
the look of apprehension on the faces
of our men, that all had noticed her
and the muzzles of many guns had
fallen, as mine had
The dark Confederate was almost up
on the little one, Evidently he had not
perceived her for the ardor of battle
shone undiminished upon his face and
again he waved his gun over his head
thing which soldiers never do in 8
charge, unless they are much excited
Another step would bring him TO her
| and at this moment think that for the
first time he perceived the frightened
face and the yellow hair.
The soldier dropped his gun by his
side. The fierceness went out of his
countenance, and he stopped. Th'
whole line stopped with him, and those
behind coming upon the wall of theil
comrades We're brought also to a halt
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the swamps of the Chickahominy' II
he were not shot down on the way TINS
man would charge directly upon me.
thought, and perhaps | would die pS
his hand.
We were ordered to reserve our hre
for closer quarters. ] had become las
cinated by the appearance OF the CON
federate who was coming I'm my direc-
tion, and though little of the puliets
that fell around me. l was Watching
that soldier. When the command TO
fire should be given, l determined TO
discharge my gun at him. If ne ever
reached us, l felt sure that he would
kill me. wondered If he would be shot
down by the artillery before our turn
to fire came. Twice l lost sight of him.
and thought that he was down, put
each time it was merely some smoke
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PART II.

IT can explain that" he replied, "A
curious thing happened over there. We
captured some prisoners a short while
ago, and one of them told us about it
A man with his wife and child lived in
that house in the edge of the clearing.
The man persisted in remaining until
the last moment, although he saw our
troops massed on the hill. He did not
get out until the Confederates them
selves came, and even then they had to
hurry him away. At that time the
shells struck, and in the confusion the
child disappeared. The troops, instead
of coming back after the body of the
dead man, came for her, but they did
not find her."
| went on and delivered my report to
the colonel, but l thought much, on the
way, of the child. What would become
of her? Doubtless she would be found
after the battle. ridden over by the
cavalry, or torn to pieces by cannon
shot.
Heavier masses of the enemy now is
sued from the woods, and it was evil
dent that the battle was at hand. For
some time there had been a lively fir
ing, but this was to be the great trial
of strength. The Confederates formed
batteries in the woods behind their in
fantry, and replied to our fire. A can
non ball struck in the earth about ten
feet from me. Another went over my
head and killed a man in the rear rank.
A mimic ball broke the colonels sword
sheath 1t was getting very uncom-
Portable. | was willing 10 fight, but l
did not like waiting, and anXiously
watched the dense columns OF the en-
emy who We're moving toward the hill.
They came on steadily and at a trot.
All our batteries We're turned upon
them, and the men We're loading and
| firing as fast as they could. hole
| platoons of the advancing enemy We're
| swept away, but the others never paus-
| ed nor hesitated. AS | stood with my
| gun in my hands, my admiration for
| their courage was unlimited. Many of
| them We're in their shirt sleeves, as
| have often seen the Georgians and Mis-
sssippans fight, but they came on a
run over the broken ground, and seemed
| to fear the rain of shot and shell nc
more than "a boy would a SNOWFALL
Even in moments of greatest danger
and excitement. the mind often invol-
| unfairly dwels upon tritles, and | re-
member smiling at the queer appear
ance their heads made, bobbing up and
down, as they came over the unever
| ground.
Then | fell to watching individual
soldiers, for they We're near enough fol
us to discern their features, whenever
the clouds of smoke blew aside. / was
particularly attracted by one who was
coming straight toward me- The fierce
ness of his appearance indicated the
soldier who loved fighting for fighting.
sake. He wore neither coat not waist
coat, and his long, black hair fell par
TALLY over his half wilo ia &c. He waved
his gun above his head, and Joined il
the rebel yell which l heard before il
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DESERVES ENCOURAGEME
IN the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Speaker Boyer deserves encouragement
in carrying out his purpose to have the
floor of the house at Harrisburg this win
ter cleared of visitors lobbyists and other
persons who have no business there other
than that of curiosity or buttonholng
members for their votes. The house has
too often lost all semblance of dignity
in the profniscuous crowd of sight-seers
and politicians who have been permitted
to enjoy the privileges of the floor in the
midst of a session. and the speaker is de-
terinined. so far as he has the power 10
put an end to the abuse. There are few
legislatures, even in the west which have
been 500 good-natured and easy going in
these things as the legislature at Har-
rsburg has long been. The business of
law-making for great commonwealth is
too important to be conducted amidst the
rabble that heretofore has had access to
the floor and the members should in self
respect strengthen the hands of the speak
er in his new departure.
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that had concealed him, and, when 1t
drifted aside, he was still rushing on at
the head of the enemy. Once he stumb-
led and fell upon his knees, and l was
sure that he was shot, but he had
slipped on a stone or something eiSe
and in a moment recovered himSelt,
and came on again. Balls grape shOt
and shells tore the ranks around him,
but he was untouched and came
straight as the fight of a hawk to-
ward me.
| felt sure that | would have to shoot
that man, or he would have my own
life. and l deliberated whether to aim
at his head or his heart At length |
decided upon the head. A curl OF his
black hair fell down upon the left side
of his forehead, and, l would shoot
straight between the end OF that curl
and into his head. l wondered if my
nerves would remain steady, and !
could hit SO small mark amid the
great noise and confusion. l even hela
out one arm to see If it shook but not
a muscle quiVereu
The colonel now gave the prellmlh-
airy command, and l knew that the one
to fire would come next. l leVeled my
gun, ana looked lOE lilS
There he was, as before, directly oppo-
site me. The black curl still hung over
his left eye and offered fair mark
They had now reached little patch OF
bushes that fringed the base of the
slope. / sighted at the black curl ano
my hand felt for the trigger While
awaited the order to fire.
