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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1898-01-13, Page 3FALLEN FLOWERS. 2ne or the werke.eof the world. Mviuq, toiled, undo toiling, died, But Others worked, sand the world wr est ea Aad livenot changed when ho was gene. •d.Atrong arm stricken, a wide ee11 furled, 4ud only a few men sighed. • Ones of the heroes of the world a tto fro Rif conquer, then fought to fail - And fell down slain in his blood stained malt, Aid over hie form they stopt. Elia canoe eras lost and his banner furled, And only a ;votoan wept. Ong of the eingere among mankind Nang healing songs from an o'orwrought heart, But ere men listened the grass and wind Were wasting tho rest nneung like a wave, And now of his fame that will neer depart $e has never heard in his grave. One pf the women who only love Loved and grieved and faded away. Ah, me, are these one to the God above? What more of each can I say? They are human flowers that flower and fall. Thi -i is the song and the end of them all. —Arthur O'Shaughnessy in Athens/awn. HOLDING THE BRIDGE' BY CEARLES B. LEW18, •A knoll in a meadow, a bit of forest, a atone wall, a creek meandering through the fields and across a highway to empty its waters into a river two or three miles away—all these aro points which may bring victory or defeat when 100,000 men grapple in a struggle. The guns rush for the hills and knolls when they go into ac- ' tion; the cavalry must have a clear sweep of the fields if they aro to break lines of infantry; the marching battle lines are broken and thrown into confusion by a ditch across which a farmer's boy could spring with case. A mile and a half above our right win is a sinsp]o wooden bridge spanning t creek to connect the highway. Above an below the bridge aro steep banks, ove grown with bushes. A farmer or hunte would plunge' downward through th bushes, bound over the babbling wate without effort and be at the top of th other bank in a moment, Not so with th battle line. It halts, witiers and marche by the right or left flank to find anotlie crossing above or below. The guns °bang position at a dead run; the cavalry trot o gallop; the infantry move slowly an grudgingly and waste precious time. battle is won or lost because a single br gade loses a quarter of an hale in react ing the position assigned to it. A divisio is turned aside by a wall, a regiment b a rail fence. These aro the orders to th captain of Company ie: "You will march your company to th bridge and take up such position as yo Said .den as he rose up ter a look after %- loading. "We ought bo got at least 20 more at viols elua.shootin," growled Tom in reply. "They'll come ag'in, of course?" "Don't be a d ---d fool, Ben. D'ye think e loss of 40 or 50 men would stop one of our divisions from gittin somewhere? If you feel tired and sleepy, you'd better ask fur leave to go to the rear.',' "Say, I don't want too muoh of yer ohin, old man!" "Ob, you idon'tl Waal, you jest 'tend tc fightln and dyin and dont worry abet: my chin. Better shat yealyes this time and see if you can't damage some of 'em." VIM Thdaub was a feeler to develop the strength defending the bridge and to see if it was mined for blowing up. Around the bend of the road they laughed at the idea of 100 men holding a division at bay. Farther back the soldiers fretted and fumed and officers cursed and swore at the delay. Down on the left the battle was , already opening, and Death was sharpen- ing his scythe on tho stone walls which mon of peace had built up 50 years before. "Get ready! Fire at will!" This time a column of 500 mon, formed eight abreast as before, dashed at tho bridge with ringing cheers, and though tho first four or five ranks went down oth- ers lived to reach the earthwork and to make a fierce fight for its possession. For ten minutes there were shot and shout and Durso and groan, and then the bridge was clear again—clear of all but the dead and wounded. The veteran Ben was ono of the half dozen who started to cheer as the enemy sullenly fell back, but Tom inter- rupted him with: "What yor makin a cussed fool of yer- self fur?" "We've licked 'em ag'in I" "Licked hell! If this war don't end in Ioss'n three months, ye won't know 'nuff to pound sands Tho idea of yer yawpin and whoopin over a victory when we've lost at least 20 men and when we he are sartin to be wiped out body and butes! • d Look along the lines!" r- Ben looked up and down the lines and r shivered as he noted the dead and wound - e ed who had fallen out. And now the cl,e- re my deployed a force to the right, another to the left, and the men crept forward to • the very brink of the ravine and opened seals a hot fire that no defender of the ✓ earthwork could lit t his head. Under cover • of this fire a force formed up in the road for a dash across the bridge. Thu captain cl sent un order along the earths,ork, and A each crouching pian pinus ready to rise i- up and fire when the critical moment ; 'came. ,t `Say, this is gettin to bo redhotl" ex- claimed lion as the bullets sent the dirt o flying over his head. " Waal, we don't need any ice jest now!" e grimly replied Tom. "We aro goin to git Licked on this