Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-10

they blotted them from sight. n, AIDE.
hatless and bleeding, his horse
wounded and staggering from weak.
ness, tore down toward ~ along the
crest. A hundred feet away his
mount foil headlong, but on foot and
dying he reached our front.
Colonel Carter" he painted, press.
ing one hand upon his breast to keep
back the yelling blood. charge. and
hold that battery Until We can bring
infantry to your support"
No man among US doubted the full
meaning Of tive were to save the
army! The very horses seemed to
feel sense Of relief. hands clinchsd
more tightly on taut reins to hold
them in check; under the old battered
hats the eyes Of the troopers cleaned
hungrily.
"Virslnians!" and the old Colonies
voice rang like q clarion down the
GREATNESS line, there is where you
die! Follow met"
Slowly, like some mighty mountain
torrent gaining force, We rode forth
at a walk, each trooper lined TO pre-.
cision of review. yet instinctively TAX.
ing distance for sword play. Hallway
down the slight slope our line broke
into sharp trot, then, as the thrilling
notes of the charge sounded above US,
We swept forward in wild, impetuous
tumult.
Who can tell the story of those
seconds that 80 swiftly followed?
Surely not one who saw but the vivid
flash Of steel. the agonized faces, the
flame of belching fire. l recall the
'frenzied leap Of my horse a. We
struck the line ere 1t could form into
square; the blows dealt savagely to
right and left; the blaze Of volley
scorching our faces; the look Of the
big infantryman l rode down; the
sudden thrust that saved me from .
levelled gun; the quick swerving Of
our horses as they came in contact
with the cannon; the shouts Of rage;
the blows; the screams Of pain; the
white face of Colgate a. he reelsd
and fell. These are all In my men,
DRY, blurred, commingled. indistinct.
yet distressful as any nightmare. In
some way, how know not. realized
that We had hurled them back, shat
tered them by our first fierce blow;
that the guns were once again ours;
that fifty dismounted troopers were
tugging desperately at their wheels.
Then that dense blue mass surged
forward once again. engulfed Us in
its deadly folds, and with steel and
bullet, sword and dubbed musket,
ploughed through our broken ranks.
rending US in twain. fairly smothering
us by sheer force Of numbers. I saw
tie old Colonel plunge head-down into
.Lo ruck beneath the horses feet;
the Major riding stone dead in his
saddle, q ghastly red stain in tho
centre of his forehead; then Hunter.
Of E, went down screaming, and
knew was the senior captain left.
About me scarce . hundred men hat
tied like demons for their lives IN tho
midst Of tho guns. Even % glanced
aside at them. shielding my head with
uplifted sabre from the blows rained
upon me. the color.sergeant flung up
his hand, and grasped his saddle POM
mel to keep from falling. Out Of his
opening fingers I snatched the splin.
tered staff. lifted it high up. until
the rent folds Of the old nag esuSht
the dull glow Of the sunlight
til Virginia." ] shouted. Rally
on tho colors!"
l could SEQ them coming-aN that
was left Of them-fighting their way
through the press. cleaving the mass
with their blows a. the prov Of .
ship cut the sea. With one vicious
jab Of the spur l led them. . thin
wedge of tempered gray steel. batter
ing, gouging, rending passage into
that solid blue wall. Inch by inch.
foot by foot, yard by yard, slashing
madly with our broken sabres, battling
as men crazed with lust Of blood.
our very horses fighting for US with
teeth and hoofs. we ploughed q lane
Of death through dozen files. Then
the vast mass closed in upon ~,
rolled completely over VI. There was
a flash. a vision Of frenzied faces,
and l knew no more.
(To be Continued.)
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