An exclamation from the man neXi
to me startled me and disarranged my
aim. From the bushes in front Of the
charging Confederates uDrose a figure
very strange to the battle field, Full
into view came the long yellow curls
and frightened face of a little girl tha
/ had seen before l dropped the muz
zle of my gun in amaZement as she
| stood there between the lines, scared
and appealing.
She came out of the bushes which
| mad concealed her, and, running mid
way between our lines, and those of tn,
advancing enemy stopped, evidentl!
too much terrified to move any fur
| ther. She was directly between M
! and the Confederate soldier with th
! black curl. In few moments he would
| be upon her, I felt thrill of sympath,
! for the child alone on the battle field
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them, and get something to eat ana
news of the army, if l could l went
up to the door and knocked lightly on
it with the muzzle of my rifle. / re-
heated the stroke two or three times
before a mans voice called out and
asked who | was. l replied that | was
q Union soldier who had been cut off
from his command, and wished to obs
tain information that would guide him
to the army.
At first he refused entrance to me,
saying that the Yankees had found
their own way into Virginia, and could
find it out again.
| replied that / was sick and wound
| ed, and appealed to the hospitality of
\irgnians, who boasted that they new
| er refused aid to the suffering and
| unfortunate.
This evidently touched his pride, for
| he opened the door, held up a lantern in
| my face and looked closely at me. He
| must have been satisfied that | was not
dangerous, for l know that 1 did not
| look like it, although ! was by no
means pretty figure. l was wet and
| bedraggled, but the rain had not
washed all the yellow mud off me. and
| on my uniform there We're still streaks
| of the blood that had flowed from my
| wounded wrist. He invited me to en-
| ter, in a not unkindlY tone. and | fol-
| lowed him into room that was fur
! nished with fair degree of comfort.
| lie seemed to be a Virginia farmer of
| some cultivation, for his language was
| not bad. In one corner sat woman
| of about 40, evidently his wife. who
| held in her arms a little girl of three or
| four years. with beautiful, long yellow
| Curls which at once attracted my no
tice and admiration. My countenance
must have expressed these feelings, for
! both the man and woman Softened to-
| ward me, and the latter volunteered to
bind w my wrist, while the former
stated that some of our troops had
| passed only an hour before.
While the woman was putting the
| bandage ON my wrist the man brought
| me something to eat, though he said the
| provisions in the house We're scanty
and he had much rather give them to a
Confederate than to a Federal soldier
They aVowed their Confederate senti-
ments, and gloried in them, eXulted
over our retreat, knew the enemy were
pursuing US, and boasted that our army
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would be annihilated within a few days
AS l was receiving their hospitality, |
did not care to dispute these points
with them, but asked why they had re-
manned in such an unsafe place, when
a cannon ball might come crashing
through their house at any time.
The man replied that he did not like
to abandon his home, as he had nowhere
else to go, and that he did not antici-
pate any danger
Again ] did not care to differ with
him, and | merely uttered some COM
pliments about the pretty little girl and
her beautiful yellow hair, which caused
the mothers face to flush with pride.
l warned them to keep the child out
of danger, as flying bullets might be
numerous in that vicinity before long
and the father repeated that there was
nothing to fear.
/ finished eating the food that they
had placed before me, thanked them
kissed the little girl, and followed once
more the path of the retreating army
whose rear guard | overlook in encamp-
ment not an hour later.
The sun shoudered his golden disk
above the horizon the next morning
and flooded the earth with yellow sun
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transformed. The men laughed and,
when discipline allowed, shouted to
each other. Many of the wounded
begged the privilege of taking a place
in the ranks, and there was no need
for the officers to eXhort the troops,
and endeavor to excite their courage.
Secure in their position, they had all
the ardor. of battle, and awaited with
impatience the coming of the enemy.
My regiment was stationed in the
front rank. The privations and bitter
feelings of the previous night were for
gotten, and l paid no notice to the
trfling wound on my arm, for like the
others ! was anxious that we should
beat the enemy back, and repay him
for some of the losses that he had in
iiiCted upon us.
Before waiting long, we saw Confed-
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PART I.

I found it neither u pleasant nor an |
easy task to force my way through the |
undergrowth which ilOurished in such |
thick and tangled fashion, and the |
smarting of my wound, slight though |
the latter was, for the ball had merely |
cut the flesh of my wrist contributed ,
to both my bodily and mental suffering
The faint flashes of summer lightning
in the hot June night gave brlet ana
imperfect glimpses of masses of low
scrubby trees, with interlacing DuShes
and briars, and an occasional pool OF
dirty and discolored water, trimmed IN
by the Virginia mud, sticky ana yellow,
into which floundcred more than once
when the friendly lightning was not
at hand. Then, pulling myself out
again, | tore my clothes and skin on
the clumps of briars that caught me, as
/ blindly plunged forward. Two hours
of such work and, with the feeling OF
delight that a shipwrecked sailor must
experience when he sees q rescuing
sail, | struck a beaten track. True, IL
was not much. Merely a path, where
the underground had been crushed
down, as if by some very heavy weight
probably train of artillery, for l trod
in the ruts cut by wheels. But 1T en-
abed me to advance with much greater
speed and less danger to my person,
and would undoubtedly lead me to the
main body of the army.
\ large rain drop splashed in my
face. and then another, and soon tor
r-r. came down. | plOdded on, while
the rain beat upon me. Off to the right
l heard the freni,ent booming of can
,,on Tyvira shells came shrieking high
over me and | Voluntarily duclled my
b.,d of tho nois. for I was not vet an
old enouph soldier to cure myself of
+ba habit NV yyound had now ceased
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reflections was sufficient torment.
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