deal, tbink best to prevent the army from cross ing. If attacked by a hundred men, hof • it; if attacked by a thousand, do not fa back. If the enemy forces the bridge, h will take our right wing and flank, yo understand." "I understand," replies the captain. " am to hold the bridge to the last." "To the last." Company F marcbed away by the righ face and Was soon lost to sight in th woods. In an hour it was throwing u an earthwork at the north end of th bridge. It was a simple ridge of earth, ex tending east and west across the highwa and into the fields for a distance of 10 feet, with its center thicker and stronge than its wings. When that was finished the men pulled down small trees and up rooted bushes, cicgged the highway to th south of tho bridge and heaped obstruc tiaras on the o brad °itself. g For two hour they worked liko farmers, each ma straightening up now and then to flirt th sweat from his temples, and they the took up their muskets and wero ready. Did you ever try to iinagino the sound created by a great body of troops—a di vision or a eorps—moving forward to bat tie? You - hoar a faraway neighing o horses, a rumbling of wheels, the blow ing of bugles and tho rattle of drums All the various sounds go to make up on general, awesome sound, as if you could see through the forests and over the hill and knew that a great tidal wave was sweeping toward you from the shores o the sea. Tho sounds come nearer and nearer, and you seem to feel the tramp of the thousands of feet. Yon hoar a (nighty muttering, as of mon scolding at each other. Your ear catches fragments which speak of menace and peril and make you look behind to see if the road is olear for flight. It is the march of the specter of death, and its fleshless bones rattle as it tramps forward over the highways to an- otbor feast of blood. "There they comet Steady now!" The enemy should have sent a force for- ward to seize the bridge three hours ago, but of tho hundred details of a battle some are overlooked or some one blunders. In front of the division marching at will over the dusty road is an advance guard to clear the way; in front of the advance a few cavalrymen. The latter are first to make the turn of the highway and note the obstructions and the earthwork at the north end. They smile in derision. In front of them aro 100 men; behind them five brigades. There will be a rush down the narrow road with its walls of clay, •over the bridge, over the earthwork, a snore of dead and wounded friends and foes, and tho specter of death will hardly bavo been halted on its march. "Seo and hear 'cin, Tom?" queries an old veteran of his right baud man as he peers over the top of the earthwork. "Aye, Ben!" is tho answer. "J o* many?" "A division at least." "And what aro we goin to do?" "Die here, of course! Didn't the cap- tain say we were to hold the bridge to the last." "But, d—n it, it ain't o fair show," protested Ben. "Who's flghtin 60 to 1 and expectin to oomo out on top?" "Nobody. Wo aro corrin out in tho trenches with two feet of earth to cover us up. - Feel shaky, old man?" "Num, but it ain't a fair show." "Bettor savo yor breath. Wo ain't look - in for fair shows jest now. Lordy, but what a chance to swipe' it to 'ern! They are formin up around the bond, and we'll hay it rodbot in about a minit!" Around the bend of the road 200 infan- try formed up in lines eight abreast. The width of the road allowed for no more. With bayonets fixed and muskets at the trail they waited for a minute and then made a dash. From the center of the earthwork leaped a sheet of flame a third of the way across the bridge—from the right and left other shoots Of dame. Every musket had' at rest.on top of the earthwork - �evoty sight Covered a hunlan target. The head of the advancing column did not reach the planks of th8 bridge. It melted away in the midst of the Obstructions, to oreate'other' obstructions, and 40 men llay �AsIS1-and wowided aa the smoke lazily 1, (f way twit the stream. rr fair lftirw6At time we was at it," LA - old man." "Not licked, but wiped out. Tho orders 11 are to hold the bridge to the last, and our captain's the man to do it. Purty leetlo fight—mighty party. Lots of heads will git busted when wo arise up to fire. Never had a bullet through yer cokernut, did yet" Ben did not answer. Just then came the order to fire at will, and as the mus- kets looked over the earthwork the enemy cheered and dashed for the bridge a third o time. Over tho rocks and bushes obstruct- ing the road. over the wounded, crying out,over the dead and over the blood spots, and again they reached the earth- work and fought hand to hand. 1 "Guess they'll stay licked this time," growled Bou as tho enemy fell back after o ten minutes' fighting, "Oh, ye dol" sneered Tom as ho jabbed a his bayonet into the earthwork to clear it of the blood. "Waal, of all the blamed idiots in Grant's army ye take the cake n We've got about ten men left to hold a di- vision, anti yo are countin on a vict'ry," "Then wily don't we retreat?" s "Ag'in orders, yo old shell back. here's whar we die and over thar is whar they'll bury us." Now the enemy, maddened by the delay and resist/Ince, crossed sten above and be- low the