The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-02-19

think it the most wonderful of the war.
| can see it all now as saw ii 20 years
ago.
IL can see those shadowy forms NOV
ing quietly through the timber away
over to the left; they are so plain that
you ought to be able to see them too.
There are only few of them in sight
now, but I'll bet there are more back of
them. See them working towards the
edge of the timber, lodging from tree
to tree, crawling through the grass and
running across the more open spaces.
Cap, them fellows mean trouble"
BY the time this stage of the story
was reached the old soldier had be-
come oblivious to our presence. He was
fighting the battle over again, seeing
the things and saying the things he did
20 years before.
"Cap, see that? See that smoke?
That's a line of skirmishers opening
fire on us. Better raise them muzzles
little, Johnny; you're fallin' short.
cap! Cap! See there! l told you
there was more a-comin'. See that sec
ond line back in there? They mean
business, Cap, l bet they do. See them
skirmishers comm out. Them fellows
in the center is crawling further out.
| See that little rush on the right? What
| you say, Cap? Don't think they'll do us
any harmP Why, man, I'll bet they come
at us clear across that meadow. But
then, Cap, they're only infantry"
"See that skirmish line film up.
| Comm in from the main body. Come
on, Johnnies; we're a-waitin' for you.
Them bullets is gettin' little closer,
| Cap. Must of raised the sights bit.
Zip! That un went too high. Just
about a thousand yards there, Johnny;
| that'll catch us.
"Way on the left there, Cap. See! An
other company goin' in. The center of
that lines crawled up so yards in ten
minutes. Hurry up, Johnny; it'll be
dark before you get here if you don't
move faster.
whats that you say, Cap? Lieut..
Fraser hit. Blast their ornery hides,
I'll pay 'em for that before this days
over, I'll bet. Wonder if the old man IL
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a little further, Cap. There's one of
them in that grass along the creek,
Some one down there is 4 troop is after
that fellow. See him fire. There he
goes again, and, by the great Harry, he
got him. There, Johnny; there's a les
son in shootin' for you. Them fellows
in old a know how to crack 'em out.
'It's shame, Cap, not to charge on
'em. Maybe the old mans waitin' to
get 'em all together. Good idea, too,
that is. See old Col. Hank down there,
Cap. See him watchin' EN-. Believe
he's got most the same idea | have
about chargin' 'em. My, but I'll bet
he'd like to send the old til across
that meadow after EN-.
'Good! There goes an orderly.
bet he's got an order for the old til
to charge. Them Johnnies seem to be
inclined to do the same thing them
selves. See them linin' up. Told you
Cap, they was comm after us.
There goes little Billy on the bugle
boys. Listen an see what he's tellin
us.
MOuul! oulO tltHl pTuucll Sietus
of yours. We're goin' after them John
mics. Wen settle your score for you
lieutenant, even if they didn't hurt yor
much. We're comm, Johnnies, better
run.
Forward, guide center, march!
Hear what little Billy says on that
bugle, boys. Steady there in the cen
ter. Dress to the right. Next it'll be
trot, and then gallop, and then.
"'Trot!' There il is. told you, boys
The next will come just outside the
timber in minute. Them Johnnies
don't know what's after them, or they'd
be getting back into the woods.
"'Gallop!' Keep the line there, boys
It's bayonets we're goin' against, boys
Sabers against bayonets. Little Billy
will be speakin' that last command in a
minute now.
"'Charge! Charge! Charged Billy
you're a jewel. Watch for the ditch
boys. Jump it. Over you go; there