The Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
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enve!opirg mist. • , *' '*
CHAPTER I—Th* story opens In *
terit .f th. d.r;.t«- arrny n a ci-ltl"*!
stag.- of the Ovil War Gen. lx-e
Imparts to Captain Wayne a *<" r.-t
rr. -*>> g«- to lx<ng tr«* t. upon the delivery
of whl'h <1>-perul gr«-at teau<a. A- ■ rr>-
panb-d by fv-rKunt Craig. an ol<! army , li, «,, « > :v devo'd
out Wayne ■ tart a out mi bis dangerous fc ng < ak-tr« es. >e? .eemi>.0y
i and there tue collie
leaning noon hi?
!n form by the enveloping
Directly In advance of where we
rested, a long hill cloned gently up-
ward for perhaps a hundred yards, it*
rr. it topped with a thick growth of
\ Idle Hour t
* Billiard Parlor J
J GEO. B. MOORK, Prop. ^
^ Hitfh Ora<ie '
' Cigars and Tobacco J
* pool and *
* billiards j
j Opposite the Postoffice.FoM ^
ml anion.
CHAPTER II -The two messengers
r /.■ a wil'J rid*. dodging squads of sul-
ci- rv. aln.":*t lose their bearings and final*
..,. w.(t :• Tt - iin.-s ofth- «nemy. hav-
! ■ / i ■ i' truted the cordon of pickets un-
ri' ! sted.
CHAPTER III.—Encountering s small
i p-. i *• Idlers In the darkness. Wayne-
is • f««r a f<i< ral offl er who ame
to <<••]' ■« app<jliitni<-nt. Is accepted tx*
•. r- | •• • ti'. it-VH. and a young lady on
I h >Tt* 1 ■ k Is given In his chargc.
CHAPTER IV -The female companion
of.lh'- two southern stouts Is a tiort!i -rn
rift. who. when she becomes «war<- of
of underbrush. No troops were
camped in our Immediate front, and
feeling curious to ascertain something
of our formation, as well as to ex-
amine the lay of the land between un
and the position occupied by the
enemy. I walked slowly forward, un-
hindered, until I attained the crest.
The fog yet held the Becrets of the
valley safely locked within Its brown
hand, and I could penetrate none of
its mysteries. It v.as like gazing
down from some headland into a si-
On Foot and Dying He Reached Our
Front.
1 est desire for a breakfast to fight on,
j it behooved me to get bac'k within |
i 0':r lines. The memory of that ani- .
! mated ?cene In front still fresh upon j
me. how quiet asd commonplace ev- ;
♦•rything appeared down there in the ,
' hills. | !
"What has become of Hungay?" I j
| questioned of Colgate, who was lying j
upon his back with eyes fastened i
i on a floating cloud.
• \H) vou mean 'he little mountaineer
I who came in witb us last uight?"
I nodded.
"Oh, his mule bolted at the first
■hot over yonder, and the little fellow
He's down the field there
glfl. who. wlif-n he becomes «w.ir<- "i
ihe,r-.imy affiliation-,, hIhhIks Wuyne with lpnt, unvexed sea. Hut directly across t
bin fails * Wli'P aad allemi'U lo e"c*P" from where I stood, apparently along
the summit of another chain of low f ..
in^ou^WayV^d.-™ ^ra^To *Z't bills similar to those we occupied. I .omewhere"
through with the dlBDHtohes to Long- rQuld perceive the flames of numerous How time dragged! The battery to
£4* w. I camp llreB up IMO tMM Mt o[ „s «er.t Into .clop, ppd
radiance, while against the brighten- flrln& rapidly: we could mark the
.m"n^™orK7r™*h^ lc(' sk> a «reat flaB lazily flapped its bl^k fi^urftH'of the cannoneers at 'he
wood*. H diBfov *r« a lonely hut, 1 folds to tn© ireshening breoze. r-vi- guns, outlined agp.lnst the sky
Kcr experience I have the
bent in the went.
