A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . t even a glimpse of the starsand stripes. Away to our right we couldsee crowds of spectators on the elevated plat-form surrounding the Sanctuary of Montser-rate; and I remember thinking it was wellno admission fee had been charged for thespectacle upon which they gazed, else theywould have murmured themselves own most thrilling moments cameabout in this way : The platoon of artilleryto which I belonged had, as already related,decided that its position directly behind theho
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . t even a glimpse of the starsand stripes. Away to our right we couldsee crowds of spectators on the elevated plat-form surrounding the Sanctuary of Montser-rate; and I remember thinking it was wellno admission fee had been charged for thespectacle upon which they gazed, else theywould have murmured themselves own most thrilling moments cameabout in this way : The platoon of artilleryto which I belonged had, as already related,decided that its position directly behind thehotly beset infantry was untenable, and con-sequently fell back at speed, for some dis-tance. Standing at the head of the first piece,with all my faculties engrossed by the scenebefore me, I did not hear the order whichshould have sent me scampering to my seaton the limber-chest, and so suddenly foundmyself alone, with my comrades mountedand away in full career. A glance about medisclosed the fact that no other living thingwas standing up within a radius of five hun-dred yards. I was a conspicuous mark for. YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS Gi, the eager slayers in the adjacent underbrush;and I ought, of course, to rejoin my sectionas quickly as possible. So I ran. It oc-curred to me that here was my chance toshow what I was made of. I would stoprunning, fill and light my pipe, and stalk ina leisurely manner down the white road,thus winning, perhaps, comment and applausefrom high places. I say all this occurred tome; but I also happened to recollect thestory told of the survivor of Bull Run, whoreplied to a sneering criticism anent theFederal retreat from that famous field bythe sententious rejoinder that all them asdidnt run was there yet, — and I felt thatI could fully appreciate the point. So Icontinued to sprint as fast as I could, leavingthe bubble Reputation for other seekers, orfor myself upon some other day and was not afraid, and I was simply doing myduty; but I sometimes th
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