The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23
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1905 ARCH STREET. PHIIADEI Phil


Nor and called out to him.
"Owen, they are in force. and must be
in rihepits. We should draw back to the
boats for further orders, until the gun
boat shells them out. What do you say?"
owen was hidden from view for mo-
ment. When he appeared again he had
finished the fateful bottle, and thrown II
and discretion away.
'Nonsenser he cried. "They are only
Spaniards, anyway At them, boysl
Cease firing! Forward Double time
Commence firingr
The men obeyed cheering. and gained
twenty yards by the rush, when they went
down again and peppered away.
Again owen commanded and again they
rushed. Now they gained rise and saw
| ahead of them a little way-saw the
mounds of row of rihte pits.
"Owen" yelled Parks. 1T Is madness
to take them with our force. They must
be shelied.
A blisterng volley of Mauser bullets
streamed from behind the earhworks and
drowned Owens reply The men lying
down escaped injury, and at once Owens
voice was again at them In a frenzy.
Damn 'eml Forward Commence fir
ingl"
Paulss was overborne. The spirit OF
Owen had permeated the men. They
were laughing and swearing and cheering.
and making a grand series of rushes with
every now and again a gap more than
the ordered twenty yards In the line. The
daring thing had its immediate effect A
Spaniard bounced up from back of the
rifiepHs and dashed into the further jun
gle; another and another followed Owen
saw what his mems cool fire had done,
and their steady advance against greatly
intrenched Odds Pauks could not control
the men. They were laughngly cheering
Owen as they loaded and fired. Some one
on the far right sang out;
He's all right" Who's all right7"
"Owen"
"O the sidewalks of New York! That
there should be so much devilment in a
pint of whiskyg
The Spaniards were fiustered evidently;
such work was unexpected. A strip of
nearly clear ground, some sixty yards
broad. separated the demonlacal Ameri-
cans from them; and the Spanish fire fall
tered and fickered. 1t was too late TO go
back Parks was borne away by the ex-
element
Now, boysl Forward Charged" Owen
yelled and the men with a wild yell rose
and followed him. The Spaniards broke
and scrambled any way at all out of their
pits and ran. owen was away ahead OF his
men. Half way across a Mauser bullet
struck him, but he plunged on with a
crazy cry. Spud was after him like another
bullet. The lieutenant rushed ahead blind
ly. One officer Of the Spaniards, mad with
rage, was defending the trench almost by
himself. At him owen ran. pistol and
sword in hand. His foot slipped and he
fell at the officers feet, who. madly furi-
Gus, raised a cavalry saber to dispatch his
foe. Spud saw and gasped: God forgive
mel His life will be on my headl'
The dog-robber ran forward at the
charge, and was feled by the saber, fall
ing back upon Owen. In moment more
it was all over and the Americans held the
position.
Pauks was bewildered. at was mad
ness" he said, "but, by jings, 1t was glori-
GUS! Are you hurt, Owen?"
owen looked up mistily. He was bleed
ing from bad wound Ia the shoulder and
was sick. The effects Of the poison were
passing off.
II don't quite know" he said. what
what~has happened"
You're stunned old MANI said Parks.
but. ] say, 1 didn't think you had 1t In
YOU That was finel Do you know this
man saved your life? saw 1t all. He
ran clean In and caught the saber. Let's
look It's your servant, isn't it?''
owen looked, and Murphy feebly opened
his eyes and looked back at his old pet of
the block. The dog robber glanced round
with a faint grin of triumph.
1.-THE old ward breeds men," he said,
land don't-don't none Of you guys forget
itg'
owen took his hand.
rs It bad, Spud?' he whispered.
"Its taps" Murphy whispered back
with a squeeze OF the hand. "Is you hurt
much?"
II guess so. think my shoulders
smashed all to pieces"
Then it's all right-all right" said Spud
family. you'll leave the army with heaps
or glory--returned for wounds and-and--
they can't say you was a coward, Sammy.
The ward will bust itself with shoutln'."
"But you. spud," cried Owen In great
distress
That all right" said spud, now very
feebly. "Tell my old man-to set 'em up
for the gang. They won't forget me-
Sammy"
Eyes"
see the kid doctor again snd-get--an-
othcr-of-them-cures. I--thought-thc-
world-of-you, sammy"
Miss Beulah Cooper Hubbeli OF Des
Moines, Ia, who Is 20 be married 10
Count Carl Axe Wachtmcistcr Of Sweden.