Am to IooUh. I'm a beauty.
Klghtiny: weight, 175 Ibu.
(Never fiu'ht.)
Col.
A. H. RAASCH
The old- l ime Auctioneer
Bessie, Okla.
Call at renidence 2* miles
went of HeHsiw or ]>h«>ne to
ReBhie. All rallH unriwered
promptly
— .. nearer guns, outlined against the sky
dently our opponents were first astir, n„pj. {he oreRt as they moved qulck-
and the headquarters of some division lr back ftnd forth. Twice they bore
of the enemy must be acrosa yonder, j motjonloss bodies to the rear, and laid
As I gaz<-d, other fires burst forth to j thprTi down tenderly beyond the fierce
left and right, as far as the unaided zonp of f,rp Then lhe heavier pieces
eye could carry through the gloom, l of art)1]erv farther down the line
and I was thus enabled to trace dis- burgt ,ntQ thunder ari(j we silently
tinctly those advanced lines opposing watrhe(J a iarf?e force 0f Infantry
us. Kxperience told me their position mQve glowjy pa8t us „p the long slope
must be a strong one. and their force uQtjl they ha]ted in ]lne of battle jUBt
heavy. behind its summit he advanced fileB
Ab j turned to mark our own forma- lyjng f]at upon the,r faceg and peer-
CHAPTER IX —The disguised loader tlon, the roll of drums rang out, jng Qver no 0I^ers came for us.
roves to be Major. Brennan. a while the quickening notes of the N*€arly noon by the red sun hiding
reveille sounded down the long lines behind the drifting powder cloud. The
th'■ Winn... nc uim-uTr, « ■ ■ j ,
and entering it In the dark a huge
11 ft attacks him. Tim girl shoots the brut®
Just in time.
CHAPTER VII.—The owner of the hut.
on.- Jed Rungay, upp.-ars and he and his
wife give the i-aptaln a welcome. Sud-
denly a pnrty of horsemen are observed
corning down the road.
CHAPTER VIII.—Th^y are -ied by a
me ti claiming to be Red Lowrl®, who
orders Mrs. Hungay to give thf-m fo "l.
and her husband to act as a guide. The
woman discovers the man to he a dis-
guised Impostor, atturks the Intruder and
there Is a general melee.
provea iu i^' fiajor Dicmmij, « ' • " •
offler whom. th*j tTnlon Kirl rArotfriiz
He orders the arrest of Wayne n* a rpv
The jfirl protests and says she will appeal
to Oeneral Hherldan.
Riqcjs &Willev
PAY HIOHKST MAKKKT
I'RICK
— At All Times—
For Fat and Stock Hogs
Business phone 90. Resi-
dence phone 9
Foss, Okla.
W. T. Velvin
Barber Shop
N F.W PRICE
for laundry inn shirt*. The
price i* row
10C Instead of 15c
CHAPTER X Wayne held prisoner In
a eopse. sees fll.-s of Confederates pass
the read nt a distance and knows that
Craig has delivered the message.
CHAPTER XII.—Captain Wayne |m W1
to understand that the woman lie ndiiilr. s
Is Edith Brennan. wife of the Fe b r.iI of-
tl -cr. who hates him. He is giv. n the
I i holce trf repealing the L^e message or
1 of b.'ing shot as a spy.
1 CHAPTER XIII.-Wayne Is rcsrued
from liN Mnon hv Jod Hungay. One ..f
I ihem must «et a quick report through th>'
lines to Ofneral Lee and Jed starts on
| tht mission.
I CHAPTER XIV.—Flndlns the garb of
an fiSsent officer of the I. nio: artillery.
. CHAPTER XV The disguised scout Is i
I introduced to a Mins Min<r. She knows
I lln- •'•iriiri fnmlb- an.) Wayne harlv .|
capes b.'lnif unmasked. Edith Brennan
app> arj on the scene.
