THE PCI? ANTON TRTBTNE-THTTBSDAT MORNINGr. MAT 3, "ISM.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
It If) within an hour of sunset on n
Wutur's day. An inch of suow covers
Ike earth liken royal carpet, and dark
and ragged clouds drive tast aoroeaa
cold blno sky.
In front of Rest Haven, looking to the
ontb, the hills recede and leave an al
most level plnin on which there is no
greater obstruction than an occasional
treo or bush. A creek which has its
birthplace in the mountains meanders
acrom this plain, but divides it about
equally. The plain is largo enough for
6,000 cavalry to manenver on, and along
its edges are it dozen spots on which
field artillery can be posted advanta
geously. Attention, now, for you are going to
witness one of the grandest sights in war
a cavalry fight! Only a few of the
Confederates have appeared in tight,
bntCoater has guessed tbeaitnation and
is preparing for it. While he is leaning
orders and the mjundmii.t are moving
and the artillery galloping int position,
one of his aide is hurrying up thejuiove
to abandon the house. Wrapped in hi r
bedding instead of a shioud. the dead
womun is borne to an ambulance by
troopers with uncovered heads and rev
erent mien troopers who will boshnut
ing like devils and wearing the looks of
madmen half an hour hence. Marian
goes with her dead. Royal Kenton into
an ambulance by himself. The vehicles
takn tho road for the federal lines.
"You aro a nnncoiubatnnt and had
better go with him," the ofioer said to
Steve Drayton as Kenton was n ady to
go.
"Sense me fur diflerinwith yo'," re
plied Bteve, "but if it won't do no per
tick'ler harm I'll stay and see this lam
ovi r with. It's goin to be a 1 ight smart
acriuimage, I take il, and as it'll prob
ably lie the last font I'll see I'lleorter
hang around. Thar'a that ule nigger,
though - don't have him."
Uncle Ben stood in the midst oi the
bustle with bnndlet and packages in bia
arms and at bia feet. He was told to get
Into tho vehicle with Kenton, and next
moment su hurn were galloping a gnn
over the Spot where he had stood.
Look to th sooth. Tin' Cm, full rati w
are debouching from the highway and
deploying on tb plain. Their hearts
are filled with rejoicing as they bt hold
i -
The itrtiltfry ijalUrplng into petition.
the force of Federals oppoet-d. Tie y.
too, baM longed for a battle in win. li
the infantry should have DO part, and
the oft expressed wish is about tub'
gratified.
There is no advantage of position.
Two thousand Federals. J.non t oured
urates, and each Inn a battery tuiiiiUr
ing six pieeog. Custer's guns c .1,1
reach the gray horsemen as tie y depl. y,
but every piece is silent. A charge bjf
half his command serous that snow COY
ered plain wmiM DSVeSWept the lu ld at
first and crushed (he Confederate back
into the oarrow highway to beootne s
panic stricken mob. No charge was or
dered. The Bsaaf wboBt name was to lx
coino a household word U'for" the end
of the war and Whose life was to I
epared on 20 fields of battle that it
might go out with the shouts of Indian
deoionn ringing in his ears sat his bofSS
and watched ami waited. lb had come
to the brigade i,f stalwart Mic&igenOjOfl
a few inontlm previously fresh from
Wist Point. !(. hud been call. 1 a toy.
and men and officers bad taken DO pains
to conceal their sarcasm and distrust,
Two or three times he had led them in
a dash there, but little lighting resulted,
He would test then now, and they
thould weigh him in the balance.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The Confwler
ate battery is the fust to open tire, and
it is promptly risponded to. The very
first missile is apeicussion shell, ami it
drives Its way into thu home so lately
pecopied by the living and thu (b ad, and
tn its explosion brings wreck nud rii'n.
Twelve guns are belching their death
iiisilas sworn the open space when a
ludden cry rises to tho lip of a tho-i-Band
men. From the western edge of
tile plain, where tho pines grow thil k,
S Woman suddenly appears to view.
She is bareheaded, and her hair la fly
IngalKiutherHhoulders. Bhehaa neither
bawl nor cloak, ami her dress is rag
ged and torn. 8ho has a stick In her
band, and she waves it as If it were a
iword in the hand of n man and nt;irln
t a wild run for the eastern edge of
)he plain, right across the front of tho
lines drawn up In battlo array. The
pry of astonishment which greeted bar
Ippearanco becomes ashontof warning,
but she does not heed it. Enveloped by
ho smoke of their guns, tho artillerists
lo not boo her. Their bearing deadi Bed
y the loud reports, they do not catch
Pie shouts uttored by Federal and Con
federate alike. Round shot and shell go
fchirzing nnd shrieking over tho snow,
)nd men waiting for battlo shudder at
Ihe woman's danger.
