The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-04


Gettysburg. And yet he was the mo
nervous. His officers, alert and youn
came and spoke to him easily. TT
men hoped for the sound of shootin
He alone feared the attack, and waite
lmpatiently the order to withdraw
"The extreme advance post"
muttered with unseasoned men! M
regular to support us. If l had n
old company, l shouldn't care, but
these be. ) break and run my reput
tion goes, and every nee of PRONE
ticn."
Iromotion! At fifty-fv3 he was sti
-otain, trans aerred, by a gri
ce, without ch-nge of rank,
"a volunteers in Cuba. He knew h
ch2l Il defects; he felt that he W;
nurse out in the clin 6. 9"' WE
physicA gd on bin e,
wearing n the la. Ids. If he VIZ
always b. of service his half pa
sunstroke 2intain his family-a
orcod out 1e major before he We
would no m. hat would be salv;
girls. : o becoA
M-stei ID out, fgure that squatte
uon! he line of soldier
He stopped, by Az the man.
in the grass tsshdn IA t. ou."
That's right, salt 'ked down
wanted to sspaak kath J III foloWe
The big Ameri can Goe ="
the shrive led Cut nn. ~Ye ms FAC
ION your O wn risk, .wsD know o strlk
II kno w Thel ulittlep nh shoot
igiowed., q risk. iAEtsiast yam 20
for my country. Ehsape Wal be-
ing So or. Oh. how il fssil Ano I
Amer cana-I honocEyouH 4
1T bats all righA. Isaid Nthe scapIa
.o CO. vo,, captasnlr saidathe NCuaan;
1T drou, wallet faom hiss bre ast al" t.
e ,nened it carefully ,.,.,s lar
The captain saw crisp gFeeiAA"'N
.Pnt It up man, he said. .s,.., ou Yo
.put look" said the Cuban sne,
80 American money-thooSAnd u"alai ing
Hills Ten. Do you see? MY %iio,O -" fai
time. Spain has taken the Ao.., ,,isnad
l.1 $40 ), said the captain. astoniSs a AFT
.vov snoxe of risk" SAID ne ouoa eAi. jus
.p,,+ Won risk your lives ZOE US 10 80 as
Dus W. If die you take tnlS Is,
money. See? ..,, ..,
..,e,o money is for the poor OF o1n7 ca
citv which we all peslese if
LAS ~ ,econstruct-you UNDERSTAND
II from me. The money you hi
% die. You see thaI l. 40 st
Jake ~ nsad No one else knows re
Understand DC
81 understand"
"vou are an American. ooh "'''
.or IN nromise All, look OUT! .,;o,,- =
sou :, dr1 cracking began in the tnloN-
- +ba trees across the cleai- a
ets unao ,,,rr,d have said that men
ing. Gm rao,Ting branches for fuel by!
were pie asnea1y clashes we're visible IN
49, shadow. Bullets began TO cu' 'Ao
, .ne &C. oIo;,t the captains head
ien rss CHAN twitched his trousers.
..fie a' down he said; ~. aEs2 9ai.a y
st nie lie down. - Z. I u
rbe captain shook his head. lnc
u,aye looking at him; he could
~ afford to betray nervousness. Inc
1;outenants came for orders "Shall we
ere9" Not yet The captain stuoieu
tbo woods in front, and searcheo lnenn
''.t,, his glasses. His worries van
..had as he called into, play his mill
80 foculties He noted the increas-
&c aa from gathering Irregular
Y 80 Then his orders came clear anu
II 80 He snread out his line, 10 styys
u a. Immersion of greater nuln a4S 2
~ - cave the word to return v tne 1 ~
Din The Cuban was the first TO snoo' =, -
rod "A his excitement his gun Spoi,e si,i,yino
. ooe looked at the captain WIZ os sad e
face. "This is glorious ~ -
IN eabt for my country. -..tsstu
tx Tha ere became hotter. me oppoS-
ne force grew ever larger; the re-
ins 80 the Americans seemed Zee
sp Tho captain knew that ms
Vic. -, would be revealed. He feared
sisne ,,+aanked. But OF the courage
10 " 49,, he soon had no doubt. Tney
20 fought s we'll And the Cuban sonD "he oi nis
, voice, called This is glorious ,d1nm.d the
volunteers learned to to know nsNtai 5ns They
YES and to know their . 1 Sasora. now
] had been proud OIL n' sudden den attack,
4 they loved him n,,nnins s'p porwar4 under