CHAPTER XVI.—Mrs. Brennan repog- 1
nlre : Way. . . Si.e having been led to be.
lleve that be had been h. nt away, barns
of M*. treachery of MaJ. Brennan and
says she will save him.
CHAPTER XVII.-Mrs. Brennan se-
em, a a I't.vs t;.r.mi?li 111' In';' r I. >4 ni 1
k .. m pari way with Wayne when they
are suddenly confronted by Br. nnan.
Fogs,
OUlu.
j INSURANCE
j
' 1 give special hi tention to
| FISE
TORNADO
\ I e's tnlk it fver before
i it's t< " IhI
; p. W. Easton
of Slumbering men. Life returned, as
if by magic, to those mot oniess forms,
and almost in a moment all below me
,v became astir, and I could clearly
i distinguish the various branches oi
CHAPTER XI -The captive is brought the service, as they stretched awaj
before General Sheridan who refuses to rommingled upon either hand. We
me««X fr'° Unl,''," he revea" the "'" ret w«*'-e evidently stationed close to the
centre of our own position. The in-
tervening ground sloped so gently for-
ward, while the hill crest was so
thickly crowned with trees, it looked
an ideal position from which to
advance in line of attack. I'pon my
right there appeared a break in the
f.nlidity of our line, but even - as 1
noted It, wohdering at the oversight
the donse front of an infantry column
_.. absent ornc-r or ti.e i.mon «ru...-ry, , debouched from a ravine and, march-
Wn vi, • penetrates to the ballroom, wi.-ro |nR steadily forward, filled the gap
I JTcSTcJ^; <5roET. | i tiMfe* m n tk, <mim
• 1 maniwr in which the men composing
it flung themselves prostrate on the
hard ground the moment they were
halted— doul/tless all through the
long hours of the black night they
had been tolling on to be in time.
Aides were galloping furiously now
among the EC&ttered commands. The
obscuring fog slowly rose from off
the face of the valley, but all the
central portion remained veiled from
view. Suddenly, as 1 watched, the
brown cloud beneath me was rent
asunder here and there by little spits
of fire, and it was curious to ob
serve how those quick spiteful darts
of flame swept the full length of my
viiita. 1 could distinguish no reports,
—it was too far away,—but realized
that the opposing pickens had caught
sight of each other through the gloom.
Then a big n;nn boonud almost direct-
ly opposite me, its flame seeming like
a red-hot knife rending the mist. This
had barely vanished when a sudden
cheer rang out ufon my left, and 1
turned In time to buhold & thin, scat
tered line of gray-clad infantrymen
swarm down the steep slope into the
valley. With hats drawn low. and
guns advanced, they plunged at a
run Into the mist and disappeared.
Our skirmishers had gone In; the ball
had opened.
I had tarried long enough; any
moment now might bring "boots nnd
paddles," nnd if 1 powfesped the slight-
CHAPTER iif
(Continued from last wesk.)
CHAPTER XXII.
The Battle in the Shenandoah.
To me it has always seemed Ttv
raurliable that after all my other bat-
tle experiences—Antietam, Oettya-
btirg* tb# Wilderness, ay! even in-
cluding that first fierce baptism of
fire at Manarsas no action In which
i ever participate d should remain so
clearly photographed upon memory as
iiiis last desperate struggle for su
preniacy In the Shenandoah. Every
| iiiinut.' detail of the conflict, at
lo st so far as I chanced to be a
! i ersonal participant, rises before no
, as I write, and I doubt not 1 could
I trace today each step taken upon that
| strlckon fie d.
