Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-09-17

But these were lads and stra gglers,
the faint hearts that are found every
where, and I say again that no regi-
ment fiinched. II was little we could
see OF the battle, but man would be
blind not to know that all the fields
behind us were covered with flying
men. But then, though we on the
right wing knew nothing Of II. the
Prusslans had begun to show. and Ma
poleon had set twenty thousand Of his
men to face them, which made up for
ours that had bolted, and left us much
rs we began. That was all dark to us,
however. and there was a time when
the French horsemen had flooded In
between US and the rest Of the army,
that we thought we were the only
brigade left standing, and had set
our teeth with the intention OF selling
our lives as dearly as we could.
At that time II was between four
md five in the afternoon, and we had
had nothing to eat, the most OF us,
since the night before, and were
soaked with rain into the bargain. 1t
had drizzled off and on all day, but for
the last few hours we had not had
thought to spare either upon the
weather or our hunger. Now we be-
gan to look around and tighten our
walstbelts, and ask who was hit, and
who was spared. was glad to see
Jim, with his face all blackened with
powder, standing on my right rear,
leaning on his ire-lock. He saw me
looking at him, and shouted out to
know II / were hurt.
"All right, Jim" answered.
II fear I'm here on wild-goose
chase" said he gloomily, ''but it's not
over yet. BY God, I'll have him or
he'll have mel" He had brooded so
much on his wrong, had poor Jim, that
I really believe II had turned his head,
for he had glare In his eyes as he
spoke that was hardly human. He
was always a man that took even a
little thing to heart, and since Edle
had left him am sure that he was no
longer his own master.
II was at this time that we saw two
single fights which they tell me were
common enough In the battles Of old,
before men were trained I'm masses.
As we lay In the hollow, two horse
men came squirting along the ridge in
/ front OF us, riding as hard as hoof
could rattle. The first was an English
dragon, his face right down on his
horses name, with French cuirassler,
an old. gray-headed fellow, laundering
behind him on big, black mare. Our
chaps set up a hooting as they came
| flying on, for Il seemed shame to see
an Englishman run like that; but as
! they swept across our front we saw
where the trouble lay. The dragon
had dropped his sword and was I'M
armed, while the other was pressing
him so close that he could not get
weapon. At last, stung maybe by our
hOoting he made up his mind To chance
Ii. His eye fell on u lance beside
dead Frenchman, so he swerved his
horse to let the other pass, and hop
ping off cleverly enough, he gripped
hold of 1t. But the other was too
tricky for him, and was on him like
shot. The dragon thrust up with
the lance, but the other turned and
sliced him through the shoulder-blade.
II was all done In an instant, and the
Frenchman cantered his horse up the
brae, showing his teeth at us over
his shoulder like a snarling dog.
That was one to them, but we scored
one for us presently. They had pushed
forward n skirmlsh-line whose fire was
toward the batteries on our right and
left rather than on us, hut we sent out
two companies of the Nlnety-fifth to
keep them In check. 1t was strange
to hear the cracking kind of noise that
they made, for both sides were using
the rife. An officer stood among the
French skirmishers, a tall, lean man
with mantle over his shoulders, and
as our fellows came forward he ran
out midway between the two parties
and stood as fencer would, with his
sword up and his head back. i can
see him now, with his lowered eye
Ids and the kind OF sheer that he had
upon his face. On this the subaltern
of the Rifles, who was fine we'll
grown lad, ran forward and drove full
tilt at him with one of the queer
I crooked swords that the riflemen carry
They came together like two rams. for
each ran at the other. and down they
tumbled at the shock, but the French
man was below. Our man broke his
sword short off, and took the others
blnde through his left arm but he
was the stronger man, and he man.
aged to let the life out OF his enemy
with the Jagged stump of his blade.
thought that the French skrmlsners
would have shot him down, but not q
trigger was drawn, and he got back
10 his company with one sword through
his arm and half another In his hand
CHAPTER XIII.
The End Of the Storm.