The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-01


BIZ OF an apple orchard. All round Il
une OF men In red coats and high FUR
hats were working ne be- knScLin,
4olss In the wall. and barring up the
Thems the light -...npani.. Of thu
t-afu-' said the sergeant. They'll hoIf
mat farm while one OF them can w.
ringer. hut look over yondar and
you II see the camp-fire- OF the French "
We looked across the valley at the
low ridge upon the farther side AM
rtN thousand little yellow pointa Of
Tame. with the dark smoke wresthins
~ slowly IA the heavy air. There was
another farin-houss on the farther side
OK me valley. and a. We watched We
suddenly saw a little group OF horsemen
az pear on knoll beside II and look
@,Ioss az US There were dozen huz-
;SI behind and In front five men.
straight. red feather In his hat. and ne
last with low cap.
Look cried the sergeant. That's
MIN. Ihats Boney,. the one with the
on H." ~
1 strained my eyes to see him. this
nAn VINO had cast that great shadow
i.f fiNe-and-twenty wears. ard vvhich
had even fallen across our out-of-the-
world little sheep-tarn. and had dragged
~ a. myself. Idle and Jim-out %
the lives that our folk had lived before
As Tar as / could see he was a
nuiupy. square should.red Kind OF man.
and DE held his double classes 10 Ms
eyes with his elbows spread vsry viiS
OUT on each side. was stil staring
when heard the catch of a mans breath
hy my side. aud there was Jim. with his
eyes glowing like two Goals and hts face
thrust over my shoulder.
That's he. Jock he whispered
Yes. that's Boncy." said l.
30 no. ~ - ne rms De l-app or DIT.
IL is he"
Then / saw him at once. /, was the
nl- hat Even at that distance I could
nave sworn 10 the slope of his shosIl-
ders and the way he carried his head.
for could see that his blood was boil
ing az the sight OF the man. and that h.
WAS ready for any madness.
Eut at that moment Bouauart.
seemed 90 lean over and say some thing
Co u, Lissac. and the party wheeled and
dashed away. while there came the bang
o ia gun and white spray OF smoke
from battery along tho ridge. At the
same instant tho assembly was blown
in our village and We rushed FOR our
rim sand fcll IN
There Was bursc OF firing all along
ths lime. and We thoueht that the bat
ilo had begun, bat 10 came really from
our fellows cleaning their pieces. Tor
Their Trlmlug was iu som, danger OF
being Wet from the damp uiEat
From where We stood 10 was a sight
now Ihlt was worth coming over tho
sons i' SEQ on our own rIdEc was tho
NfA anu NINftr rNTeNfNfnE
Iit.L away 20 "a village over Two miles
IiHm us. tt was whispered from man
P" man 200 the ranks. however. that
..'f" was too much ~ thc blue and too
.'fi' of flt red. Tor the EclsIaus had
SHOWN on 'He daN before that their
h'arf~ were TOO sort for tho work. ana
W." had 10000 of them for comrades
Then even our British troops were
'tII made up ~ militlamen and Pee
.r.i'.. Tor the pick OF the old P,uiu-
.-il regiments were on the ocean Boz
trans |NIM. naTN
.'.. quarrel with our hnsfolk BOO
Hlt for AN that we could see tho
..hr- gins ~ the Guards. TWO strong
Nr'E1Nta uf Thorn. and the horr.r4 IA
'iEE.tnders. sud the blu. OF ths
~ .f'rmsn Legion, and tho rcd lines
''d rlH.uru iu front. and we knew that
come whgi might. these were men who
..'l lA,t hai o man % lead them who
.ld pace them whore they would
., plt ~. French W. had seen little ssve
.-f-"frrI here and there on the curves
~ ,h@ -.ds'. bug as we stood ana waited
..1'i- bands. aud choir whole army came
.'-d.r over the low hilI which rad hIi
sion after division. until o. broad SION.
.H .fs "a Dol. length and depth was r'it.
s s.l. ,he'r a.'fg-r9 ana bright with ts5
i med char rHsv would never.
.. done. ~fI.l pouring over ana
"H..r our men leaned or their
Irs fr what mo ia s.f4.a-r ,-r. ,,,,
i.NF.' 'r. French before Rad 90 saw
rH.1 whom me infantry had formed
vf.rlre and bounding DOWN tr. n.y..
fI '' was pretty fY see how .ra-fI-
.''"H Aul fner. ar stately not
cow" cam" fr. cavalry rnHrfr .arF-