The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-09-29

heu IRON the wsson body, bat 90 u spet
with ,hriek Jin's horse stumbled ~
wsni down.
!, jim sprsps from the saddle add ran
side the team, shoa'ins ut tue mules. an
soon the wagon vas 10 the rear oi the Tor
front of battle.
Bsck from the firing hoe the sersesnt
came running, and esseriy seizsd the pin,
botes Of cartridges. A mule went down
bis harness vas quickly cut, aud the wss
on rolled on. The csptsiu'r horse ~..
shot under him; be fell With it. snd jim
aud Sam saw him 20 more.
Al the ntIt halt. soldiers with powder
blackened lips, bloodshot eyes and sshen
faces were round them, yelling. Caririd
sesl cartridges esr,ridgesl and more OF
ihepine boxes quickly pitched ont and
smashed, and the brown opsper packages,
ten cartridges 10 each. distributed TO the
men,
Pass the word for the boys 10 hold on
hsid little lopger-ibe Sixth Corps Is
coming on the double quick. and is almost
herel shouted jim, rs be gave ont the am
munition.
They'll have TO come mighty soop, or
they'll be too late. More than half OF our
men have gone down and the rest OF them
cant last but few minutes longer. said, q |
sergeant, wearing on bis cap the red Nal
tese cross OF the Filth Corps. The lead
ing mules had been sho, down already;
only three remsintd, and away went the
wagon to the fighting left, Sam holding
the leader by the head.
The men 10 the battle line OF the ere
used flank were 10 single ranks thin
ine with many gaps, and their officers
we're bringing them cartridges from the
lead and wounded; for many form 10
,lue lay still. and more lay writbing on
he red ground. The ranks OF the gray ,
we're coming on 10 force, ouihsnking and /
uveloping the thin blue line, threatening /
o roll it up and utterly destroy the brig 4
de. A Msine regiment sternly held the q
Itreme left, but The men were falling so u
,st that 1t seemed incredible the wsgon a
ould be brougt to them. Only two mules b
ere left. and one OF these, bleeding ifom r,
bullet wound 10 the neck, already began tl
, show signs OF weakness. and could v,
ith difficulty be kept Oh the run.
Bnt slight hollow seemed to afIor ! pl
me protection, shd Jim led Sam that OF
~. They were almost there when . bt
thering volley ielled one OF the remain or
8 beasts. Instantly Jim's knife cut the hs
asst out; then Sam, erssping the yoke on at
Q wagon pole, exerted sll his strength, tel
d yelling at the remaining mule. push ey
along side jim from behind. and with tir
Q desperate. final effort. they rolled the hi,
gon into the little hollowl At that ba
taut bursting shell crashed over their th,
ads, scattering its fragments 10 every y
ectiop, and the faithful negro and the att
I mule went down together. pei
The soldiers came rnnning for the few ito
naining csrtrieges, and Jim Wright, mi,
king up u usket which one OF the tho
unded men had dropped. ran with them to
The line. nv
tay with them, boysl stay with them to {
yelled. Tue old Sixth Corps is almost to
el Hurrsbl burrsbl burrsh there ow,
: comel There's the white cross. boysl O
own the side Of Little Round Top, 10 was
'nlfcent order, stwo full brigades cam
6 pouring on the run. Then the fee that
cheer that went up from the hard its {
sed line WAS downed 10 the crashing but
hing volley that came from the troops 10 q
le Sixth Corps, whose adv. noe struck hers
'nemy's right flank, threw the men poss
disorder. and quickly drove them rem
into the shelter OF the thick woods matt
nd the field. con
- not I
e rays Of the setting sun we're touch head
he crest Of Round Top when the fr knew
essed, and Jim Wight made his wsy itne
to the wagon 10 the hollow. There was .
lack man still lay, face downward. mem
II the dead m nle, and iroth WAS on pillsl
pc: with
0 snstched from the wagon box o or, sl
pn in " hich rama al a mint NJ nnoya .nd ;