Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-11
The CorporaFs Storu..


shonldef making believe he was
picket, so he could PASS the corporal's
challenge II he was caught, an he
says:
"sDave, want TO talk TO Won
Something tells me that this is nv
last chance. I've been irwin 10 Get
my nerve up ever since I fonnd van.
but some wav was afraid that Won
would cut me like YOU said Won would
the night that vou were drunk. an
you're the onlv man Eve ever N,auted
as friend. for picked Won ont To
tell tue story to when / saw you down
at Fort Sill
"He hadn't conc no fn,,har H.
that wben tha .ornoral 'a.,,a 1,.s' ,.it"- 49,
am congbt NJ l,otL @o,a a. a.. "o,r a,Se
farsiyn II ~, III .;.Lt 49,
hadn't had -tima t,aya "A 70 I,,os
he was canoht slraro "a wss gnard
house for IL n an' iso,s'f,r 'na s aa,T
would haye got il ION tIa,a II .hara H.
hadn't besnfwo tI,;,,,,. I,anra,,i WI
we want nm hafora 40 ooi,a;ai Taraa
be savs. 49, 0fS9
I GO .co; -
''ain, ~ the wrong man
him off an, give II IN ',,e, ,na =. ~
srrhe cant5ip ,l;dn,t har. ,;o,o -
answer wban in CONE ,u aaa,. ,ne ~. ~
In, that tbe-ans,ny wss d"i,,, ~. 49,
tbinr o,t thays !, tba : y ~.
nyigLt he attacked narar 80. ~ w. ~
the ruardhouse Int Jones ala son,as
how ar other TIC eorno,ai ~ 80 M,
after The scara I,e 10 =, .. r:,ilipJ
armed like he was when ba tnrneJ or,t
at the sudden order an saws; Cor.
poral, l report for punishment They
put him in the rear, but | STAYED out
on the line expectin' to be called in
any minute an ironed. Somehow
they forgot me. am Pye never heard
word of it since. 1t came light
pretty soon. an it wasn't long after
the batteries opened M on eseI other
across. the valley before we went into
action. | was in the rear line when
we went in, but the line didn't last for
more than two minutes. We had to
scrap the best we could, and every
man was doin' his best tokeep nearest
the colonel.
eve got right on the edge of the
first ditch when one of them Spapiards
up and iabbed at ne With III bavonat
He hit me full in NV STOMACH. Int the
point hit nv buckle anil knocked me
down backward. was winded an,
tried to get a shot at him. when he
emptied his six-shooter into me and
left me lyin' there with four scorcbin'
wounds an storminc like blazes
ora have hsen ,;,l;,o - al a.
newt m;nnte II 7 oonII s Us ~ a'e .ne
sbot mt hi,,, as,osra n',' ~ sl', IL ~. a
y;ght osar N' 9S 'ealor cs snos
dropped. II was Jones coin at him
full tilt 10 finish him He'd a done
it, too. but the Spdpiard grabs a nistoI
that some other feller had dronrsd an,
bIowed hole in his head right there
before Jones conld pet N bim Nsfs
..r co,,o - l., 81 t;.., 40
fever on1+o,, oe - ~. ~ .,.1.,:5s nos'as WI
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beod an, neor w. hraati,;a, i ~ w - MS
got vol anJ Jonos ,la "n. IL. ais u.s. I,s.
lraw that ~ a,,Ilss,t [ e. ne'se', W, ~, He
did 7 Tha " Dan 81 ~ f.,a Tra a." %
draao;r, NJ ~ og Lei IL, s'nu no gouss wa
tbot fl,av fornd ms ha.L IL ~ ans,.';", ny anI
nnJor MI ~ ioa os;,,.,;, - oo'h, - onss iyin
of fnsos 80 nsa, O. ,pp1a 5sa5 J. s'seNe auu posn
conid % be Ionas go 80 10 ass '',1 mi isen s,,,
tbst h ,vas tsrin, set ~. ~o.iu. IN vi,
tba last n,;ants 49, - ~ n,e a"i.s IN
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