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So young, so brave and gay, while others held their breath, They played ev'ry inch of the way to meet their death; And then at last the reg'ment turned, for vengeance ev'ry man To save the lads they turned and fought as only demons can; They swept the foe before them across the mountain rim, But victory that day could never bring back Jake or Jim.
I'll be a orf'cer too. There's nothin' like taking to a thing an' stickin' to it, the Schoolmaster says. The reg'ment don't go 'ome for another seven years. I'll be a Lance then or near to." Thus the boys discussed their futures, and conducted themselves with exemplary piety for a week.
"He's told you about that, has he? 'Old G. A. R.! Great name, ain't it?" "Why does he call you by it?" "Grand Army of the Republic, ma'am. I'm a member, and I reckon I do anecdote about it overmuch at times. The Reg'ment round there, they dubbed me that." "And the Major?" "That's right, ma'am, for'ard march! I'm gettin' to it.
I'll be a orf'cer too. There's nothin' like takin' to a thing an' stickin' to it, the Schoolmaster says. The Reg'ment don't go 'ome for another seven years. I'll be a Lance then or near to." Thus the boys discussed their futures, and conducted themselves piously for a week.
"She ain't got no more," returned the escort succinctly. "And what is yours?" "Mine oh, I'm just the Major, I am," with off-hand loftiness. "Indeed? And where do you live, Major?" "Fourth Reg'ment Arm'ry," responded the Major glibly. "And the little girl, Angel you said "
Not I! 'Tis hell to me, dumb hell through ut all; an' next time whin the fit comes I will be as bad again. Good cause the reg'ment has to know me for the best soldier in ut. Better cause have I to know mesilf for the worst man.
But don't let me keep you from breakfast." "Breakfast, eh? That's right! I almost forgot it, talkin' to you. Collie's got the coffee to boilin'. No, you ain't keepin' us from our breakfast any that you'd notice. It would take a whole reg'ment of Rurales to keep us from a breakfast if we seen one runnin' around loose without its pa or ma." Louise Lacharme did not smile. This was too real.
Says I to 'im, 'Colonel, says I, 'let me go to the Front, along o' the Reg'ment. 'To the Front you shall go, says 'e, 'an' I only wish there was more like you among the dirty little devils that bang the bloomin' drums. Kidd, if you throw your 'courtrements at me for tellin' you the truth to your own advantage, your legs'll swell."
They call the reg'ment 'Fresh fish' and everything; but the boys come of good stock, and most of 'em 'll fight like sin after they oncet git shootin'," he added, with a mighty emphasis on the last four words. "Oh, you think you know " began the loud soldier with scorn. The other turned savagely upon him. They had a rapid altercation, in which they fastened upon each other various strange epithets.
He thought he must hasten to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already on the lips of his redoubtable comrades. So, staggering before the loud soldier, he began: "Yes, yes. I've I've had an awful time. I've been all over. Way over on th' right. Ter'ble fightin' over there. I had an awful time. I got separated from the reg'ment. Over on th' right, I got shot. In th' head.
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