Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-26
Officers horse. pitching bis rider


About this time Burns came sham
bling along the line. apparently quite
unconscious OF danger. He was bag
gard aud Withholding. has hair un-
kempt aud has long. thin, white beard
tangl ed across his face.
He saw Vasseur and approached /
him.
Have Won seen him yet2" no in
quired. bending over the excited little |
half breed. have you seen him yeti"
A -ound-shot cast mp splash q
mud aud water IN front OF them.
Ike not there at praysoa, STAN |
mors6 forth poor Nasseur. 'Mebbe |
he rYt care about zis ting varee like
ly."
The front Of enc British column
dashed up 20 the ditch. few brave
fellows foundered through H. and
. rushed right into the muzzlcs of the
American guns.
Bat IL was not for mortal courage
90 stem that humming current 90 mise
siics a thirty-t FOUNDER was
loaded to the muzlle with muekcf-
balls and fragments of metal. Just
as thc column thickencd close along
the ditch che gunner. with steady
hand. lowered the piece so that the
dreadful charge would rake She level
surface of the ground aud fired
Sever. perhaps in the history OF war
fare was thcre another SD destructive
a shot Pho historians ten ,what IS
too incredible even for romance tnat
two hundred British soldiers were
killed outright by the storm 90 lead
and iron. that one blast OF tle breath
of war,
The whole front of tho charging
column had melted down.
Peevy stir stood on the breast
work. peeping through tho battle
smoke. trying always 90 aim 10 some
particular one of the enemy before
firing Mary Ann.
Pakeuham had been given another
horse. aud although one Of tine SCOUT
bullets had nat him. ne mou nted aud
went Co tLe head OF the column once
l more 90 reform &C. Bnt he was
doomed. a grape-sho. dashed him,
. dying. u the ground.
General Gibbs took command.
peevy saw him aud signaicd hum oui
Tor his aim.
Mary Ann was me~cuess. ONte.
Gibbs. over went kcano. Dale fei
Ga dead indeed. 10 seemed chat no mal
% who undertook to lead She column.
e could escape those special message
b of Mary Ann when dirc-tei by t-|
imperiurhablc alma oi tae scout.
p SO the battle went. the British re
coiied. plunged forward. tumh.ei d.
D. bleeding heaps. broke. rallied
Is charged again and again. That httle
be- muddy ditch. with its slippery bank
Do ana slow. dark tide was the line q
'' death. 40 man crossed 10 aud lived
be At the last desperate moment.
is man. superbiy mounted. was sec
calling together the bravcst spirits "a
Ed the English army. He rode like
ih king. his face wa, as cold as marhl
re and vet scinulaut with magnet
'h energy.
re General Jackson levclel his %.
held-g'ass upon ham and actually n.
d. coilci
KS THAT scoundrel' DE ex,laime
~ and his bronzel aud iaunheei visas
p- showed "a sudden excitemcnt
p" renegade. by the eternal,
.e- Nasseur saw tho new lea1er an
d. leaned over the hroaslwork ,o gaze
ne him. So attracted was hc by tine 81
W. partition that he forgot has fear.
nd MR. Vernon looked and turned pal
m- The enemy's line reformed, the Hig
fd landers IN front, aud came on again
ne this time with ready sweep that al
on peared resistless.
er pecvy was still at his stand. rcloa
-rA ing Mary Ann as calmly as it he we
nd COINS 90 shoot squirrel
OF "He air long ways o1. Ma
OF Ann, muttered be. "but we mt
Ike re'ch i'm. ole gali'
led He lifted the rilo and took delibe
ate sight over the long barrel. i
sau sharp report was lost ma the geneI
ow roar Ci the fight Had Ae misse
There was NO sign to the contrary.
LED 'pierre Rameau. Viola, See, 1
adj Pierre Ramcau" screamed Nasser
AR dancing around wildly.
General jackson came almost ru
ted ming along the lane, the white foam
ND. excitement fringing has bl0odless hl
'.Shoot that eternal. Internal scou
i'm. drel for me, Peevyr he shouts
our pointing his long, emeciated fins
wet toward the new British lead
he shoot him. Kill him.
90. Tibet airs ios wat I tole "
ich Ann, replied the scout, printing
the ride
be Jackson snatched up an old musi
In that had been aung down by so
men one and aimed IT, IL snapped har
tie lessly. He dashed it aside with ia
Aga ous emphasis and stood gazing
ms stark anger.
city Ca came that steady, shining iii
-oLy tho rarimert nf nl.hlanlers .tennI