Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-17

the lines. There's squadron Of cavalry scouting
cut in this section somewhere, and If we don't get
word to cm its all up with us
"BiIl said, All right captain, I've got the man.
and. raising his voice, lie called Jim Douglas come
here
Jim came lie was nice-iooLinr bow tall
and clcan-cut and when the captain asked him If
he'd go he Just said he'd try and do his best That's
all there about it. As as it got dark he
shook hand, with the captain, waved lis hand to u.s.
and with 50 long boys, slipped into the water.
Boys, that was a bad night We cut the cinchcs
and got the saddc-blankcts off the horses for the
wounded. I bundled up the captain and made hin,
as comfortable a, ! could, but he was burning with
lever and got of his head. He thought he heard
me girl calling 70 him, and he tossed off the ban-
hc'S and tried to get out Of the trench to find her
] got him quiet after while but he wasn't right
ana Kept babbIing away about her until he had me
nearly crazy. He had some Of her letters in his
pocket, and nothing would do but he must read er1
vi course, we didn't dare strike a light and had
the dickens own time talking him out of it. Finally
nc dropped asleep, and l gucss dozed too for all
or sudden was brought up standing every hair
OF my head on end and the cold chills chasing one
another UP and down my back 1t seemed as If
every redskin in that camp was yelling at the TOP
OF MS voice, and the squaws were shriekng some
thing awful
after while they let up little and started
beating the tom-toms, singing away for dear life
and every once in while breaking out into blood
curdling yells.
We'll it hard waiting but daylight came At
last I helped the captain raise himself little 50
he could get good look at EN- and he says, Bows
we're up against it; but there's just one thing we've
got to do-sive 'em he'll and die like men
We checred him to the echo; and then all Of a
sudden he says:
Brown may be crazy, but I'm sure heard
cavalry buge'
1--WE all listened, and presently Bill futile
shouted:
"'Look at the Injuns, boysp
And, sure enough, there they were riding of bv
tens and twenties as hard as their ponies could
carry en- In less time than takes to tell i tfev
were gone and then we knew the captain was riq5t
tor down the wind came the clear notes of a bup1o
Oh boys have you any idea how we felt? We
cheered and danced around and Rugged one another
and we cried! Yes we did-actualy cried: and
then around distant hazy point came the yellow
legs swinging out as they charged down the valley
Major White, of the captains chun7s. was in
command, and he was the first over. As he swung
ont of the saddle he spied the captain and it did
my heart good to see that meeting The first thing
the major did to dig up bundle of letters from
his saddle pockets.
Here, Bob he says, as he carried them over
to him, I've been hunting for YOU for two weeks
trying to get chance to deliver your mail Brown
will open the letters for you
well, I opened the packet and shuf1ed EN- over,
and there big as lie what I was hoping for
letter from the girl SO opened that first and
couldn't help just taking little squnt at the head
ing. 1t started, Forgive me, darling Bob
The captain just took good lool, at those
words and then with sort OF sob as if it was more
than he could bear he pressed the letter close to
him his eyes closed and his lips moved like he was
praying, and tiptocd away as soft as could and
Left him"