The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-07-11
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war %llarncr went out to take a
last look at ttc Geld. \ battle would
certainly bc f.u,ht the next day. Ills
own inference, had been corrohora.
ted hy u hint from the Headquarters
to which be- vas temporarily at.
tachod.
When he fir: appeared a. q war
correspondent. uui OF the romance
that hi work promised. he waited for
the hcht. and then throw into his de-
scriptious all the ~ hiH
ready pen and prompt vocabulary. but
II would not do. lie soon found that
hy the time HE copy Nns ready The
other fclIuWs hold che wires aud he
was l.fi 10 receive ~ l.,ut messages
from thr hnrHc o.,c about hia di-.
patghpf b,ire quite good. hut SOME
what ancient. with an occasional rr'
hinder that 81, paper De- Represent.
I'd wa. not q mn1iAly publication.
SO &c. learned % gather and arrange
the pr,liuinstu. nad then io dnth in
the detail. W,.ilr ,hr cauuons Wepc
hoou'rr u.d .hr lul g. Ncf, icUr.
thvir pp.nf. VITA humuH lives ir ta.
great and rluf'ous game OF war. Even
with the tWifiurfs that experience
had brought him NJ. lHi vfs far from
happy. De did NOS mnd huri work
that was q prrt OF the nu.iurs.-
but after hc had ruu THROUGH our Of
the hottest aud prrtiiost skirp hes
he had ever seen, bad Witnessed Won.
dcriul decd. ct ,,lur and bad taken
his own Iilo into his band. aud uair
q bold dash acruss country To q tr.r.
graph station only o. receive 90 ac'
acknowledgement of his tIpgrh dctcr'p
tion che DOSAGE; "Ntircii,rS are
cheap and t.l'7ruph tDl!a are not
his feelings were honestly hurt. True
II was that the .Rirm..h Vas but an
incident iu The mighty conflict be-
tween the great %rctioHa u u great
country and history has not found
space to mention u, but l%lnrucr knew
that Il was nurc savage aud pictur'
csquc than many OF tbs hnttlcs 10
which rnrrs were given ard he wrote
a. Ice saw.
Then. too. there was the restraint
OF his work. when a soldier b. fred
nj he has the satisfaction ~ firing
back. but It Is never pleasant 10 have
the other fellow do all the shooting.
A. n correspondent liarncr was u
noncombntant. lie was shot at ~
much ~ amy of the soldiers aud u
great deal more than 'omr of them,
aud he simply had Ia stand Z; without
the privilege OF returning the coinpIl'
mcnt.
hut he had brcomc used to II all
now and the battle of the morrow
must he attended to. lie knew the
locations of the commands. he hr.
Ileycd he had the plans NJ the fight,
aud he wanted 10 get the field Of OPP
/ crntions 30 clear IN his mind that hif
account would be as accurate In IT,
geography rs In It's other Important
particulars. lie had permission to
rove within the dimes aud he was on
/ his way To the line.
As he turned Into path which would
snyc linn some Of IA, distance a young
soldier overlook him. lie was hand.
som, a,J youpg Win che ras, health
| az ncrfrc, physical manhnrd. ilnrnor
viewed him closely and into his mind
came a pity that such hone should be
used ms food for gunpoNfcr.
"uv rnmc 4. Mopsor az compnuy e..
Ei,bib volunteers" ne said. "nnd I
n,nt van ia ~ m. a favor"
..v,ry ,l,J =, Jo n,yth'pg cop"rc.
Mira I%i,rucr.
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