Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-05-15

had only heed d the words of this
old veteran, the humiliating accident
would not have occurred. mount
ed as quickly as possible aud started
at full speed TO overtake the squad
ron.
After reaching piece of wood
land. about a half or three quarters
of a mile north of Yellow Tavern. on
the Chicahominy road. came To a
point IN the woods where two roads
forked. There were So many tracks
of cavalry horses Of both roads that
1T was ut;-rl, imp.s,.ol, for ne to
tell which Of the two roa S the squad
ron had taken; aui IL WAS Just here
that saw the Saddest sight of the
war. / saw two Young men, both of
them splendidly mounted. Not know
ing whittier should 90, I galloped
mp to them aud said. "Can YOU tell
me which way the squadron went"
They paid no attention to me what
ever. | repeated the question. They
still ignored me, and heard one SAY
90 the other, "Come oa. Johnny. and
20 in with me" JOHNNY simply
,honk his head. Then tne other sald.
90, johnny, don't DO this way.
johnny still shook his head. The
other said again, "Johnuy. don't act
this way. What will Mother thiuk
of You: Her heart will he broken.
Well, sir" he weot ou al the
top of his voice, - will disown Won
forever from today as my brother.
/ Don't YOU ever speak to me AS long
as YOU live" He drew his saber and
started towards the enemy. and poor
Johnny. mournfully and sadly, turn
ed his back upon thernemy and re-
treated toward the Chicahominv.
This, as | said before, occurred at
the forks Of these roads Not being
able to get any information from
these men and seeing an officer of
some distinction riding dapple grey
horse behind some dismouuted men.
went up 10 him. To my amaze
ment il turned out to be General
Stuart. did not recognize him at
first, because when had seen him
some hours before be was riding
bay horse. took my place Just u
few PAGES behind him. and To my
establishment found the enemy were
| just in front of Us, not more than
thirty or forty yards distant Gen
eral Stuart, with waving plume and
dauntless courage, fired every load
ont of his revolver as coolly as |
could fire at squirrel, with that clar-
ion voice all the time urging the
men o stand steady, "GIve 1t to them.
Give it to them" and like encourag-
ing phrases. After firing the last
shot from his revolver, he coolly re-
turned it to the holster, drew his sa-
Der, and, waving it over his head.
said, That's right, boys, give it 10
them! Give it to them! Stand your
ground" To my horror saw him
fall forward on the neck of his horse.
his hat and saber falling TO the
ground. Turning his head slightly
toward me, he said, Courier, 90 tell
General Lee aud DR.. Fontaine to come
here"
Wheeling my horse | went as rap
idly as posi- BILE to General Lee, whom
found on the extreme right of the
line, on the beautiful little Nellie
Gray; and here magnificent specta-
Gle presented itself Glorious Fitz-
hugh Lee, galloping back and forth
behind his line of battle urging his
men on to victory! 1t so happened
that when turned. he saw ME going
at break neck pace towards him.
beckoned to him 10 meet me. which
he did. General" said, "come
quickly. General Stuart has been
shot" His face, which was flushed
with excitement, became palhd with
fear. lie said, Take me to him as