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run away. TO escape the bullets that
were cutting lis down, the animal in
stinct, think, but now my pride began
to take control of my feelings. l turn
ed my face more than once toward the
enemy, and found that it emboldened
me. The danger that / saw was less
terrible than the danger at my back.
Then I used both entreaties and
threats to make the men turn, but they
did not hear or If hearing they did not
heed. The rout went ON, and the smoke
cloud and our disgrace alike infolded
us.
ITO the hills yonder! To the hillsw
shouted the men; and they looked long
ingly at the broken ridges that lay be-
fore us mile away. They knew that
our main army was there, and the
thought In all their breasts was of ref
uge behind its numbers. We reached a
little brook and plunged across it in
such huddled mass that the water
few up in a shower, and then In an in
There we paused moment. A great
man on a great white horse stood
across the path.
! shall never forget the look of that
man as he sat there on his horse before
us, horse and man alike motionless and
the eyes of each seeming to blaze with
fire, as If they were one and the same
being. Every line of his large, strong
features showed in the dazzling sun
light, and l remember that | noticed
even then, although / had seen him
many times before, how massive and
powerful was the jaw and how clear
and penetrating the eye. His hand,
larger than the average mans and
grasping the bride rein, lay upon his
horses neck.
It was General Washington, the COM
mander In chief
The horse did not move. The rider
was motlonless in the saddle. He
Herely sat there regarding us with
that calm, icily cold gaze which he
knew So well how to assume and which
we feared more than bullets.
We recoiled as IL the enemy were be-
fore us ana not behind US. and for the
moment we forgot the fire that had
driven us on. Then be spoke:
''May I ask what this regiment Is do
ing?' he said.
His tones We're calm. icily cold, like
his look, but full of scorn. We heard
them distinctly amid the cracking fire
from the British. although he had not
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We looked before us and then to left
and right. and everywhere we saw the
smoke of the enemy's musketry ex-
tending like fire In a field of dry grass,
while the little bullets sang like a
swarm OF bees, cutting down our ranks
and driving the survivors into a hud-
died mass. II is one thing to fight the
foe In an open plain. where you can see
his face and the chances are even. 1t
Is another thing to charge him in his
chosen position, with the flag waving
over you. the drum beating you on and
the hot blood singing In your veins, but
It is q very different thing to have him
rise up from the woods and thickets all
around you when you did not know Of
his presence and envelop you in a fire
that burns and blinds you.
The torrent of the British musketry
grew alike in sweep and volume. Our
surprise was complete, overwhelming
and terrible. We had marched into the
ambush as IL that were the only road
IN the world, and our shattered lines
recoiled farther and farther. We were
shouting to each other, firing random
shots at the enemy whom we could not
sec and bending to the hail Of bullets
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which reduced our numbers so fast.
Our colonel was swearing at the men
and striking some with the fat of his
sword In vain attempt TO restore or
der, and then saw grayish color
.overspread his face. He stopped quite
still for a moment, as IL he had been
stricken with a sudden paralysis, the
sword dropped from his outstretehed
hand, and he pitched forward on his
face.
"Our coloners killed. Our coloneps
Killed" ran a wailing cry through the
regiment. We loved Colonel Carruthers.
and well he deserved our love- He had
/. led US through dozen battles, some
times in victory and sometimes In de-
feat. but always he had been the same
kbrave, patient, kindly man. watching
over US like father. When the bullet
struck him down, we felt as If we had
received the lead in our own bodies,
and the wailing cry was followed by
one great groan, coming from US all to-
gether.
But the fire that converged upon us
grew hotter and hotter and deadlier
and deadlier. The bushes seemed to
spout death, innumerable little flashes
of fame appeared among them, mark
ing the activity of the fitting sharp
shooters, and the shrfli hiss of the bul-
lets never ceased. Our numbers melted
rapidly, and although some tried to re-
store order and reform the ranks they
= wasted both threats and appeals. We
were veterans. but we had been thrown
into panic. 1t was not the fire of the
enemy, It was the surprise, the am
bush, and our routed regiment, a mob
OF fugitives, streamed backward, leay-
ing behind 1t the trail Of its dead and
wounded.
s"Gcod God. Gordon. did think that
Il would ever see such a sight And we
boosted that ours was the finest regi-
ment In tho army tool" groaned Cap
tain Hunter to me. There wero tears
on his face. and he struck fugitive
across the head with the fat of his
sword But the man, paying no atten-
tion to him. ran on.
