A SOLDIERS BAPTISM OF FIRE.
lis forces in! o act ion. Ile sent lor ,\ aid a sum II pa rl y ol men 1.. mat,,■a ps in a ni il fence In avoid the i.-avy loss whnh was sure In re: nit f the wlioh- body of men paused to ear it down Tin- coolest, and fines( man in the let. all was a young volant eer vho had never been under lire before. Alien he began pulling down the erne, he fancied he had disturbed a lest of hornets, as he thought, he leard 1 hem buzzing fiercely about his ■ars. Put ile lad was not going to tin from hornet s w lem 1 here was nun. serious business ahead (giiorllg the i used : . he opened I lie fence mil rejoined Ihe regiment wII houl n-iiig stung In a day or two he wa: surprised o he,ll t hill he wasl obe prnltml ed, I'.uf.-' he modesil.. | don't, hud. I lleserv c- pi ol ion il\ i-f Ihe ilheis." "My boy ." nphed Ihe Oeneral. "I ••aw y 011 pull (low 11 1 (ml u-n, r> \on lie Ihe coolesl man Ulidc-l lire I e\ er saw '." 'I he man gasped . si are.l. and I urn •d pale "What '" I M'luime.l. re jardless of grummet', "was them vvaap.s bullets ?''
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Lake County Press, Issue 2114, 19 April 1906, Page 7
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