The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-11

cD6VrO0S ana SalQ, sergeant, you tdk0
ten men and remove that entangle
mentl Here was my chance. sprang
to my feet and, selecting the designated
number q say selecting, because every
man wanted to go) we started on the
double quick, keeping our bodies bent
as low as possible. We were provided
with wire cutters, and / set the men at
| work as soon as we reached the entan-
clement. Seeing another one about 900
yards farther on l crawled toward it.
| The fire was getting fercer and fiercer.
looked back just in time to see one of
| my ten throw up his hands and fall. l
| waited moment to see what the rest
would do, but they worked on, paying
not the slightest attention to their fallen
| comrade. and l turned to my self i'm
| posed duty. It was no light one either,
for the enemy had stretched and woven
wire into that tangled mass. They had
plenty of time, and their work was well
done.
| "All of their wires but one were with
in my reach as l knelt there, and spent
about 90 minutes cutting them. To
reach the top one / had to stand. l new
er cut it. In fact, had just placed my
pliers on it when felt blow on my
hip and a sharp pain under my left
arm, and down went. Just how long
1 was unconscious l don't know. When
I came to, Colonel Patterson was stand
ing beside me- He asked what was the
matter. started to tell him that l was
wounded in the hip. but the blood
choked my speech. l was breathing
with difficulty and then understood the
meaning of the sharp pain under my
arm. As you know, the ball entered my
left side, passing through both lungs.
"The colonel turned to two men and
said, Here, take this man to the rear,
then stumbled and fell. Getting up
again, with the exclamation, Con
found it. I've got it myself, he limped
off,
Zone of the men wrapped the first
aid bandage around my hips and then
began the march to the rear. Stretchers
there was none. and 1 was carried by
the knees and under the arms to the
field hospital shall never forget the
sights saw-men lying in all positions
as they had fallen. Poor Kelly lay with
his head in a ditch, his eyes staring up
into the cloudless sky. Staggering boys
in blue passed with bandages around
their heads or their arms in slings. felt
sudden Tightening of the heartstrings
, as 1 bitterly thought: so this is war
and the path to glory For this the girls
kissed us goodby with tears of pride in
their eyesl"
| fo1f oI ho ,1x7f frnr
BILE was my throat would fill with blood.
"For 12 hours I lay in the grass be.
fcre a surgeon attended me. They were
very busy, stripped to the waist or with
their sleeves rolled up and smeared with
blood. I seemed to be paralyzed; per
fectly conscious, able to hear and see,
though l could not speak
''All around me lay the wounded
some of whom awaited the end will
calm, firm faces. Their worst pain wal
over, and in a short time inevitable
death would place them beyond all pain
j Zone I remember distinctly. He wa
, only lad of not more than II, will
!, curly brown hair and big blue eyes.
, imagined that he had been rosy checked
and full of life, but now the pallor O
,, approaching death overspread his fea
lures, which wore the strained appear
ance you so often see on the face of |
| wounded soldier who suffers and will
not cry out.
+ ga hospital steward came by ant
, stopped to give him drink. He aske'
if there was any hope. The docto
shook his head. and, passing his ham
gently over the boys brow, asked i
there was anything he wanted, and tn
, poor fellow whispered. Write.
! GAS near as can remember he said
Darling Mother-I have done m,
best and have laid down my life for tn
old flag I had hoped to come back t.
you with the straps you were SO sure
would win, but it can't be. Some ha
. to go. and it has fallen to my lot. Don
: grieve over me, mother, dear. Tell ia
. ther how loved him. Kiss Rose an
little Tom for me- Oh, mother, mother
love you SOL That was all, captain
; His pain was over, and another moth
er's heart was doomed to breaking.
ga short time after this came uncon
! sciousness. awoke under the surgeon
= probe Then followed the weeks Q
burning fever when it seemed to m
that the Spaniards were crushing m
. bones.
81 saw them numbering women an
6 children. Sister was among the victims
and could see her with outstretche
. arms begging me to come to her, yet
: could not Then the devils stood aroun
and taunted me, twisting my bond
: tighter and heaping fire on my head.
"When I awoke, mother was sittin
by the bed. Sister Jennie was ther
I, too Was dreaming?
81 tried to take mothers hand. bu
was so weak-could barely move. Sh
! saw the movement and in a momen
. was on her knees, her arms around m
= neck and crying and talking as only
mother can. No, was not dreaming
It was mother, and I was-well, I wa
too tired to try and think where was
;, But here she comes! No, mammyl
don't feel the least bit chilly. The caI
+ tain and have been gassing away her
: for an hour. But l was wonderin
where you were. ."-Cincinnati Ell
quirer.
: Hebrews and Fish.
t Concerning the alleged fondness {
t the Jews for fish, The American Hebrev
g says: ''In the middle ages the Jews
l. for the most part, denied their religio
@ to those about them and practiced it i
e secret. Openly they lived Christia
r life apparently-they had to, il the
o would exist-and as those about thel