TIm roveUlo had not sounded when
i I first awoke and, rolling from iflv
Already a
rtv
Dr. J. T. Dohert
The Dentist
Butitr, ')kl: h n
::u
blanket, looked about me. Already a You CJVI jjet The Dcillli
!ui!!t. dim lire of gray, heralding tho x , , , Fn'prnrivp one
,;1. !t. ,,, i,.Urn-,; in V-\\s.UUl I IK LilUpilH (MU
th.. cast, «rd making manifest those fori >1 hi I - M. \ c 111 V* li VC
| lenvy fog-banka which, hanging dank
' and low, obscured the va ley. ri.i*
I 'lred P"! of "".y troop we'-e yet lying Tli'
| <pon the groerd, wrarred tightly in ^
i 1 heir blnnk.'"• <:b!ivlo"s of tl-e d a-l'y jv< h,
' ■ \ (>i'k before tV"'": Vv. 1 cC.uld ^
ho pivc-iv n e«->«r iinwf'iy ."t
I 'heir e' iot ropc#, Mi' cbattvci hero
. l,aw and Oriler league of Foss
letcr's ollice Samuel Waft
_ in each in nth nt K o'clock
i.n tin first and third Friday
ever-deepening roar of ceaseless con-
test had moved westward down the
valley, when an aide wheeled his
cmoking horse in frost of the Colonel,
spoke a dozen hu3ty words, pointed
Impetuously to the lelt. and dashed
off down the line. The men leaped
to their feet in eagfr expectancy, and
ai the "Fall in, fall in there, lads,"
t-.hoed joyously from Hp to lip, the
kindling eyes and rapid movements
voiced unmistakably the soldier spirit.
We moved westward down the long,
bare slope in the sunshine, through a
half-dozen deserted, desolate fields,
and along a narrow, rocky defile lead-
irg into a deep revine. At the mouth
of the ravine wo came forth into the
broad valley, and halted. Just in
front of u?, scarcely a half-mile dis-
tant, were the fighting lines, partially
enveloped in dense smoke, out from
whioh broke patches of blue or gray, |
as charge succeeded charge, or the j
wind swept aside the fog of battle.
The firing was one continuous crash,
while plunging bullets, overreaching j
their mark, began to chug Into our
own ranks, dealing death impartially
to horse and man. The captain of the
troop next mine wheeled suddenly, a
look of surprise upon his face, and
fell backward into the arms of one of
his men; with an intense scream of
agony, almost human, the horse of my
first sergeant reared and came over,
I crushing the rider before he could
loosen foot from stirrup; the Lieuten-
ant-Colonel rode slowly past us to the
rear, his face deathly white, one arm,
dripping blood, dangling helpless at
his side. This was the hardest work
of war, that silent agony which tried
men in helpless bondage to unyielding
discipline. I glanced anxiously along
the front of my troop, but they re-1
quired no word from me; with tightly |
set lips, and pale, stern faces, they
iield their line steady as granite, clos-,
ing up silently the ragged gaps torn
by plunging balls.
"Captain," sai< Colgate, riding to
where 1 sat my horse, "you will see
that the paper I gave you reaches1
home safe If I fall to come out of;
this?"
I reached over and gripped his band
hard.
"It will be the first thing I shall
remember, Jack, ' I answered earnest
ly. "But we may have it ea: y enough
after all—it secina to be an infantry
alfair."
He shook his head gravely.
"No," he said, point ^ forward,
"they will need us now,"
As he spoko It seemed an though
the sharp firing upon both ni«t. -t sud-
denly ceased by mutual roussnt. 'I fir
teiriblo roar of iimr.il arms, which ha I
mingled w.th the con Hp thuudcr
of great guns. d;> d away i'"o an ifi-
lerrnittent ra't!.:.,; of musketry, and
as the heav) sn.oke blowiy drilled up
ward in a great wrdte cloud, we could
plainly distinguish the advancing
Federal lines. tbr«e ranks deep
stretching to left and right in one
vast, impenetrable blue wall, sweep
ing toward us upon a run. Where but
a brief moment before the plain ap
pea red deeertea, it was now fairly
alive with soldiery, the sun gleaming
on lixed bayonets, and faces aglow
with the ardor of hurprise. Some one
tad blundered! The thin, unsup
ported line of y infantry directly
in our front close J up their shattered
ranks hastily in desperate effort tc
s-ay the rush. could see them Jam
ming their rcurNUs for volley fire
and then, with clash and clatter that
drowned all other sounds, a battery of
six black gur.s r;:ia9 flying madly pa.'t
us, every horse on the run. lashed
into frenzy by his wild rider Witb
carriage and caisi-.cn leaping at every
Jump, the half-naked, smoke begrimed
cannoneers clinging to their seats lik«:
monkeys, they dashed recklessly for
ward, swung about Into position, and
almost before the muzzles had been
well pointed, were hurling canister
into that blue, victorious advance.