"Who's that? Haiti Haiti Ho can
)over do itl Ho's sure to bo killed!"
So criod 500 Federals as Stevo Bray
Jon, mounted on the horso of n trooper
lo had been asked to hold for a moment ,
lashed straight out into tho plain to
lead the woman off. He knew her the
noment she stepped out of the woods,
ynclo Ben had told him of the meeting
Villi Mrs. Baxter on tho highway. He
tad flung her down tho bank with tre
pendoas force, nnd as he came back
jver tho road with Coster's men lie ex
acted to find her lying there doad.
lotninK was to be seen of her, however.
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and his mind was greatly relieved, in
her fall, as was afterward known, the
woman's head struck a stone, and the
skull was fractured. When sho strug
gled Dp, she was no longer sane. Sho
had been wandering through tho forest
for hours before she appeared on the
battlefield, but she encountered no one
and found DO shelter. Never was there
a more gallant deed than that performed
by Steve BraytOO, and never was hero
more heartily applauded by friend and
foe. Ho galloped his horse straight at
the woman, and as ho came np to her
ho leani d over in the saddle, caught her
with both bands, and next instant sho
was on the saddle U&rv him, and the
horse was Hying back to the Federal
lines. The woman fought and screamed,
and fragments of burstingshell whizzed
nnd whined around nnd above hnrws
and riders, but they dashed Into tho
lilies unhurt, and the gallant resCMf
was directed to continue down the road
until tho woinau could be placed beyond
danger.
Turn quirk to the south I You will
never see a grander spectacle than this.
The Confi derate command, divided Into
three divisions, with double li in -s drc.wd
as if (in parade, has reo Ived the order
to advance. They had waited for ( inter
to charge, but the chevalier was also a
Strategist. His artillery, being better
Served, was creating the most havoc,
ami he could afford to delay, Look I
Look! As the gray horsemen begin til
move Custer's guns, which have Wen
grouped In front f his center, limber
up and im. re ut a gallop four of them
two lo tiw right nnd two to the left.
In three minutei they are on his flanks
nnd loaded With grape- hot and Canisti r.
The Confederate battery doei not follow
the example, and as the in new u move
forward the guns are u ik at,
"Trot! (iallop! Charge!"
Veil ln ar the bugles fiuiiinl the onb r.
ami you eee 8,000 aabera flash in the
i nnict as 9,000 horsemen thunder over
the plnin. Give Dam credit for bravery
evi n to recklessness. I!, lure the noraes
are off a-trot the murderous gras shot
are knocking tbem down by dosens , and
ns the artillerists change to canister
1,000 Federal carbines also open tire.
"Rally! P.. -form! Forward!"
Above the roar of CannOD and inns-
ketry yon can catch th- notes of the
bugles, and as the amoks lifts h r and
there in spots the eye can detect the
gray horsemen seeking to obey (he calls.
Tin y do rally. They do re-form. They
do push forward DOffc r that terrible lire,
but only to DC btoki n np and swept
aside. The Pi deral srtilk rista get the
mb r to ' sse tiring, the crackle of mue-
kitry diis away, and five minute:, lat. r
the amoke has drifted if, and the tye
can scan Dm plain. Dee ten, broken,
slaughtered, imd yet the gray horv nn n
are trying to rally again I
Now is the uioriient, nnd Custer has
waited for it. Only the il-ml and
wounded are left behind ns Im movta
out, as bis entire conusant sweepi
straight in ro-s the plain and falls iijh d
tho broken and disorganised enemy.
They rally here and them by the score
ami meet the shock. They fight singly
and by twos snd threes, Men wait and
lie rather than run away, llrave men,
all of them- men whose d hi will !
imkcnof around ourcamptlres for y ars
to come. Thu only criticism will ls
that they did not nave a leader eojaal lo
Custer in the mnnb reus art of war.
Night has fallen, and the fight laover,
Theru aro pttsOQOfa to bS guarded,
woonded to I xi ejrisl f . i r, ib ad to Is
counted for the official report and spoil
to be gathered op. The clouds bate
driven away to the cast, and the cnni py
of heaven M) itndded with bright stars
There is no mom, and the blood spots
nn the sn w gradually fade away and
ire lost to sight.
Hark! That sound Is the cry of
wounded nn ri blended into utie great
wail for snccor. It is freezing eoM, and
they urn in torture. Hark again I That
greWSOme SOOnd rising at intervals
above tho wailing comet from t tn
Wounded horses. They are also lagging
and pb tdlng, Some are limping about
among the dead and wounded m n as if
in king their mast, is, panting now and
then to rnl their cold noses ngain-t a
body, while others are lying down ami
lift their le ads only to utter a whinny
which tells of flight and pain. Thank
I lod that night and defkDOBIComS to the
battlefield to hide its honors! In the
lark Deal are shall tearch out all the
Woundid, but we shall nt be forced to
look upon the mangled dead mangled
by Hhot sad shell and grape nl(j the Iron
hoofs ot tha charging horses until re
semblance to humanity is lost nnd one
cries OQt in horror.
