Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-02

SiouHu, cdHie numbering through the
gap with fine underground gul
whirling and creaking behind them
Following were another and another
four-and-twenty In all, flying past us
with such din and chatter. the blue.
coated men ciinging on to the guns
and the tumbrils, the drivers cursinq
and cracking their whips, the names
fiving. the mops and buckets clanking,
and the whole air filed with the heavy
rumble and the jingiing OF chuins.
There was roar from the bitches md
a shout from the gunners, and we saw
a rolling gray cloud before us, with a
score of BUSHES hr,aking through the
shadow. Then we closed up again,
while the growing ahead of us grew
louder and deeper than ever.
There's three batteries there" said
the sergeant. There's Bulls and
Webber Smiths, hut the other is new.
There's some more on ahead of us.
Tor here's the track of a nine FOUNDER.
and the others were all twelves. Choose
a twelve IL yon want to get hit. for
n nine mashes you up. but twelve
snaps you like carrot"-and he went
on to tell about the wonderful wounds
that he had seen until my blood ran
Ike iced water In my veins. and you
might have rubbed all our faces In
pipeclay and we should have been no
whittier. aye, you'll look sicklier YET
when you get hatfuI of grape into
your tripes," said he: and then, as
saw some of the cid soldiers laughing.
| began to understand that this man
was trying to brighten us. so began
to laugh also. and the others as well,
nut 1t was not very hearty laugh
either.
The sun was almost above US when
we stopped Mt little place called Hal.
where there is an old pump from
which drew and drunk a shake full
OF water-and never did mug OF
Scotch ale taste as sweet. More guns
passed us here. and vIvian's hussars.
three regiments of them, smart men
with bonny brown horses. O treat to
me eye. The neise of the cannons was
'ouher than ever now. and 1t tingled
through my nerves Just ms II had done
years before when. with Edle by my
size. had seen the merchant shin
ncht with the pri ateers. It was so
,ioud now that II seemed to me that
fhe battle must be going on Just be.
Sond the nearest wood. but my friend
the sergeant knew better.
Its twelve to fifteen miles of" said
ne. you may be sure that the general
KNOWS that we are not wanted. or we
should not he resting here at Hat"
What he. said proved to be true. for
a minute later down came the colonel
with orders that we should stuck arms
and bivouac where we were, and there
we stayed all day. while horse and
root and guns. English. Dutch and
Hanoverians. were streaming through.
The devils music went on till evening.
sometimes rising into q roar, some
times sinking into a grrmhle, until
ABOUT eight o'clock IN the evening II
stopped altogether. We were eating
our hearts out. as you may think. to
know what It all meant, but we knew
That what the Duke did would be for
me best, so we Just waited In patience
Next day the brigade remained al
Hal In the morning. hut about midday
lame an order from the Duke, and we 1
pushed on once more until we came to
village called BraIne something. and
here we stopped, md time, too. for
sudden thunderstorm came on and
nlnmp Of -a'n TINT turned all the roads
md the fields into hog and mire. We
got into the barns at this village for
shelter. and there we found two strag-
yiers. one from killed regiment and
The other man of the German legion
who had q taie to tell that was as
freary as the weather.
B0ney had thrashed the Prussians
the day before. and our fellows had
been sore put TO II to hold their own
against Ney. hut had beaten him on ut
last. 1t seems an old. stale story to
YOU now, but you cannot think how we
scrambled around those two men In
the barr. and pushed and fought Just
to catch word Of what they said, and
how those who had heard were I'm turn
mobhed by those who Ind not. we
laughed and cheered and groaned alI
In turn. as we were told how the Forty.
fourth Ind received cavalry In line. \
how tile Dutch-Belgians had fed. and
how the Black Watch had taken the
lancers into their square. and then had
Killed them Mt their leisure. Rut the
lancers had had the laugh on their
side when they crs,nnIcd nm the ygxtv-