Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-06-26


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! oivan mo sucb ,r, o,,,,,+i4, a. -
sorry tbot hod ,at I..a,,urt ,9 "'''
mart of nv ration nr nah, - ,itIst 't,iS
| PASS for bnttor yvhc, , rno, r,.o,, e.,
| hungry ,rns y .nnvhot oo,,f fo,+ai
! however to nate tbot NV borso ,,hfob
was tied next 10 Mick lIcTvvny,s NJ
the long rail fence beside tbn road had
| frigbtened Nf',,-.s horse nd oato, tbo+
| animals oats lcforr taSting its own
Brainard and met ut lunch. and
had just aSECl him how he liked being
trooper. a@I hp had expressed the
hope that Tie tc,:rGyracy might feel
rs Shahy OF IS loSs as hc. when we
heard a shot or two in the advance. A
| sensation passed down the line. and we
all started on foot to sec what was the
matter, but The captain ordered:
ITO horse! Mount. Remember your
'ouIS, Io'""Fu'
HooN'uS out lhe ROAD we could see by
.ne uust cIouu 'hat the other companies
" t"' S"uuie anu moving lor
""iu we 'oue "oou' nNe minutes
~. 'I'i'e ~ 1i,iie 'e" sno'S'
Du' ~ oa's'' "uuAeii'!' no"eNei'
'sl0S9 % :" ',..u " ,e"' SluDO'e c"ine
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W 'e
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wv Ioii,ii" 'ui pa
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u "P ','o my o'ii o"'' eoui"" "e'et-
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my "e'' eo'ir''S "Uu"OTu anu 'oi e,.',,i"s
hcroSS helu IKE 'hat poor reno"
h''ue 'iie ieei ue"uiy SIGN. s'i"lneu lli-OsI
LILY eyes in the direction from which
the wounded man had COME, but saw
nobody else. Meanwhile the surgeQp
had gone out to meet the man, who
now was quite near US, and called to
some one to take down part Of the
fence so the horse could reach the road.
By the time the poor fellow reached
the roadside he was very pale and lean
ing low on his horse, and we could see
a broad red stain along the leg Of his
light blue trousers He was helped to
the ground, and the surgeon quickly
cut away his clothing and examined
the wound, while we moved on, my
heart still being elsewhere than in its
proper place
On, on we rode, and the farther
we went the more I wished we were
going in the opposite direction. am
ashamed even now 70 remember how
many different kinds of coward I was
that day, but / was giving my entire
mind to the subject, and In such ctr
cumstances a man can accomplish q
great deal Fortunately it was i'm
possible to keep up the strain a long
time, so within an hour or two l was
cool enough for anything. l was too
exhausted to be anything else.
When regained my senses sufficient
ly to think of something besides my
self l was astonished at the coolness
or carelessness Of our lieutenant. He
had once been a private soldier in one
of the older companies, which were at
the head of the column, but he did not
ride ahead to ask questions, nor did he
even dismount to speak to the wound
ed man, though he must have known
him. In the middle Of the afternoon
we passed a member Of one Of the old
companies going to the rear for some
thing, and our lieutenant asked:
What Is itf"
"Nothin' much" said the man. Their
pickets was layin' for u.s."
Nothing else?"
"No, except Big Browns hoss Yves
killed. He got one Of theirs. though;
that's ALL"
Nothing muchw That's allP If
poor fellow, shrieking with agony over
q broken thigh, which was being hurt
still more ct every step of his horse,
was nothing much" what would be
regarded as something2 II the pick
els layin' for u.s. could inf1ict so much
misery, what would be the result of q
full battlef Again l wanted to go
home.
But no battle occurred that day, anu
we dismounted before dark and pre-
pared to biyouac in the woods for the
night stream crossing the road sup
plying ample water for men and horses
Brainard and wanted to 20 right up