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Fifty paces from the bank, a shadowy object on horseback was visible by the dim light. "The vedette," murmured Nighthawk, "but he need not see us." And plunging, or rather gliding into the shadow of the trees, he led the way without noise, to a point directly in rear of the vedette. A hundred yards farther a fire twinkled; and around this fire were the dusky figures of men and horses.
We were continuing our advance across the field where we came on the vedette just mentioned, and all in high spirits. I had on a broad-brimmed felt hat, my overcoat, and beneath that what we called a "dress-coat," with the ends of my trouser legs tucked in my socks; was carrying my gun at a ready, and eagerly looking for something to shoot at.
'Twas not until we had safely run the gantlet of the vedette lines by a by-path known to the old hunter, and had shaken off the troopers that were following, that I found time to ask what had become of the men who had formed the ambush in the shrubbery. The old man gave me his dry chuckle of a laugh. "'Twas the same old roose de geer, as the down-country Frenchers 'u'd say.
I arrived at the bridge at eight o'clock at night, and found a vedette on guard. They took me for a Turk. I had on English civilian green puttees, and green was the colour of the Turks. It was a cold night, and I wished to take refuge at the camp fire, waiting for my cart to come. Though they thought I was a Turk, they allowed me to stay at their camp fire for two hours.
"The Death's Head patience: Card- game that justified its sinister name in three generations." He wrote out a full story of the fatal occurrence for the Essex Vedette, the editor of which was a friend of his, and to another friend he gave a condensed account, to be taken up to the office of one of the halfpenny dailies.
Tuesday was the day fixed for the actual commencement of the momentous, almost solemn transaction the pastoral Hegira, so to speak, as the time of most station events is calculated with reference to it, as happening before or after shearing. But before the first shot is fired which tells of the battle begun, what raids and skirmishes, what reconnoitring and vedette duty must take place!
He led the way to the park, where they soon had sight of young Rolles, who checked his horse and spied them like a vedette, but, perceiving that he had been seen, came cantering, and hailing the General with hearty wonderment. 'And what's this the world says, General? said he. 'But we all applaud your taste. My aunt Angela was the handsomest woman of her time.
T.B. Clark pushed on, met by a good deal of sniping, and had the pleasure of sending a Turkish cavalry vedette off at a hasty gallop. The enemy artillery were now beginning to take a hand in the game and having an intimate knowledge of the ground, as well as good observation as the light grew, were able to plaster the nullahs, in which we had mostly taken shelter, most assiduously.
There was not a Confederate vedette between the town and Banks at Harrisonburg the latter was probably moving down the pike this very night, in the dark of the moon. Soldiers of Edward Johnson tall Georgians and 44th Virginians had been in town that Saturday, but they two were gone, suddenly recalled to their camp, seven miles west, on the Parkersburg road.
Out on the opposite bank and up to the "bench" they swarmed, then veered away northward over the resounding level, Geordie and Connell, classmates and chums, bounding away in advance. No danger of Indian eyes or ears, no dread of hindering shot or ambush. When the pale-face writhes at the torture stake, even Indian vedette forgets his trade for the lust of such luxury as witnessing that.
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