Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-26

Mtnd his wound, but Ne wished that Il
had come four minul16 tiater, ~ that
he might have seen TIC Job through.
BY the way. Captain Travers Of the
/ Dev0ns was grazed on ~ knuckle By
10 bullet 1t the same mouDent % anoth-
| er smashed his water b0ftfe.
.''Ths Gofdons had reached the brow
Of the kopje. and the DDperial light
horse were a little ahead Of them.
'Ye're gluttons for the lighting. said
Z Gordon, but we've got: yer bellYful
the day. Nom said another, there's
nne doot that this Ia yer Dargni.' The
ljordons who were not at UArgaiS are
~ proud Of II, BY the way, - the Cor
dons who were there. .$s .|s " y, y.
when the cease tire' sounded the
Gordons were standing In far too close
a Hnea splendid target, Of which the
enemy did not fall to take advantage.
For some unexplained reason some one
used the word retire In the hearing Of
"a buefer. have since discoveries that
! the retire was sounded by Boer with
{ bugte near the Gordons. close enough
to cause the reginent to think the or
der was meant for them. The same
trick WIS tried on the Dublins at TIA
lana without success. Retire be nd.
jective.' he said lar didn't say-and
promptly sounded the advance. In, they
went, the Light horse on their right,
cursing for alr they were worth, curses
not loud. but deep. Man fell behind
man. bur the lire never wavered nor
broke TILT the bayonets got among the
Beers. As one man prodded a Boer
he remarked In a broad Scotch accent:
i remember Matuba. You'll remems
Der Elansslaagte. fdon't think taie
victims memory Of Elandslaagte WAS
very proaongeG ..Ynn's for Jock said
another. with q thrust. adding. with
second thrust, And yon's for my
sell s Il a. 81 lss L; 4: ~ $.' /.
cold steea They knelt and held up
their hanis and cried mercy. Mercy
they got; but Ii SOME instances they
returned treachery and got Justice.
Trooper. White Of 6 company, Imperial
Light horse, was running beside Cap
tain Mullins and couple Of troopers.
when three Beers held up their hands.
Don't fire. said Captain Mullins. A.
fourth Boer, standing close to the.
three, then aimed 1T Captain Mullins.
but hit Trooper White, INJECTING a.
wound from which Ne has since died.
Then he shot Captain Mullins through,
the shoulder. The others picked up
their rifles and attempted to get in
their shots before the reward Of their
treachery could be inflicted. But they
failed. A Manchester soldier told me.
that an old Boer prayed for quarter
to his pal. Tie pal gave it, withdraw.
ing his bayonet; but after be had
passed on the old Boer put bullet
through his head. There was piece
Of cold steel IN the old Beers ribs be.
fore very long. s. ~ :Gz5as. 3;y=
(: OF Scott Chisholm, the colonel Of
the Imperial Light horse, the London
otduUarU 81 COrEeSI)OHO0nI writes: I've
death has been more severely felt than
the colohel's. He was q good man and
good soldier, brave to the point Of
recklessness. - wonderful, inspiring
leader and, as i judged from about
a months knowledge OF him, single
minded, fervent lin all, his work, pas,
sionately in earnest. His regiment al
most worshiped him. During the
fight he only took cover once or twice,
going from troop to troop praising and
encouraging the men In words that
were always well chosen. for no man
could phrase his blame or praise more;
aptiy. At the last ridge he stopped
to tie up the leg Of a wounded trooper
and was shot himself in the leg. Two
Of the men went to his assistance, but
he waved them OF, telling them to 60
on with their fighting and to leave him
alone. Then he was shot in one of the
lungs, and the men went to his help,
but while they were trying to get him
to cover bullet lodged In his head
and killed him. The last words he
was heard to saw were, NV fellows