. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . umerous conflictsin which his regiment had been engaged, left him quitecomposed under fire. Singling out one of Stuartsmen, he covered that cavalier with his revolver, andprobably, in another instant, would have ended hiscareer; but, just as his finger gave the final pressureupon the trigger, his horse, riddled with bullets, felldead under him, the shot flew wide of its mark, andhe fell to the ground. His first sensation was of a dense cloud betweenhimself and the sky, and next of being crushed bytramping
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . umerous conflictsin which his regiment had been engaged, left him quitecomposed under fire. Singling out one of Stuartsmen, he covered that cavalier with his revolver, andprobably, in another instant, would have ended hiscareer; but, just as his finger gave the final pressureupon the trigger, his horse, riddled with bullets, felldead under him, the shot flew wide of its mark, andhe fell to the ground. His first sensation was of a dense cloud betweenhimself and the sky, and next of being crushed bytramping hoofs, whole squadrons of horse passing overhis body as he lay -prone and helpless. A vague,dreamy sensation of being a mass of wounds andbruises was succeeded by utter darkness and long he continued in this comatose state he neverknew. Raised from the ground, a terrible sense ofacute bodily pain gradually crept over him, as hefound himself hurried along at a rapid pace. Wherehe was going, who had him in charge, what he haddone, whether he was in this or some other worli. A PRISONER OF WAR, 161 slowly, until at length, upon the brow of a small hill,they turned at bay, and for a time formed a livingrampart between their retreating comrades and theenemy. Every attempt to approach and penetratetheir line proved instant death to their assailants, andGeneral Stuart, seeing no chance of otherwise dislodg-ing them, determined to charge in person, and crushthem with an entire division. Glazier, who hadalready emptied two saddles, sat coolly upon his horse,reloading as this formidable body came sweepingdown. By this time, experience of the vicissitudes ofa soldier^s career, and possibly the fact that he hadhitherto been very fortunate in the numerous conflictsin which his regiment had been engaged, left him quitecomposed under fire. Singling out one of Stuartsmen, he covered that cavalier with his revolver, andprobably, in another instant, would have ended hiscareer; but, j
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