The Delta independent., 1906-05-25

along the line. Fleischmann had iahen s,
back. slipping on a loose stone; ,os now sabre ne
fairly leaped ahead OF US; ms gepais greas as a
scythe in ripe wheat. The French stood
in pit dug around the brow brow o. aeemed tne h to
be thousands Of them. Our revolvers we're
empted Immediately. and It was thsn d
to trnek to light
and left with but one idea-self, ,preseryaI,
tion. AS in a dream l heard the oeafuiy ,fny
Of straining men,, the biasphemy; the
shrek OF the wounded. NO,
We're falling back; and farther yet tIes @
were clear inside the line. driving the
French before them: A few OF ,,Gra,ndea Our men
by the infuriated French we held OUT
own, fighting with the absolute despera..
once in a lifeline. we were fairly walled
in with the dead; yet as fast As they 1 Meli1i
down others came forward. IA Ihefe aissS seen the
squirting OF red blood. the glare OF ansrs
eyes looking into our own with muraer1hIis ai ~
right Fleischmann. welding his sabre hRs e
a hail. STEADY, boys" he cried, aha ,ha
run" But in my heart l knew that II
could not be so; that must go down IN
blood and dust. victims Of a misguided
Then an pgIy sGua,, ,G FreneRmaP 6s1nTs Sv She she
up through the heap OF dead. and with a
desperate thrust sent his bayonet INTO
aTTsHD ened me. Nv ti Beloved T friend sank with
gasp. \ mist obscured my sight: Tor
moment / weakened and my sMofa i,,t va az
a musket appeared in the air Immediately
before me and descended upon my mead. |
My ears rang like a foundry The whoIe |
world seemed suddenly to be whiriing IKE |
a Fourth of July pinwheel, with multi
Ssa$ af ia and iht te eneb hs3yy As upon weh ans
looked at Fleischmann III, lie stood stood crest eTes;
smashing. cutting, his lips compressed. MS
jaws set with detcrmlnation. Ne had
thrown away his coat long before; his hat
was gone, cut on his temple let the
for this mighty fighter, Then my light
went out and the horrid noise OF war
II was FIeischmann's voice in my ears
that wakened me. lay upon the grass grass
nv m hsad NV witb cool Water Quickly recoi.
lection came back to me. and stung into
activity by my supposed danger ! rose 10
for the dead and wounded there was not
a Frenchman in sight. Fleischmann was
t5ld it me that just just as he was about to give
up. his comrades came to the rescue. We
we're in full possession. but at what a
barely fve hundred to answer the call.
found Luwenberg lying on heap OF
dcring. At intervals he gave orders, cried
out to his wife, or sang snatches OF Ger
who was a physician. sat near. He shook
his head in answer to my inquiry. There
Was no hope.
Presently my friend turned his head and
looked at me with eyes suddenly grown
clear. "Adams. he said. family, tell
true Prussians. Ana teii-tciI his Majes-
ty-" lie half rose and raised his arm
and %ihSfi"na fsii Back dead. hS 'F'e' !" ringing '
We turned the French guns In the direc-
little fort for the expected assault. For
several hours there had been nttle or
armies were engaged. II was late after
noon now. The sky was becoming over
cast. and the wind was rising.
All the guns in the world seemed TO be
going OF at once. From our elevated po-
/ picked up n glass from a dead officer and
put It to my eyes. There lay the pano.
asaa % grass m @ appeared the he opposing forces.
The brown khaki OF the Germans and u"
soft ssny ;,ts sea-isiand,el9,h & Sf the Fren
powder. The center Of hFhtInE appea-
and as / watched 1 could see that 9.
wnter was fun OF black specks- 7.
aTFe IS SSdS Of s tgfSea rTny was '2 2urre
the river bank, making FOR the N
iclicr crossing. And we with but haf
men to defend Il!
The wind Increased in force. The sL
grew dark. And now. coming from t.
south. appeared shoal OF small aiTsh-
Of a nov, dirIEihle type. with fans 4'
ruddcrs. They clrclcd above us. hardly
quarter OF a mile away. and swung dsvr
toward the battlefield. heading into {
gale In regular formation. And as
watched n strange thing happened T
ships were poised directly over tn"
,orious Germans. Suddenly a series
peculiar popnlnE reports came to my c7-.
saw the Germans breaking. sCattcTIi
away from the French. T.
ground beneath them, behind them,
front OF tbom, sparkled. like the PIN
Nhoresccnt ocean. | saw the whole arr.
moving north. n struggling. disorEnriE. !
horde. They left behind them brow
track, and rs the sky liEhtcnod for @
! saw that the track was -.
bodies Of men prone upoU g."
earth. i called Flcischmann. Look.
cried. THE army Is rctrcatlnE. See IT, .
sparks around them. What does .-
mcanr'