The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-28

had fallen back opened nre' 30 4
close together were these bulletma' i
chimes that the orbit OF each ones
swing made a spray OF only q Few /
yards breadth over the redoubt where
khe Browns gun-Are had not for a mo-
ment ceased Its persistent shelhng'
With increasingly large and solid tar
kets of flesh for their practice. Tne
thing for these targets to DO. they
knew. was TO intrench and begin 70
return the infantry and automaucs
IRE. Desperately, with the last effort
Of courage, they rose In the attempt
rose into playing hose streams OF Dull
lets whose close hiss was steady I'M
dertone between shell bursts. In the
garish, Jumping light brave oficers
ampulsively stood up to hearten their
commands In their work, and dropped
With halfuttered urgings, threats ana
oaths on their lips.
The bullets from the automatics
missing one mark were certain TO mo
another, perhaps four or i've IN q row.
such was their velocity and power OF
penetration. Where shells made gaps
and tore holes In the human mass, the
automatics cut with the regularity OF
the driven teeth Of q comb. The men
who escaped all the forms OF slaughter
and staggered on TO the ruins OF the
tedoubt, pressed their weight on top
Of those In the craters or Rugged be-
hind the pyramids Of debris. and even
made breastworks from the bodies OF
the dead. The more that banked up.
he more fruitless the efforts Of the Of
4,cers to restore order In the frantic
medley Of shell screams and explosions
IL q time when q minute seemed an
age.
Meanwhile, between them-this
Nanked-up force at the charges end
and the Brown redoubt with It's auto
natics. the Gray gunners were making
a gone Of shell bursts in order to give
me soldiers time to make their hold
Of the ground they had gained secure.
Through this zone Stransky and his
men were TO lead the Browns In
counter-attack. y
At the very height Of the Gray
Uharge. when all the reserves were In
dark objects fell out Of the heavens
and where they dropped earth and
nesh we're mingled in the maceration
lake some giant reptile with Its yer
kebrae breaking. souged and torn and
pinioned, the charge stopped. In with
Ang. throbbing confusion. Those OF
he outer circle Of explosions wer'
Thrown against their fellows, VIII
surged back In another direction from
m explosion In the opposite quarter
from the rear the pressure weakened
fhe human hammer was no longer dri,
ans the ram. Blinded by the lightning
and dust dizzy from conclusions an
noise. too blank Of mind to be sane
insane. the atoms OF the bulk OF To
eharge IN natural instinct turned frol
Ehelr goal and toward the place whenc
they had come, with death from q
sides still buffeting them. Staggering
~. at first, they went, for want Of Il
native In their paralysis; then rapid
a. the law Of seli-preseryation asserte
Itself in Wild impulse.
As sheep driven over a precipi'
they had advanced; as men they fie
There was no longer any command. !
longer any cohesion. except Of LEI
struggling In and out over the unev'
footing OF dead and wounded. viii
hey felt another pressure. that Of t
mass Of the Browns In pursuit. OF |
those Of Fracasse's company who
we know, only the judges son a
Jacob Pilser were alive. Stained vi
blood and dust his teeth showing
4 grimace Of mocking hate Of all
mankind. Pilser's savagsry ran free
ne restraint Of discipline and civilia
convention. Striking right and ID
he forced his way out Of the region
sheil FIRE and sim kept on. Ciubbl
his rife, be struck down one ofh'
Who tried to detain him: but anotl
ofacer. quicker than he. put revolt
bullet through his head.
westerling. who had buried bis Q
ln his hands In Martas presence
the thought Of failure, must keep
pose Of his position before the st
with chin drawn In and should
squared In g sort Of petrihed milit
habit he received the feverish n,
that grew worse with each brief by
tn he, the chief Of stan: he. T
worth westeriing the superman. n
be q rock In the food Of alarm w
he heard that bis human ram wal
recoll he declared that the repulse
been exaggerated-repulses alv
were. with word that heavy cour
attack was turning the retreat init
ungovernable rout be broke int
stnrm. He was not beaten; be Q
not be beaten.
let our guns cut few swath
The mobl" be cried. That WIN
hem from running and bring {
lack 10 q sense Of duty to their c
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