The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

/ from the windows, and after a mo-
ments suspense the shouting, Shrek
| ing mass rolled down the hill again.
! After this repulse the little party in
+ the missionaTy's house tried to cross
the intervening space between them
and the fort, but every available gun
/ in the rapidly swelling hrode was turned
upon them; one soldier and two of the
three native servants were killed, and
they were glad to turn back to the
house again.
I've must go to them" said the ser
geant Corporal, take Lieutenant Nell
sons horse and notify Major Boone of
our situation. It is twenty-five miles
you ought to bring help by night You'll
have TO jump off the bluff and swim
the river"
The corporal sped Gathering on his
way, and while they waited to see if
he crossed the river safely, company A
filled its knapsacks with ammunition
and ratiOns- When he led his horse up
winding trail on the further side, they
cheered him and then made dash
down the hill. They were greeted with
storm Of fire and death. Seventy-fve
yards they went, then faltered, stopped
and fed back to the redoUbt.
In sixty. seconds they had lost seven
killed and many .WOunded-the bugler
and two others so badly that they
CraWIed back The Chinese aim was
vile, and their ancient guns nearly
worthless, otherwise company A must
have been killed to a man.
Flesh and blood can't do it," groaned
the sergeant, and company A CRASHED
its teeth in despair.
The firing lulIed, and the sergeant,
taking Nelson's glass, looked toward
the mob, who seemed to be making
preparations for some new move. For
moment he was puzzled-and then,
Good God" he cried, they'll get The
Boy this time surel" lieutenant Mel
son was THE Boy')
The besiegers were forming under
shelter Of the town and speeding up the
other side of the hill on which the Rit-
ter dwelling stood. where the fire from
the fort could not harm them.
At this junctUre Nelson's little party,
seeino their position was untenable,
abandoned the house and ran up the
fifty yards between it and the summit,
seeking shelter among a number OF
powders on the crest.
Lieutenant EelsOn was the last to
reach the haven Of safety and company
a marveled much to see that he had
torn a rail from the balcony and was
carrying it with him.
Now, what is that for?" growled
Sergeant Jennings. The answer was not
long in coming. A moment later. Just
as the sun looked over the eastern
mountains, the flag Of the cOnfederacy,
for the first time in thirty-five years.
hoated out over field of battlel
A sound which was less a cheer than
a sob. burst from every throat. There
was no word of command or counsel.
but, as If in answer to a summons
which there could be no denying, COM
pany A sprang over the ramparts and
charged gladly down TO death.
Down the zen swiftly-un-
falteringly, not man but felt death
better than an turning back. thou
sand memories Of tie irrevoca bic past
rose thronging up to each and all.
The bullets rained thick among them.
Men stumbled - fell - rose-and fell
again The wounded fired where they
dropped till death found them-and
der rose the strains of Dixie" It was
the wounded bugler left behind them in
the redOubt.
Look away! Look away
Look away down south to Dixie
They reached the bottom, and at the
sergeant's command went in skirmish
Order-One-half retTeating while the
other fred into the ranks Of the Chi
nese, now close behind them: then in
their turn passing on up the hill while
their comrades kept up the, unequal
fight; and SO came ct last to The Boy
aid the welcome shelter of the rocks
But the dead bodies of twenty Of their
number marked their course.
They were just in time Even as they
dropped breathless on the summit the
main body Of Chinese, frantic with