How those gallant fellows worked',
their guns louring into air at each
discharge, their movements clock
work: T. nse. eager, expectant, ever)
hand among ms liard gripped on sabre
hilt, we waited that word which sure
ly could .*ot be delayed, while from
end to enu. down tha full length ol
our straining line, rang out the yell
of exultant pride.
"Steady, men; steady there, lads!"
called the old Colonel, sternly, his own
eyes filled with tears. "Our turn will
come."
Torn, rent, shattered, bleeding,
treading upon the dead and mangled
in rows, those iron men in blue came
on. They were as demons laughing at
death. No rain of lead, no hail of
canister, no certainty of destruction
could check now the fierce impetus
of that forward rush. God knows it
was magnificent: the supreme effort
of men intoxicated with the enthusi-
asm of war! Kven where we were
we could see and feel the giant power
In those grim ranks of steel—the tat-
tered flags, the stern, set faces, the
deep-toned chorus of "Glory, glory,
hallelujah," that echoed to their tread.
Those men meant to win or die, and
they rolled on as Cromwell's Iron-
sides at Marston Moor. Twice they
staggered, when the mad volleys
ploughed ragged red lanes through
them, but only to rally and press j
sternly on. They struck that croueh
ing gray line of infantry, fairly buriec'
it with. their dense blue folds, and I
with one fierce hurrah of triumph,
closed down upon the guns. Even as
they blotted them from sight, an aide,
hatless and bleeding, his horse
wounded and staggering from weak-
ness, tore down toward us along the
crest. A hundred feet away his
mount fell headlong, but on foot and
dying he reached our front.
"Colonel Carter," he panted, press-
ing one hand upon his breast to keep
back the welling blood, "charge, and
hold that battery v.ntil we can bring
Infantry to your support,"
No man among us doubted the full
meaning of it—we were to save the
army! The very horses seemed to
feel a sense of relief, hands clinched
more tightly on taut reins to hold
them in check; under the,old battered
hats the eyes of the troopers gleamed
hungrily.
"Virginians!" and the old Colonel's
voire rang like a clarion down the
breathless line, "there is where you
die! Follow me!"
Slowly, like some mighty mountain
torrent gaining force, we rode forth
at a walk, each trooper lined to pre-
cision of review, yet instinctively tak-
ing distance for sword play. Halfway
down the slight slope our line broke
into a sharp trot, then, as the thrilling
notes of tiie charge sounded above us,
we swept forward in wild, impetuous
tumult.
Who can tell the story of those
3econds that so swiftly followed?
Surely not one who saw but the vivid
flash of steel, the agonized faces, the
flame of belching fire. 1 recall the
| frenzied leap of ray horse as we
struck the line ere it could form into
square; the blows dealt savagely to
right and left; the blaze of a volley
! -.'corching our faces; the look of the
iiig infantryman 1 rode down; the
| udden thrust that saved me from a
' levelled v.un; the quick swerving of
our horses as they came in contact
with the >minon; the shouts of rage;
the blows; the screams of pain; the
white lace of Colgate as he reeled
nnd fell. These are all In my mem-
ory, blurred, commingled, indistinct,
yet disti eaiilul as any nightmare, in
nine way, how 1 know uot, I realized
that wc had hurled them back, shat-
tered then by our first fierce blow;
thnt, the guns were once again oars;
that I'llty dismounted troopers wero
tely nt their wheels.
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