The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

Drink, Sammy, drink! and God for
| give US both"
The lieutenant looked at him in sud-
den horror. 1t was as though ones
guardian angel, who had watched for
, long, should abandon his task and as
sumo demons FORM.
''You-you want me tor
Drink and say nothing" said poor
Spud. for if fightings to be done. that
Kid doctors rui ned you for it. Drink"
And he drank quickly and deeply. He
handed the bottle back to Spud, who
slipped it away. In a minute Owens
onface flushed and his eye frightened.
He stood up and spoke to the men and
bade the rowers to pull. He was more
like himself, and their faces bright
ened.
Pull, boys" he said. and Wen beat
those fellows for all their start
Murphy he whispered, as ne sat
down again, give me that bottle
Spud moaned, but the first step was
taken. He passed it over, and again
the officer drank, and this time he kept
the flask. Over the blue waters they
SKINNED. The reef was near.
Two to one in VS. we beat You,
Owen!" sang Parks.
Done! Give way, mem" Owen cried,
and the men laughed. Spud frightened
what the doctor would say. but bade
the morrow begonel Enough to live
bravely through the day! At the roof
false turn at the tiller nearly capsizcd
Pauk's boat, and Owen gained and
passed them. They cleared the surf
they ran high on the white shore. They
formed as skirmishers. twenty yards
apart, and plunged into the jungle,
without waiting for the other boat.
,I,1 fa1X a fe.t.
them, however. yet Owen had time to
stop, and, in the shelter of a bush, l;ulp
another drink The blood dashed
through his veins. Blood filled his eyes.
He was a new man from the iistless
craven an hour ago. Danger certain
fighting. was before him, and he knew
and welcomed it. Spud was by him,
and was astonished. If the doctor had
been there, the Kid could have told the
dog rubber that his master had been
returned nervously to a boyish condi-
ton, and the liquor would act on him
as it would on boy who had never
touched it before. But Spud was al
most scared, so red were owens cheeks,
so full of vivacity his manner as he led
his men, now following him with cheer
full amazement. In the jungle the two
boatloads joined and completed Skin
mish line of some fifty men. They
of them came a sudden volley.
Down" yelled Parks. Down an
steady, Return the fire lying!'
Down they went, and the Spanish bull
lets flew over their heads. They fired
back at the puffs of smoke. but Owen
stood up, waving his sword. Parks
was his senior, and called out to him:
"Owen, they are in force, and must
be in rife-pits. We should draw back
the gunboats shell them out. What do
you say"
Owen was hidden from view for a |
When he appeared again he |
had finished the fateful bottle and had |
thrown it and discretion away.
NONSENSE" he cried. They are
only Spaniards, anyway. At them,
boysl Cease firing, Forward, Double |
time! Commence firing"
The men obeyed, cheering, and gain
ed twenty yards by the rush. when |
away.
Again Owen commanded, and again
they rushed. Now they gained a rise
and saw ahead of them a little way
saw the mounds of a row of rifle
pits.
"Owen," yelled Pauks. TT is mad
ness to take them with our force. They |
must be shelled.
A blistering volley of DIauser bullets
streamed from behind the earthworks
and drowned Owens reply. The men
ying down escaped injury. and at once /
OWENS voice was again at them in Il
frenzy.
Damn em! Forward! Commence
jring!'
Parks was overborne The spirit of
owen had permeated the men. They
we're laughing and swearing and cheer
ng. and making a grand series of
'ushes, with every now and then a gap
If more than the ordered twenty yards
n the line. The daring thing had its
effect. A Spaniard bounced
Up from back of the rifepits and
dashed into the further jungle; another
md another followed. owen saw what
lis mems cool fire had done, and their
steady advance against greatly en-
renched odds. Parks could not control
he men. They We're laughingly cheer
ng Owen as they loaded and fired.
someone on the far right sang OUT
Hes all right" who's all right?"
'Owen,"
ooh, the sidewalks of New York!
That there should be so much devil
nent in a pint of whisky"
The Spaniards were fustered. evil
ently. Such work was unexpected. A
/
ards broad, separated the demoniacal
americans from them; and the Spanish
ire faltered and fickered. 1t was too
ate to go back. Parks was borne away
" the excitement.
Now, boys, forward, Charge
)wen yelled, and the men, with a wild
ell. rose and followed him. The Span
ards broke and scrambled any way at
II out of their pits and ran. Owen
vas away ahead of mis- men. Half way ;
cross a Mauser bullet struck him, but
e plunged on with a crazy cry. spud
vas after like another bullet. The
rushed ahead blindly. One
ficer of the Spaniards, mad with
age, was defending the trench almost /
Y himself. At him Owen ran, pistol
nd sword in hand. His foot slipped
nd he fell at the officers feet, who,
ladly furious, raised a cavalry saber
D dispatch his foe. Spud saw and
asped, God forgive me. His life will
e on my head"
The dog-rubher ran forward at the
barge, and was felled by the saber, {
alling back upon owen. In a moment
lore it was all over, and the Ameri-
ans held the position.
Pauks was bewildered. 'It was mad
ess," said he, but, by Jings, it was
lorious! Are you hurt, Owen?" ,
Owen looked up mistily. He was
leeding from a bad wound in the ;
boulder. and was sick. The effects of {
ne poison were passing off.
81 don't quite know" he said. what
what has happened?"
you're stunned, old man." said I
auks, but, L say, I didn't think you 4
ad it in you. That was fine! Do you
now this man saved your life? L saw
all. He ran clean in and caught the