1 looked back and saw the British
pressing forward in a swarm their red
Goats cleaning in the dazzling sun
light and their sharpsheoters showing
the Same deadly activity that had
marked them IN the beginning. But
rank and file and sharpshoeters alike
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no longer sought concealment. There
was no need of 1t now. They saw that
we were beaten. panic stricken, and
they crowded upon us, pouring into us
n fire that added to our confusion and
the desire to run faster.
We were firing, too, but In a wild and
scattered way, and l fancy that few Of
the bullets found British mark. The
smoke of the musketry hung over us
and at times obscured our sight, but al
ways we reheld through 1t the red and
hostile uniforms pressing down upon
us In closer and heavier columns. !
knocked suddenly against some one,
and then when the smoke cleared
away a little saw 1t was Captain
Hunter again.
Cant you do something? Can't you
do something, Gordon?" he cried In de-
spair. "Oh, that such a thing should
happen to this Of oil reglmentsl"
He raised his sword again to strike
man, but the arm dropped back to his
side, shot through by a musket ball.
Yet he still shouted to them and sought
to hold them back aud form line of
resistance. l will confess that | had
suffered from the panic terror at first
when the volleys leaped from the mus
kets of the hidden sharpshooters in the
bushes, feeling that sudden impulse to
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That night, when the victory was
won, our regiment, silent, subdued and
humbled by memory, marched past
General Washington and his staff and
our own colonel, who was still pale and
weak. wearing great bandage around
his head.
General" said Captain Hunter to
che commander In chief, acting as our
spokesman. sis 1t possible for the regi-
ment to obtain forgiveness?
The generals face was illumined by
one OF bis rare smiles.
Captain Hunter" he replied, "the
regiment has earned its forgiveness al
ready. 1t brought Off its colonel. and 1t
has the chief credit OF the victory to-
day."
Then we gave great cheer and went
to our quarters, happy once more. But
reflected as walked along that great
men find many ways to do their work.
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Soualched by Tillman.

Senator Tillman Lectured at Ann
A1bor, Mich, one night last week,
under the auspices of the Good Govern
ment League, his subject being The
Race Question in the South. " The in
cident of the evening was his diatribe
against the negroes. The audience
was composed of students. Directly
in front and alone sat a colored stu
dent, and the senator looked at him in
making his remarks,
'You scratch one Of these colored
graduates under the skin, be said,
''and you will fod the savage. His ed
ucation is like coat Of paint, like his
skin.
There were Kisses from several parts
of the house. Senator Tillman smiled
and retorted:
''You must excuse me for my frank
ness. There is nothing Of hatred in
my nature for the negroes. When that
man who hissed gets ready to give his
daughter in marriage a negro and proves
By his actions and not by Kisses, that
he means business, will apologize, and
not before"
The applause which greeted this re-
tort was tremendous, and there was no
more Kissing during the evening.
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pectations concerning the war
in the Philippines, as compiled
from the official standpoint.
From week to week and month
to month the American people
have been told that the war
would soon be over and that
then we should begin our divine
ly-appointed mission of the re-
generation of the natives of the
islands. Let us now ask for the
facts as they exist today:
Another rainy season is soon
to open, when chasing E:robber
bands" will be practically pro-
hibited by the condition of the
country.
The imperialist Outlook's
special commissioner in the Phil
ippines reports: ''Let those who
think that the Philippine war
is over visit the islands and
Judge for themselves "With
the exception of a mere hand
full, too insignificant to be con-
sidered, every Filipino in his
heart is an insurrecto and
wishes to drive the Americans
from the islands,
The list of dead and wounded
cabled periodically by Gen.
Otis shows as high an average
of casualties among the Ameri-
can soldiers at the present time
as at any previous period of the
war.
Last week, says a Manila dis
patch, was one of the bloodiest
Of the war. There was fight
ing all over Luzon. One thous-
and natives were killed. The
New York Times, imperialist,
admitted yesterday: owe do
not hold a foot of the island be-
yond the range of ourguns.
Those are the facts of today,
nearly is months after the out
break of war. If we should pro-
ceed to draw legitimate con-
clusions from those facts as to
the responsibility therefor and
the policy which has produced
this welter of chaos and ma
tional crime, we should be &C
cused doubtless of abusing the
administration. We say moth
ing of the administrations re-
sponsibility or it's errors. The
facts speak for themselves.
The facts certainly tell the
story most eloquently.