The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-31

Died, did he?" said the sick man.
! "Weil I made 1T square for him. got
one. all right. 1t was at San Juan We
were lying fat to let the eating gun
/ clear the top of the hiH and we had been
/ ordered to mold orT fire. Steve, here my
/ bunlae, was lying beside me. Well, just
+ as soon as the gun stopped rr-r-r-r-ing,
! there was little Spaniard stuck MS head
up over the breastworks.
Steve said I, he'd better keep under
cover
Pretty soon up came the head again.
Steve said I, if ne does it again,
we'll pick him
| I'm bet you my allowance OF hard tack
you can't said the fellow on the other
side L. was an easy mark-little over
/ fifty yards-and 1 took him
I'm about a minute the head popped up
| again.
Now said I. We popped together:
and tine Sparlfaryf dropped
And his mother won't be at the fun
era1' was what Steve said
I'VE found the little devil lying in his
tracks when we took the hia. And. by
George, when Steve wiped the blood and
stuff away, you could see that there
wasn't TWO inches between the holes
not two indhesl"
The reporter looked to Steve for con-
! frmation. and Steve nodded and hooked
out OF the window.
You don't know how a man feels
when he's fighting" said Steve. You
can't know"
Some Rough Riders were standing in a
group upon the platform. in the afternoon
talking of how men had died
Sergeant II said one, a man from
Arizona, was the gamest man | ever
knew-garne to the last. He was of our
troop. and we got chumrny on the way
over. l never knew man VINO hated
Spantards more: over and over again he
said to me, IF they get me. pI, cart
ridge belt by my side and go on with the
game, I'll shoot the dogs till Ican't pull
a trigger They got him in that first
I fight, got nm cord. right through the in
testlnes. He DIDN'T say a word just drop
ped and never stirred till they took him
10 the hospital. I looked HIM up tina.
night: and 1 was beside him when he
caShed- He died game. Give EN- he'll.
boys.' were his last words
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ouc Of quarantine IN the morning tod
the story Of one Spanish SPY:
one O the pSckets-t- was OF the 18th
had a CUBAN KID with hlDl-a kid 50 high
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ling MS post Up and down Up and down.
and W-o'ldr< have uosed ire spy If 4
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