The St. Johns herald., 1900-05-26

thing in reach on the road as we'll as il
 the stable, when we came upon de
 tacbment of rebel cavalry between U
 and home. They had more men thai
 we did. but there was only one thing t'
 do, and that was 10 charge-and We di'
 it.
 l was abreast of Jeb when we got th
 word, and l never saw anything mad
 of flesh and blood do what Blazes dit then. Jeb couldn't hold her any nor
 than you could hoid cyclone, and sh'
 ran like streak of lightning. Tn ;he 2t
 or 40 rods between us and the eonted crates she got more than two rod
 ahead of the rest of US, so she struck th,
 line first. I'll bet she covered 30 feet al
 every jump. and finally she took an ad
 mighty plunge into inc air. and landed
 plump on top of coufedeTsse tergeaa;
 and his horse. knocking thsn both
 down as easily as she would blade o: grass.
 She reared and plunged. struck with her forefeet. kicked with her hind ones and she used her teeth like tiger She'd grab rebel horse hy the throat and tear out chunk Of flesh; shed seize man by the leg or the arm, and pull him out of ihe saddle and tranple upon him quicker than you could knock him out with & saber, and every time she had chance kbe'd jump into tbe air and land right on top of horse and rider, and then bite and tear andlstrike her way through or past the next one sne met.
 don't see how Jeb ever stayed on her back. but he did, and he came out with out scratch. too. Nobody ever made fun of Biazes after that brush, but her greatest fight was her last one.
 Wed been out on a scouting and for aging expedition and were op our wsy back when wehad thai set-to. There were only ten of us. and we thought We had got past the point where we were likely to fall in with any rebs. when we saw a full company of confederate cavalry come over the top Of a knoll not quarter of 6 mile away.
 There was no use for US to try to run. for we would only have run into their lines. and there wasn't g man there who wanted 10 surrender. 90 we yelled back and started 10 meet them.
 We came together. and iu second we were all mixed up. They surround- ed us like flies around honey pot. We were 50 few that we could not keep together. and every man fought for himself, regardless of inc others. Still, everybody could tell where Blazes wys ail the time. by the coulmotion she kicked up; aud when in a fight like that one thing kicks up enough extra com notion 10 be noticed. you can bel it's moving.
 Igot bullet through my right shoul- Ter and another one in my left arm. and was helpless; and just then my horse got saber clip Ou the side of his head which sent him crazy. and somehow. be managed 10 kick himself out of the melee before he dropped. which he did with one of my legs under him: but 1 was where coultl' zee the fight, aud kept my eyes on Biazes.
 Just as l discovered her. saw Jeb Smith pitch head frs; out of his satidle, md l knew that the parson was done for.
 BlaZes seemed 10 know it. too. She ! had been wild before. but she becume e 1 perfect demon then. She must have i Inown that she had no rider. and most horses quit fighting when the man is gone off from their backs: but she | didn't. She only got wilder and went ir or vengeance.
 She TO longer paid any attention 10 l he horses, but she went for inc mcn. and whenever she grabbed one she liter ally tore him apart. Hundreds of shots | were fired at her. and her body was covered with blood from the saber cuts | she had received. but she paved anC l kicked and tore with her boofs aad | 'eeih. turning like a cet. and bounding | about with the esse and grace of panther.
 Then. when most Of our men had gone down. snd when practically all that there was lPft for the rebs 10 fight war that wild mare. thfre was another yell from the top Of the hill. and 1 saw Ihree companies of our own men com. ng 10 the rescue.
 The Johnnies saw them. too. and they broke and ran. and as sure as 1 live, Blazef started after them.
 She overlook the last man and seized Dim by the shoulder, dragging him rom his horse to the ground. Az he 'eIi be fired his pistol. and the shot vent through her heart. bu; she ciung o her prey and her body fell upc she nan who killed her.
 There were only three of us left alive, 'ut of the ten who went into that fight. md we felt almost as badly about 3lazes aa we did about our comradeA Poor Jeb was shot through the head. nd never knew what struck him. We ourIed him and the mare sice by eide. nd there wasn't dry eye io the crowd rheu we did it. She did more fight. ng that day than ihe whole ten of us, nd there were over 3n0 wounds on her ody when we found her.-Bosiop lIobS.