Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-07

with these guns while the Tanks are siaughteriug us?"
 General" Gasped the disabled cap tain. endeavoring to rise. I've ordered Lieutenant Birney to take two pieces over to that knoll which commaDds The position and open Ire. but ! can't get hlm 10 move"
 Open fire right here." thundered the general We must stop this sacrifice at once"
 General" said ihe lieutenant. must ! tre into that grover
 Yes. sir. Didn't you hear the or der? Have you lost your bead through cowardice. or as~ you afraid of hurt ing the Yaukeesv
 The IieutenaD, turned and gave the order. The ssells went crashing through the tre>~.
 Now move yssr guns forward. said the general. ans give it to them again aud agasn till you clear the grove"
 Riruey. looking more like a corpse han q live man. advanced his guns as ordered. stopping now and again to empty them. till the fire from behind the trees had ceased. Then he was or dered by the general. who continued to direct the operations in person. 10 take his battery through an open gateway and post It beyond the intervening trees The guns were hauled into The large dwelling with massive pillars in its front. Tine Federal troops had been cleared from that part of the field. and the general was satisfied. Turning 10 Birney with a scowi. he said:
 lieutenant go to the rear under ar rest"
 "General." replied the young man. sheathing his sword. 'T crave your per mission to first go into the house yon- der"
 What do you want to go there for:"
 ITO see if the inmates are alive"
 ''The inmates? What are they to you?"
 Prom that house l went south 10 join this army. There I was born There less than a year ago was mar ried IL is not a week since | received word from my wife that she had there just been delivered of a son. You see the holes made by those shots. that rent in the roof from the explosion of a shell? General. for Gods sake let me go and see if have killed my wife and boy"
 The general sat in his saddle listen ing to this brief but impassioned plea till it was finished. then threw himself from his horse.
 Come" he said. 'I will go with you"
 Together they went into the house. All was silent: all was wreck. Not person appeared on the ground floor. and the two officers hurried upstairs. That. too. was deserted Then sud den thought struck the lieutenant. and be hurried 10 the cellar. followed by his general There on a wicker lounge lay a young woman with an ashen face and closed eyes. while an old maD and woman were administering restor. atives. A negro nanny was holding a baby. The two officers. who had en- tered. stood awe stricken. Birney saw his father. mother. child. wife. He was soldier and brave man. but in all men there Is something womanly that when pent to oyernowins will burst its bounds. ID a fury of tears the young husband and father. point ing to the Iivid body of his wife. eS- claimed:
 There. general, Is the cause of mE ccwardice You have forced me 10 fire on those who are all the world 10 me to kill my own wife. And now you have put me under arrest Take my sword: | have no further use for 1t I wish to God l had disobeyed your order and you had cut me down for mutiny. Coward. I have been a cow ard. Had been brave would have shot you rather than have turned my guns on my own home"
 The general stood looking from his subordinate to the pale face of the wife and mother as one turned 70 mar bic. He saw a horror of war such as he had never seen before. And it was by his order that his lieutenant had fired the guns against bis own wife recovering from the effects of child birth. Then. suddenly starting from his iethargy. he cried to an infantry man who had come down the stairs:
 -Go for a surgeon Don't lose a mo- ment: Ride for a life,'
 The man disappeared. and the gen eral turned again to the group. Lieu tenant Birney was kneeling beside his wife. with his arms about her. begging her to live for his sake Her father was standing with bowed head. Her mother was flaming her 10 give her air.
 '.She must be moved from here" said the general. and. calling on several privates who had strayed from their commands and were rambling agog through the house. he ordered them 10 carry the lounge and It's burden up- stairs and into a room where the least wreckage had been done There the invalid, buoyed by the presence of her husband, gathered little strength and was enabled to wind her arms about his neck
 Then came a surgeon and applied simple restoratives-
 If she recovers,- he said. after be- ing in a house battered by artillery while she was in such a condition it will be a miracle"