The Washburn leader., 1899-08-19

White In her place the school is set
Every .one Of her sons must hear,
And none that hears 1t dare forget.
This they all with joyful mind
Bear through life torch in flame.
And failing fling to the host behind
'':Rlay up! play UP! and play the gamer!
-a From Onward.
Tho Old Soldiers Story.
ri do not get pension" said the
veteran, who had trotted his first heat
at Bull Run, breaking into q wild GAL
lop before he passed under the wire at
Washington, and finally stopped to re-
tire from the turf at Appomattox, NOR
do Iswant one, though I suppose II I
were not In comfortable circumstances
I might try for 1T, and still had about
as much Sof the scrap as anybody !
know of, for i began early and quit
late. Luck is with some people,
though, for. 4 came out without "A
scratch, and ! didn't lose day ON ac-
count Of sickness. But am flying the
track. think you said you wanted
that story about the man who killed
himself tryingsto kill me. 4
at was one of those innumerable
small lights that were happening in
Virginia all the year round, and was so
little that;it did not even geta name.
was in an infantry regiment, and a
detachment: OF $50 of us had been sent
to the front of the skirmish line to feel
around and see what we might find
that we, did not want to find, namely,
some part Of the enemy's advance. In
q clump sof trees we found 1T in the
shape OF hundred or so 'cavalrymen,
wearing the gray uniform we had seen
o good deal of in that neighborhood.
1t meant business, Of course, and in a
very few minutes there was a mixing
of contending forces which was, to say
the least of 1t, extremely democratic.
The troop Of cavalry was composed OF
hot-headed young Southerners who
had no idea Of anything but rushing
right into the midst of US, yelling and
swinging their. sabres around their
heads as II they were riding in tour
nament at one Of their county fairs.
They seemed to be utterly regardless
Of our feelings, too. and before we
could say scat they had slashed the
scalps of 'of half dozen of our boys
and we're cutting up the rest OF us like
Q lot of-young butchers out for q pic
mic. At the same time we were not
entirely idle or neglectful of such OPP
portunities as might be presented, and
fmay say that the general result Of
the meeting, to the eye Of the casual
obseryer, was real hot stutf,' II I may
use bitiof modern language.
'''I had had very little experience In
military affairs Of any kind, and up to
that time Bull Run had been the only
resi- battle in which had taken an ac-
tive part, the activity on that occasion
not having been OF the kind, you may
remember. which gives soldier q wide
experience in lighting, Notwithstanding
there was enough experience In con-
Quoting retreat to- last q slifetime Gee.
how we did run that day!, It makes
me warm to think about It even now.
and theveteran smiled at the thought
and pu6et mildly in "reminiscences Of
his rum. g ss .s s 3i y
"As Iswas saying, being inexpe-
rienced In fighting, didn't know; just
what to DO. as Is the way with most
new soldiers. sol kind Of ducked down:
my heaA snd went into II on the blind
:iuck style. trusting In providence and
ksepings my powder dry In such q
scramble nobody ever knows what is
leoing on or how best to do the things
he hrs to do. II Is slap. bang, shout.
shoot, slash, jab-a rush aad roar. q
throatful Of nasty sulphur smoke. pos
sibly . bee sting In body or 1imb. . fall
tn the leaves or dust or mud, sense
of something one scarcely knows what.
and the end has come, either to the
0ght or to the tighter. ! had
rsachsd the slap and the bang period
ahds We feeling pretty good, seeing
that I had knocked man Of two over
ana hadn't been knocked over myself.
ana waa getting into the spirit of It In
Ane fettle when found myself hand to
hand, or musket to sabre. with young.
lieutenant about my own age and build.
He came straight at me, cutting with
intent 10 kill and tried to shoot him,
aoaeses eshis4 4sorss. Tor Z HAD sodmehowiI- isot,
8 load n my mqsket and vas ready
,Esf thAt Kind aCf business, but he was
20. olpse athat sheotlng was outsof the
question, ana could only slise my g,ins
as ) guard ito keep pr the fierce On,
'sl,nsh Il of Hi sslashes. + made several
;1ffortl tos sFins III around so,s could
Iahoot, but he raw what was after and
Kept Ii ~ hot Tor ne that ! did not dere
|ta lt4l1 WaaEy II ~ guard lone enough
,ttarSs 8 III y6n hi1 inst ofssols yself.l
EEi nut u che best coMld stry-
Il III N Is lUhnch him Nth NV bayols but
~ yus salTow1ss 4 ssvidsaHdtly HAD some
traiuipg, word exercise q I \ a N