CHAPTER XXX.
While the light was raging the hOtkM
ami "quarter" were both in flames,
Bred by the shells from a Confederate
gun. But for the strennons efforts of
thu detachment guarding the prisoners
in the barn that structure would have
also been reduced to ashes, it therefore
camo about that when tho battlo was
over and men began to bring In the
wounded the barn was the only shelter
to bo had. Tho prisoners were turned
out nnd tho place given up to moaning,
groaning men and those who sought to
succor them. The sounds of battlo had
been heard in tho Federal lines, and a
brigndo of infantry arrived about H
o'clock in tho evening. While their
services were not needed, the half dozen
surgeons writ out with tho column had
work to last them the long night through
and far into the next day.
It is a grim sight, n field hospital like
this, and they aro grim men into whose
hands tho wounded fall us they aro lift
od off tho stretchers, groaning, cursing
or crying. Tho flight of a SDOWflake in
a gale of wind is not more erratic than
the flight of death missiles in a battle.
Hero are men wounded in the fnco; the
next three or four may bo wounded in
tho feet or ankles. Saber) have descend
ed upon heads and shoulders; bullets
have plowed their way into arms, aides,
hips or legs; fragments of. shell havo
carried away lingers and reduced hands
to pulp. Of a hundred men no two have
received tho same hurt.
Rude tables have been prepared, and
strong men lift each victim up to bo
overhauled by tho men who have strip
ped off coat and vest nnd rolled their
sleeves far back. They look like butch
ers in a slaughter pen, but their hearts
nro tender toward those victims of bat
tle, whether friend or foe. The bitter
ness of battlo is at its height when the
crash of artillery and tho crackle of
musketry are fiercest. When the battle
is over, whether victorious or defeated,
pity returns to the heart and blinds the
eyes to tho color of the uniform. Over
each man lifted up there is a brief con
sultation. Those baro armed men need waste no
time. They can tell almost ut a glance
what tho result will be. If it is a mor
tal hurt, thu poor fellow is lifted aside
to breathe his last as peacefully as pos
sible under such surroundings. If there
is hope for him, his wound is dressed
with ngilo fingers, and he gives way to
the next.
"That's Captain Wylu, my company
captain!"
So exclaimed Stevo Drayton as lie en
tered the barn about ll o'clock at night
toseo if ho could recognize any Confed
erates being brought in. Tho captain
Imd jest been lifted to the table, He
was conscious, but had not yet spoken.
Those who brought him in said that he
Was pinned to the earth by the hind
quarters of his dead horse, and that the
animal was fearfully mangled by grape
shot "Shoulder dislocated, ribs broken, leg
broken, struck in the groin by a carbine
ball, " announced the surgeon who made
a rapid InvesrJgstion,
"Any hope for me':" asked the cap
tain, whose bps had boon moistened
With whisky, as it was observed that bo
daain I to speak.
Thusnrg i siiook his head and mo-
tinned to tho attendants to lilt the offi
cer aside. Wh. n they bad left him,
Steve Dray ton sat down beside bun aixl
bathed his face with whisky and gave
bim to drink The captain bad recog
nised him nt once, but It was several
minutes before be queried!
"You and Kenton were in the fight
at Harrisonburg and were captured.
How came you hi ret"
' We n ns made a Ixilt fur it mi the
load and got away."
'And what has happened h ret"
"Waal. Beaton was wounded, then
me and him stood otl Ike Baxter and
bis crowd, then the gal's mother died,
then tic gal and Kotttofl le v bin driv
away to the Yankee im.-. Sorry for
yo . cap, and sorry fur tho net of 'em.
fur our hull crowd has Ma Wiped ill
the face ol the airth!"
"Have v been defeated!'
"Regularly cleaned out, cap. I don't
believe a hundred of our men getaway.
'Cord in to what them dstors say. yo1
can't pull through this. Do ' want to
b BVe any U I id with rue "
No. " whispered Ihe captain after a
He ne at's thought.
"Not even fur the gal? She won't
! ar n i grudge W. n : hears yo' "
dead."
The captain shook his bend and i hw-l
Ins i v. s. (steve BOVOd away after a few
minutei to i.i.k for other Orjofsderats
woonded, mid two hours later the "fli
is r s dead body was oarried --it with
others to make room for the wenadi d.
