New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

the 'front.' cussng our luck and everyone of us ready
to bolt at the first chance. / stood il till / heard
did you hear that sOunds Did you hear
a gun you knew was fired at real men and sending
them to Kingdom Gomez i heard It once, and that
enough We laying flat along the floor.
side by side though dead already, and
next me was German looking guy, what had been
praying and swearing, turn about, ever since
started. When he heard the firing, he went clean
off his nut; he'd have blown his brains rather
than take the chance of letting somebody else do /
for him; he'd have fought the Union army single
handed sooner than listen to them shots another
minute Well TO make a long story short, him and
me fixed up a scheme
The speaker caught his breath TO listen for the
forest seemed suddenly alive with sound and mo-
ton. ~ cloud swept down the valley of the North
Fork so low that Shreds OF scud were caught IN the
tOpmOst branches. Hail battered on the wire grass
The curtains tapped nOisily, and IN the shadow
the aspen leaves flashed white as though a mailed
army Sprang from ambush
Go on" the professor urged, and the cook held
up a brawny fist and shook 1t at the universe de
hantly.
III tell it now, he cried and all the winds that
ever blew sha'n't shout me down! Here's how i
was. He faltered, and the professor prompted him.
There's where you lay,' he said making gesture
to indicate the ranks of trembling men,
There's where we lay," Budd echoed duly.
And there the door. said the professor
softly. He pointed TO tree at the CanOnS brink
Yes, yes cried Budd, there the door The
platform was outside, and there were two guard
/ TO spring out frst-SO, he jumped up" and
tackle the one farthest off. The Dutchman was %
grab the other from behind. Nine stou-
young feller
= a stout young fellow repeated the professor
Yes and the cook stood motionless as though
vision before him e can see him now
with straight back and crisp curly brown hair
little curly, murmured the other.
Percy. they called him., said Budd.
Percy: echoed the professor. You are sure
it Percy:
Sure as you're sitting therel' cried Budd
Keep your eyes open, Percy, they're a bad loc
That S what the corporal told him when he
guard Lord! but 1t a pityi" He Chuckled
namely, swaying on his feet.
What then: inquired the man from Char
bridge, rising slowly.
Budd Gov cred before his questioner's ewes as he
might have covered when those long silent guns
We're booming had the tall young fellow turned
NOthing! he muttered sullenv. Nothing ST.,
help me God! / didn't do 1t -
You liel' retorted the small man quietly
Budd laughed foolish laugh. There's where
we lay, he babbled, Just where Your foot Is ME
and the Dutchman and the balance of Us, and here
He lurched toward the aspen tree and laid a hand
upon its trunk to keep from falling. The profess
followed and stood close behind
What do you want" cried Budd, wheclin-
sudden panic.
To learn the manner OF nv brothers death
the other answered between lips that scarcely moved
The voice of the pines like the rumble cf &.
railway train; the winds doomed down from timber
line like thunders of artillery the hail stones struck
the aspens leaves like bullets, and over all the
laugh OF Budd rang IN maniaCal nlirth
he professor held his eye steadily; then abrr-..
" Turn out the guardl he shouted
Choke him, YOU big Dutch fool Budd called
back IN response, with his bare arms he grrr.f
with invisible adversary
He OF the straight back and curly hair had been
a strong Young fellow, but taken uravareS -r.
contest bound to 90 against him O0-e r.
seemed, he had brought Budd TO his knees ance
he had nearly hurled him from the rocking car:
but ms knapSack must have hampered him, ami his
muSket and heavy cartridge box. The hct,0-v
Jumper fought silence yvirf, deSrara+a