The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-02-24

I'm short pair ob good legs, an hab 20
game shoulder. But what are you d0in'
here, you no-account niggah? Don't you
Know you're liable tub git dat empty haid
OBJ yourn shot of any minnit? Stop yo'
bawlin', or III git up an laIrup you. OATS
no way fOh you tuh carry on"
20, Mistuh 10, whar am de restg"
DE Runners Jest in front. waitin' fob
de resurrection. | tried tub beat him tub
de stone wall, but he KEEP ahead Oh me.
De flip Maiah's more tuh de left. Don't
say no more bout his mashin' an udder
scrapes. He wuz leadin' de rigimint when
a bullet found him. Fence Rail Pete's
listenin' fob Gabriel too. He's farther
back. Fell at de fust volley. Skeneatles
and 0swego dropped de next; Canary
Bird Charley is ober dar, somewhat. I
Jest frOwed him my canteen. Go ober an
see if you kin find him. Do what you kin
fob him."
slid ober an foun' Charley. Bofe feet
wuz mashed by n shell. I tied his sus-
penders 'roun' his legs tub stop de blood,
put an obeTcOat under his head, an filled
his canteen full OBJ water.
De shootin' had stopped, except every
now and den when dCre'd be volley. I
KEEP watchin for ii, an ebbery time I
heered de guns click, I'd drop down. i
crep' back tub Mistuh 10, who tOle me
tub go Ober an see dc Kunnel. He wuz
layin' dar stiff an cold wild his sword
pinted at de rebels an his eyes wide open.
bulletd gone straight FREQ his head.
wanted tub pick Mistuh 10 up an try tub
tote him back, but he wanted me tub
hunt up de Alaiah fust | foun' him layin'
stiff and still, wild a bullet froo his breast,
but he was still warm, an / felt foh his
heart an fotln' it beatin'.
"See if you kin tote him back. SNOWFALL"
SEE Nistuh 10.
20. Mistuh 10, ! want tub take you fust,
an ef | kin git you of I'll come back foh
him." ! bellered
'DO as ] tell you, you brack scamp or
III break your banes."
l went hack, and rolled lie Maiah ober,
an finally got him on my back. 1 had am
awful time, but finally | got him back a
good ways Den | laid him down an ruD
back tub de fire. an tOle dc men dar. Deg
immeiitely jumped up an went forward
wild me, an got de Majah an tOted him
back. Some Oh dem wuz for goin' forward
an gittin Mistuh 10 an Charley, but
persuaded dem it'd nebber do. De rebelsid
shoot dem down. | tOle dem tub stay
right dar, an I'd bring Mistuh 10 tub DEM
j crep' forward agin tub Mistuh 10.
had tub hold long argument wild him,
fob he wuz dead-set dat I should take
Charley fust. ! said right out dat i
wouldn't; some 90 de udder boys'd man
age tub git Charley, an dat | WOULDN'T
take nobody but him. Finally he con-
scented, an had time tub git him on my
back. He wuz bigger. heavier man dan
de Maiah, an den his broken legs'd hurt
| him so at ebbery move, dat he couldn'
help ScreamiD' right out By de time
got him back tub whar de boys wuz
a-waitin' | wuz so nigh dead dat couldn'
move anudder foot, but Jest sunk down On
de groun an stayed dar
De boys seemed tub think I'd done
somethIn' wonderful De Capting OBJ Co.
Z-ouI c0mpany-wuZ de only Capting
left in de riiimint, an ne TUX command.
He made me cook at Headquarters, an
Calber Is TUX his hay an oats wild de
field an staff bosses.
Ito be eonfinued.l