When nn, ruing camo and the (bad
w. r.' gathered for burial. St. ve Bray tori
f nud many tint be could identify. In
d d a full half uf 1 n company had
lsn wiped out. and among them was
Ike Baiter. But pent as WSJ the Oh
federate loan, that of th sdataki was
sew. Hi-fory has said, f that firt real
cavalry fight of tbf war that it was b-r-
nt.ly brief Induration and ap ailing In
ItS list of d. ad and WOBndsd. It a!
moat night of the day following the
fight More the I ant of thu Federals
moved off ami i. ft tke field. Aa I h m
ehangttl was R -t I la v. iijiuid w list a
asjonsar the true vrhlca hid been
given to It In the y. :ir of pOOOel Cin
d( rs and aah.-s shownl wheri Ihe houM
b id stood. Across the plain, farrowed
by shot and shell and aoof, Its snow
white, arp!t now spattered and hlofeh-l
liymhotMiind blood -tains, tin y had dug
b rig trench.-, and cowred in the dd.
Trees bail Is, a cut d un. bni up
noted, and oer acres nf ground was
strewed the wreck of battle.
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I have but few in,. re ages to write.
Mystery bus not been ull romance,
and it is with a fi .ding of w lli-hiu- that
I part from those m) bar e ti r who
are with rja in tbefleabtoday and whose
h ii N I have held In mine withjn the
last twelvemonth, At tho opening of
my storv Winchester was dSscrllnd ass
quaintcM town, That waa tme of It -a
quaint old town of quaint houses and
Htn , is and people. War wrecked it
agajn and agxla, Every street and
tooareand alley vHtneaasd a death grap
ple Every building which escaped the
flames was mirs.ii by ball or ballet a
few months ago l looked In vain for
trace of war. Hero and then a uunint
obi bOUae Still stands, but the town is
full of the bustle of these rushing days.
Ah. but th"i" was a trace of war after
all. Up in the cemetery ikirted by the
Berry ville pike 1 found grave after grave
in which soldiers slept their last long
sleep, each name engraVOdon the stone,
and behind them the pitiful spot over
which all may sorrow, but no one weep
tho resting place of the "unknown.
It was many day ( re Kenton OT Mar
ian or Mrs. Baxter walked in the sun
shine, in tho ease ( f the latter psrbapi
it was batter that bar mind groped in
the darkness, and that it was months be
fore she could relllizo her Widowhood.
(General Custer kindly sent her on to
Washington for treatment, and for weeks
and Wei ks she kept calling ont:
"Ike said ho'd go fur help to captur'
tho Yankee, hut ho hain't dun come
back yit. Ike's gein to be a gn at ossl
fer nud hevn sword and a prancin crit
ter, nnd I'll hold up my head with any
of 'em."
When is Uncle Ben? Gone to bis rest
years ago, but ho lived to see the end of
tho war nnd to enjoy for n season the
liaven of rest which kind hearts created
for him.
Then was a marriage in Winchester
about two months after tho battlo oi
Host Haven. They called it a military
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marriage, because more than GO Federal
officers attended, bnoaUM a Federal
chaplain officiated, because a Federal
band serenaded the happy couple. Who
do yon think gave nwny tho bride? Gen
eral Cnstor, who became a groom him
self only a few days later. Royal Ken
ton had recovered from his wound, and
tho keen edge of Marian 'agrief had been
somewhat dulled by lapse of time and
the excitement of her surroundings. It
waH bettor so. Kenton was not held for
exchange under the circumstances, nor
did any one wish him to become a rene
gade by joining the Federal service.
After tho marriage the bridal couple,
Bocompanii d by Uncle Ben, went north
and there remained till tho close of the
war. Steve Brayton was asked to go
nay, almost commanded but he replied.
"See yore, Yank, I've bin thinkin and
tblnkin, nnd I make it out this wan 1
sorter owed tho confederacy a grudge
fur tho way it treated yo', and hevin
paid it off and squared tho debt 1 orter
go buck. Thar won't bo nutbin said
about yo' arter the w'ar, bekaso yo' was
nctnally driv out, but the boys would
rub it in on DM purty heavy to the day
of my death. I'll jest surrender over
again to this Yankee army, wait to lie
exchanged and indue time become a
good Confed again."
And that was the course ho followed,
nnd when I shook hands with him iu
Winchester last spring I was pn ml to
give him his title us lieutenant. Did the
match please Uncle Hen? Hear what im
says as bo congratulates: the bride:
"Now, Miss Sunshine, yo' nllh.c dun
gone nn marre d Mars Kenton, nn It
does Jest seem tome dat I ar' walkia
round on nigs! Bui But when I wui
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Uncle iu a'i eowgrotolflttowa,
tied up to dat post an yo' was standin
dar wid dat big ilis-i Iv, r. an OS r-ob r
an gorillas was gttesbia their barf, I
'peered de Lawd was so fur etr he
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