White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-23
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"There's hills in his way an his
legs is tired"
"What hillS?"

Cd (beggin' His pardon). Ii you'd
"a seen what seen an heered what
heered, the Lord God knows yer talk
wouldn't allwus be so cam an proper
which thar amt no decent Christian
words that fit the case-none what
ever at all. Ye hear to me, boy, I've
lived forty-four year an one hell
bellerin' night that spills it's deviltry
into my sleep ever since an wakes me
up yellin'. We'd fit the British all
day an that night we wrastled with
which l can smell blood when think
on it. Some on 'em looked like q tree
hit by lightnin'-heads broke an
Topped over, faces tore ragged, bellies
ripped open, lungs leakin', legs hacked.
Every one strapped down. Surgeons
SEWN 'em up an sawin' off legs an
arms. Some o. the hurt men was
numb an half dead, which they didn't
make no more noise than bush when
We cut off sprout. Some jest clendned
their teeth an grunted. Too proud to
Lolier! Most on 'em yelled like pig
when We shove the knife in him.
Some prayed to God fer help an
mercy. Thar was two boys nigh me
that sobbed like whipped younguns.
Some cursed an swore like they was
mad to the bone. Coda mighty! The
suffern' was enough to wither yer
ears which, sir, an God be my wit
ness, thar was them that heered it a
mile away. Them boys was in the fix
o. a man chained to hot griddle.
It was hell fer us but it was hell an
wildcats fer the British. Honest!-
like 1 was speakin' to God thar was
lead enough put in them poor Holsters
to sink ship. Ye hear to me, boy,
they don't like our way o'shootin'.
When they think on it they git kind
o. sick to their stummicks. They
druther wait hopin' We'll starve an
break up"
"These fortunes in the hospital are
part of the wickedness of lingcraft,"
said Colin. II have read of battles
but never until now have I realized
what comes at the end of them"
ooh, I've only told We part on it.
When the wownd begins to rot an
turn blue. We got to go under the
straps an be sawed an slashed ag'in,
which yer heart is likely to give up
like sick OK an lay down an it kicks
little while an stops"
"There ought to be some way to
ease the PAIN said Colin, who had
learned something of the dawning
science Of chemistry.
"All we poor devils can do is give
our bodies to be burned fer liberty,
as our fathers done. Mine amt much
to give. It's humly as an OF log house,
which my hands is rocks an my cords
is iron. Have We the idee that God is
a-helpin' of us?'
''I'm afraid not"
swell, sir, / have. To me it's sure
as shootin'."
"What are your reasons?"
"Thar's four. Breeds Hill an Bun
ker Hill! They've KEEP the British off
our backs. Next the Bible. Ye know
Jesus went on without no scrip in his
purse which He toll us to leave father
an mother an wife an lands an
money. Next Washington. The army
would "a broke up an gone hum long
ago with any other man whatsoever,
which I'll tell We why. The men all
put him next to God. They'd "a back
| slid on the Bible but he puts brake
| on EN-. We look up to him like he
was our father. He's got us con-
quered which thar amt man here
that wouldn't die fer him, an We
know it as we'll as l do. I'd die fer
him in a minute. Uh huh! I would.
One day they had a man tied up in
our rigament an was a-foggin' of him
fer desertion. The Man on the White
Horse come along an stopped it an
give the colonel hell.
""Thar'll be no more foggin' in
this army says he. We'll hang de-
serters If l think it's nes'sary, but any
officer who orders a floggin' will be
punished
"The men cheered an throwed up
their caps. Which We hear to me, he's
big he-man-a chose man.
treason number four is the Lady
| WaShlngtOn-un nu! mar amt nC
doubt o. that. She's a grand woman
which thar amt no mistake. She's 8
regular mother to the army. Uh huh
Az, uh! She is-a regular mother"
"A noble woman!" Colin exclaimed
1.-THE personality Of the Chief has won
the faith of every man in camp, and
she helps him to keep it. There are
no more assertions. If you read your
Bible, you'll learn that faith is big
thing"
(Which know it well an God be
praised"
That autumn Amos speculated In
cider and chestnuts and shared his
earnings with certain men Of the regi
ment whose families were in need OF
help. 1t was an anxious time of train
ing and preparation for troubles thai
did not come.
Snow fell early in the new year
While 1t covered the ground, the Vir
yinia hova and those Of MaSSa chm