The Glenwood post., 1912-11-23

foagAt. thsir guas bssiAs tAea. TAs
sigAG vas clsas snA ~. scarcely .
breath of air nsvinS. Here snA tAsrs
asaiast tAs sky&as Dasssd tAs dark
silhouette e ss0ttosl. ThsNs vas 10
sssnd Of Ariag ealy a 6ccasional
football to bsoak H. silence Of tho
night. Ths vesDAsA haA bssn taken
- ths Asld AssDitsls At the rear:
down in our froat lay the bodies Of
the dead. and aHAoag these shone the
dim lights Of lanterns where the last
searching parties were yet busy At
their grewsoms task. was weary
enough to sleep. every muscle Of my
body aching with fatigue. but the ex-
citement Of ths cay. the possibility Of
the. morrow. ieft Ne restless. ! had
received no wound. other than . slight
thrust with . bayonet. yet felt as
though pummelIod from head to foot.
The victory was ours-the army real
lied this truth clearly enough; We had
repulsed the red-coats. driven them
back with terrible losses: We had seen
their lines shrivsl up under our fire,
ofhcers and men falling. and tho rem
nant fleeing in disorder. 1t meant
nothing now that . force outnumber-
Ing us yet rsnainsA intact. and in
strong positioa. flushed with victory.
knowing now We could meet the best
Of them. 10 loaesA for the morrow to
dawn 20 we might complete the task.
reviewed The viviA incidents Of the
day. looking ~ at tie stars. and
wondered Who among those I knew
were yst living. vho were dead.
thought Of othsss y those lines Of the
enemy, whom ! haA known, speculat-
Ing on their tate. Thea along our
rear cane . hoessaan or two. riding
slowly. A sestfy halted them. and I
arose On one elbow to listen.
renee 10 lying over there by the scrub
oak"
got to my feet, a. the first rider
approached.
This you, Lawrence?" asked .
voice I instantly recognised ~ Ham.
ilton's. You fellows all look alike
tonight. Where il your horse, major ?"
Il have been on foot all day. sir. :"
I answered saluting.
"Ah, indeed; well. you will have
need for = horse tonight. Vain
wright" turning to the man With him.
"is your nouat Srssh?"
Appears to b. sir: belonged to .
n,lAf.k Aha.
Let Major Lawrence have him.
Major. ride with me-"
We passed back slowly enough to-
ward the rear Of the troops. through
the field hospitals, and along the edge
Of a wood. where battery Of artillery
was encamped. We rode boot to boot.
and Hamilton spoke earnestly.
The battle 10 practically won. Law
renee. in spite of Charles Lee" he
said soberly. "Of course there will BE-
lighting tomorrow, but We shall have
the red-coats well penned in before
daybreak. and have already captured
ammunition enough to make VI easy
on that score. Poor. and the Carolina
men. are over yonder. while Woodford
Is moving his command to the left.
At dawn we'll crush Clinton into frag-
aents. Washington wants to send .
despatch through to Arnold in Phila-
delphia, and reconmended you. as
you know the road. He remembered
your service before, and was kind
enough to say you were the very man.
You'll go gladlyf"
II should prefer to lead my own
men tomorrow. sir"
"Pshaw! doubt II We have more
than a skirmish. Sir Henry will see
his predicament fast enough. Then
there will be nothing left to do. but
guard prisoners."
Very we'll, colonel: am ready to
serve wherever needed"
"Of course you are, man. There
should not b much danger connected
with this trip. although there will BE-
stragglers in plenty. I'm told that
Clinton lost more than three hundred
deserters crossing Camden"
Headquarters Vsfe IN . single
rooned eabta e ~ sags of . ravins
A squad of eaval1ynsn wsre IN froot
thsar Aessss tisa - rail feace. bat
within Washiagtea was alone, o1osOt
for Q single aide. writing at Q rsla
tahas in the light ol . Aalfdoooa
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