The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22

''7 ''' ~" az "V'0~ IMAM
W.
N"Hr sur ! was mad when ! heard my
for me odicer th,t sajd IL Io,dcst III
well down ,t hin, ,.n[,, ! ,,,,,, ~. ~,
bo,s ,,,,s l.,i,,,, ~. ~. -, ia ~ -
pcrte1 ia bot,sr ,,.,it tiI, 90, 49, No.,
alone In q ouiet enot rut mn ~oo,l.s 1,o,,,-
my and Tn, bIassad IL bo dii,,t ba1,a q
tear tp his owe bo ,yos 90 r,,d
al ISM ou- r,,,It ~, ,.r,<a ,.,tt,
black novydcr s,tJ ba CIV, a., -
men as YOU"
Good boy" soid ono Of the strango have
who'd boen bitt.r NH h,., d., p -
quito. Here. I'm dono for rat,a NJ,
Krag and-mv nloco"
Aud another n,osoYfto bit hin, met ,be,,
and ne rolled over on tho cro,,nI ar1
Tommy iumpod for HE ,,tr ara ~, -.
ulars IA tho etra,ee,. ~ ,,,.'r, ~,
let him so with them Then Fred yelled
out:
IF you're going to be a regular. Tom.
I'm with you We amt going to sepa-
rate
And he grabbed the Krag-a different gun
from my boys euns-from another soldier
who was crawling away with his head
bleeding, ana ran after the regulars. and
they laughed ana chccred him. So natur-
ally. when Tommy and Fred did that
mad 10 so, too. aud the others of nv reri-
HltHi would nave liked to come but fbGtr
guhs was no use 70 play with in this games
II seemed
Then began such a game as navar
would have Thought sensible boys would
havo played Away In front was n bang
bang banging at a terrible rate. ana that
was the things called Spaniards, ana every
time they bang -bang-banged. a lot of Them
queer mosquitoes would come whizzing
ana buzzing and biting AT us. and yvban
a solder boy on our side Of the game was
p''e"' ne pea aWtul. and sometimes he
dropped ana crawled away, and sometimes
ne dropped ana lay quite still Our boys
Wouid run and drop and fire and run and
ui"p ana nfe again and run further end
ilie again IN got quite excited myself.
sPee'"lly Wheh an oUlcer grinned az Tom
my unn fIed, VINO was playing the game
beautiful ana SAID 10 them:
Bravo volunteerst I'll remember Won
fellows for this-you won't repent IT,"
lhen all of a sudden one OF them mos
qultoes Dat me. II WASH very bad bite
uut 1t hnrt my lip ana singed my whis-
kefs. which / was always a little cranky
"pout p'inB Iooleo WIN iost my tenn
~ gu" olsnlE- ana charged blndly'
- '''N "'"S Ve"atu at was hlBht, ana.
,t"s huHsly, uatuialiy, remembered
,I 40" ~. p'''',i,'' W 'uNe care OF rom
80 ""O "teliO "es"es' nave
mus i"' iile soop 10 eat
| got back down the hill and off TO the
SIDES, where grass grew high and rank
ana 4 found "A knapsack which smelt of
pork and beans, and was enjoying It fair
~ well when l prlcked up my ears.
heard q voice crying family:
al "u' as"'"' Aolhhy Whereabouts
are you
NlHe weak ana laiht came an answer
~ mat
, ileie, make-lt-treddleY
"1ii nvalu d heaVy Pahllhg' as II some
oie "dS Iy'nB haIa 10 90 something, and
a s'oduins as > the eHort hurt MIN. l
as 20 3ui p pr, ,seu stopped swallowing the
tin,,a1 ma g., 0. ..s, at, p'Hllns con-
o,,t ao,,n ana r,,,,i'9r ~, Ju1t ',auo
graes 10 n nt,r,,, ~ - s" 'i.S iohs
ana ~, 1r,,,,l,,, ~ 'us ~ s"t 'hel1
4, ~o1,t,I,,, 'V0' "'i0A He@iu
i""iH Nou' uo'l nave 10 dle alone.
.,r sou D"uly nu''' TOO req old chapf
,.,,, Ist'S pau' guess SAD Fred.
Wneie y - Ley me see IomF can't
! neio you
The poor brave boy couldn't have helped
himself but each forgot his own pain for
the time In the thought of his brother
They were silent and when / trotted up to
them, they were lying Sun and white, by
each others side, and their hands were
touching and their blood was mlngllng.
was scared-they were 80 white and suH.
and did not see me. / bleated and licked
their faces, and after a long time they
stirred ana groaned and Tommy put OUT
his hand ana felt me and cried
IT'S old Bmv-poor old RtIv WEN
never tease Won again RuIv Tor ,.,o go
walk and tbev,u never 1,noyy ,,o,,, h,,1ae,
here I'm the long erass-and- moor IT.,
poor mother moor motberp
~ -. t..
49,. ''.e'e 80 ~ psen FeiS weak, TOT ne
49, 80 W ~ eSi's IAI d h,'ie BOY ana
ar IN s,,r,rod i5o e,o0ol 70 ms Dlotn-
~ ar 9, eli ms arm AROUND freds
i'eeh' a'u i"ii''eo asain.
MY instinct when / found Tommy and
mere forever ana die and be forgotten
va, any he.P. ror the battle was not
1roncrns an1 49, -. vac "usy uissihs
look for tho woundad 49,, -