bridge, and they were soon taking tbo breastwork in rear. The captain was down, his lieutenants were down—a cor- poral lu;d command.of the remnant of the hundred mon. "What d'ye call this? asked Ben as the bullets began to come in from flank and rear. "Next door to bell, " replied Torn. "Face about and see If ye can't bit a barn door." "I've dropped a man every time I've fired, and—and"—, "Got yer dose, eh? Waal, I told ye it would bo a wipe out. Sorry fur ye, old man, but war would be a picnic if nobody was killed. Guess I'in the only one left, and I'll go back and report." And half an hour later, wounded in the arm and shoulder and hip, a powder stained, dust covered old veteran appeared before his colonel and saluted and said: "Company F, sir. Dethiled to hold the bridge above." "Well?" "Enefny forced the crossing half an hour ago. Captain dead, lieutenants dead —all dead but rnel" The Worship of Athletic.. Both boys and men when they bavo opened any paper very soon turn to see what is said about athletics, People go in thousands to see matches of cricket, boat- ing, football, running and bicycle races. Matters connected with these matches keop the telegraph busy and furnish the large headings for posters. They induce men rif the highest position and gravest charactty to write to the newspapers and to disouse each matters from a purely athletical point, of view, leaving out of sight all moral questions which may happen to he in- volved. Portraits of athletes are every- where, and their histories and condition are generally known. I was present when a certain distinguished man was intro- duod to a groat English bishop, "He is the father of P. 7.'. --," said his intro- ducer, naming a youth well known f fruits powers of outting.—National Review. The Bishop's Knee Breeches. It is told of a certain bishop that, while dining at the house of one of his friends, ho was pleased to observe that ho was the object of marked attention from the son of his host, whose eyes were firmly riveted upon him. After dinner the bishop ap- pI'oaohed the boy and asked: Well, my young friend, you seem to be interested in me. Do you find that I am all right?" "Yes, sir," replied the boy, with a glance at the bishop's knee breeches. "You're all right, only" (hesitatingly) "won't your mamma let you wear trousers yet?" -,London Figaro. Prosperity as a Leader. ' "As you never work, Slowby, I can't understand why you take scab an interest !n trade reports." "Well, when other mon aro prosperous I find it easier to borrow money from them."- chioago Post. THE LONG WHITE SEAM. .Aa t Dame rennet the harbor buoy The lights began to gleam. IsTo wave t'te landlocked water stirred. The Drage were white es cream, And I marked my love by candle light Sewing her long white seam. It's aye sewing ashore, my dear, Watch Red steer at seal It's reef and furl and haul the line, Bet sail and think of theel I climbed to reach her cottage door. Ob, sweetly my love sings! Like aahaft of light her voice breaks forth,, My solel to meet it sprtaga As the shining waterleaped of old When stirred by angel wings. Aye longing to list anew, Awake and in my dream, But never a song she sang like tbia, Sewing her long white seam! Pair fall the lights, the harbor lights, That brought me in to thee, And peace drop down on that low roof For the sight that I did see, And the voice, my dear, that rang so elem. All for the love of iito, For oh, for oh, with brows bent low By the cundlo's dickering gleam, Her wedding gown it was she wrought, Sewing the lung white seam! —Jean Ingelow. A GRAVE MISTAKE. When the body of Henderson Hesslerigg was found dangling from a collar boars, his nook encircled byaself adjusted noose, his oyes turned peilingwarcl and his life extinct, those whom he had numbered aznong hie acquaintances were amazed ex- ooedingly. And when Mrs. Henderson Hesslerigg, who had always paused to look in a mirror when she remembered for how many years she had boon the faithful wife of the deceased, listened to their words of consolation with undiminished cheerful- ness and giivo'no indication of approach- ing hysteria or a desire to faint away, they stood aghast. In all the long time Mr. Ilesslerigg had dwelt among them he had never said or done anything to lead them to believe that he would endure, even for a few brief moments, the physical cliseornfort which taking one's life entails. By profession an inventor, he had slum- , bered on through the multiplying years with a minimum of exertion, contentedly eating the three meals a day which were the result of Mrs. Ilesslerigg's fruitful toil, and philosophical enough to yearn for none of the things which were beyond his reach. .As for Mrs. Ilesslerigg, the very fact that she earned and cooked throe meals a day for her amiably indolent husband was an indication, so thought her neighbors, of a character the reverse of firm. They knew she had always been unrosenting, if not uncomplaining, and were disappointed and disposed to gossip when their proffer- ed sympathy made no impression on her as a widow. She appeared to thein mar- velously changed, but it was apparent thdt grief had nothing to do with the transformation, for she seemed Its uneon- corned as though the suicide of a husband was n very trivial matter. Conjecture, of course, was rife, but the• suicide had al- most been forgotten when the true story aecame known. Ono day, while his mind was as yet un- tainted by a suicidal thought, Mr. Hessle- rigg might have been seen in a recumbent attitude on a much worn sofa which or- namented the sunniest room in rho'house, Smoking and thinking. It was while he was thus engaged that Mrs. Hesslerigg entered the room, sank wearily into a chair, covered her face with her apron and unnonneed almost tearfully: "I just Haven't the heart to work any more." "Ha!" exclaimed Mr. Hesslerigg thoughtfully, taking the pipe from between his teeth. "You have no heart for work." He pondered more deeply than usually for a Inonient and then said, "My dear, that remark of yours has given /no the germ of a great idea." , "Oh, you and your ideas will drive me crazy," declared poor Ars. Hessiciigg, bursting into tears. "If you had fewer ideas and would do enough work to sup- port your children, I could keep them out of the streets and teach them something and not bo forever Bending oyes'thetubs and other people's washings,:' and Mrs. Hesslerigg sobbed in a manner that was really heartbrea h ing. For it was a fact • pretty well known among the neighbors that Mrs. Hesslerigg took in washing, the proceeds whereof she devoted to the liquidation of her weekly grocery bill, and in view of the oircuin- stances of Mr. Hesslerigg's not having contributed"anytbing material to the fam- ily board for a space of several years it was small wonder that she should enter an occasional protest. "But, my dear," insisted Mr. Hesslerigg, becoming so animated that he actually arose to a sitting posture on the sofa, "this is really a wonderful idea. You say your heart will not lot you work," ho con- tinued. "I will make a new heart for you, my dear—a mechanical heart, which, possessing all the properties of the natural organ, will not in its sentimental action interfere with your physical labors. It, is a glorious idea. It will be the greatest discovery in modern science." And Mr. Hesslerigg, worked up to a perfect frenzy of enthusiasm, concluded by saying, "I will set about it at once." Mrs. Hesslerigg kept hor head on the table while hor husband was talking, and., thensho arose and,went back to her tubs. Mr. Hesslerigg's t'eznarks failed to inter- est ber. Sho had heard him say exactly the same things about 50 dozen different ideas which had never resulted in any- thing but the accumulation of a vast deal of old junk about the house. So she did not even look at him as he jumped up in an unwonted state of excitement and pro- ceeded teethe little shed in the baok yard, which he called his laboratory, entering and locking the door after him. For four days, while Mrs. Hesslerigg sozzled sheets. and pillow cases around in the suds, Mr. Hesslerigg toiled unceasing- ly at his invention. The tinkle of his ham- mer made musio for the,notghborhood and the smell of molten metals and noxious chemicals hung over the shop. His lounge was deserted, he did not smoke, and when he appeared at his meals he was pre000u- pied and deep in thought. Mrs. Hesale- rigg became more despondent than ever, and was firmly convinoed that her hus- band bad gone crazy. But when be made his appearance at supper time on the fourth day there was an unusual dignity in his manner, a flush of oonsoious tri- umph on his face. He stretched himself again on the old sofa and lighted his pipe once more, and his laugh was happy and joyous. "My dear," ho said, "I have finished. I have auooeodod beyond my wildest dreams. I bade completed the mechanical heart, the greatest invention ever given to the world. 15 lit destined to perform every phyaloal function of the' natural organ in a perfectly automatic manner. Deatha front heart failure will, in the feature be unheard of, Life may be prolonged a1- most indefinitely. Invested with Ude me- ehanloal heart, my dear, you may pursue the avocations which secure to your small family the means of a coutinuod exietenee without any of those distressing feelings which now pervade your bosom. And you, aniy dear, shall he the first to be en- dowed with this marvelous result of my inventive genius: Your breast shall be the one beneath which the first mechan- ical Mitre shad beat." Now, Mrs, !Hesslerigg waa on this auspi pious evening in an unusual state of mind. In the first place, her grocer bad refused that very morning to enlarge her account with him to the extent of a bar Of soap. Then her bluing was too strong and in- stead of malting her clothes look clear and white it dyed thorn en uncertain and irreg- ular green. These things had' so vexed her uncomplaining soul that she was real- Iy revolvlhg in her inind what means she bad at band for terminating an existence so entirely unsatisfactory. Perceiving in Mr. Hesslerigg's sugges- tion something which might relieve her of the deoldedly unpleasant task of swallow- ing a dose of liquid microbe exterminator, her only available poison, and yet accom- plish the same result, she acquiesced, ex- plaining, however, the spirit with which she entered into the scheme. But Mr. Hesslerigg repelled the idea with great vehemence. "That feeling arises from your present heart, my dear," he assured ber. "My wonderful contrivance will render a recur- rence ecurrence of it impossible." Accordingly the only two silver tea- spoons in the house were disposed of and Mr. Hesslerigg purchased a bottle of ether. The tubs wore cleared out of the way, the kitchen table pushed into the middle of the room, and after a brief inward prayer Mrs. Hesslerigg, fully convinoed that she was about to be relieved forever from the cares of earth and devoutly thankful that the transition was to be s9 easy, absorbed as much of the fluid as sho could and be- came oblivious to things around her. Just what Mr. Hesslerigg did to her Mrs. Hossierlgg will never know, but several days afterward she was able to arise from her bed, perfectly sound and healthy Tho operation, much to her sur- prise, had been successful. She Was con- vinced, not so much by anything Mr. Iles- slerigg told her, as by her own feelings, that she had been invested with the me- chanical heart, A lightness and buoyancy pervaded her being, and there was none of the old despondency. Her attitude to- ward her husband, too, had undergo/10 a complete change. She was no longer hum- ble and subservient. Her slavish affection for him had disappeared with hor old heart, and in the new organ ho occupied no place. She regarded his sluggish, in- dolent habits with aversion rather than tolerance. All those feminine characteristics which had contributed so much to his comfort had given place to a perfectly masculine selfishness. The idea of any longer earn- ing and cooking three meals a day for him filled her with a scornful amusement. The old ties which years of association bad entangled into gordian knots she sev- ered with relentless strokes, cooking only for herself and allowing Mr. Hesslerigg to got along as best ho could. It was some time before Mr. Hesslerigg could realize fully the awfulness of his mistake. He had expected that the sub- stitution of his invention for tho natural heart of his wife would enable him to go on in the old easy without any of the tear- ful outbursts which lead occasionally Inv - red his domestic quiet. But the entirely unlocked for result was overwhelming. Ile became restless, Watched Airs. Hessle- rigg furtively and ke1 t out of her way as much as possihlu. He hoped it would soon wear assay. Iiut his boyo Was vain, Mat- ters became worse for him, and soon Mrs. Ilesslerigg, evidently grown tired, of see- ing him around, suggested that he go -out and do something. "But, my dear," he ventured, in timid remonstrance, "1 want.to perfect my in- vention. Besides, what Shall Ido? There's nothing for an inventor to do outside of his home." Mrs. Ilesslerigg stood erect, and folding hor arms towered over her husband. "Hen- derson Ilesslorigg," she said, "if you think I am going to slop around in the washtub while you do' nothing, you are mistaken. I have supported ibis family long enough, and it's your turn now. I want you to get right out of here this minute' and stay Out until you have found some work." Completely crushed, Mr. Hesslerigg, without venturing a reply, wont out into the street. He did not know how to look for work, and he wouldn't know how to do it if he found any. He thought and pondered, but could not get his mind off his own misery except to lot it dwell for a moment on a bit of rope down in the cel- lar and the peaceful oblivion that lay in one end of it. He walked around until even- ing, disconsolate and dejected, and then, hoping that his wife had relented, he re- turned home, But Mrs. Hesslerigg hadn't softened a bit abd was waiting for,him. "Have you got any money?" she de- manded as soon as he entered the house. "No, my dear" bo faltered, "but"— "Then get right out again," she said obdurately, cutting him short. "I don't want you loafing around here," • Once more Mr. Hosslorigg issued forth, and a great sob which arose in his throat and choked him reminded him again of the rope. He would—yes, he would•put a period to his unhappy life as abruptly as possible. His last act would surely roach the heart which be himself bad tempered. But even that failed. Tho mechanical heart beat on as evenly as over, and to this day, in the full enjoyment of a successful career, in which washtubs have no part, Mrs. Hesslerigg continues to be as free from the sentimentalities of her sox as though she had been born without that Posorgan.t,--Joseph R. O'Brien in Washington Simplicity. I do believe in simplicity. It is aston- fehing as well as sad how many trivial affairs even the wisest man thinks he must attend to every day, how singular an affair be thinks be must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difouit problem, he first frees the equation of all inoumbrancos and reduces it to its sim pleat terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish# the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run. --.Thoreau. .Refined Repartee. "My face," said the seasoned soubrette, "is my fortune." "You don't say so?" retorted the funny comedian. "I thought it atood for what you owed." 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