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Excerpt: ... and we turned and were at the front of the onset. XXXIV THE CHARGE IN THE LANE The instant Ferry wheeled at the flaming captain's side you could see he was unwelcome. I heard him tell what we knew of the foe and the ground; I saw him glance back at the blown condition of the speeding column and then say "You've got them anyhow, Captain; you'll get every man of them without a scratch, only if you will take your time." But the Captain answered headily; "No, sir I've tried that twice already; this time I'll cut them in two and be in their rear at one dash Bring in your company behind mine, if you choose." Ferry drew back a few ranks but stayed with the column; Quinn had had the toil of the chase, he should have also the glory of the fight. So Ferry sent Gholson--whose horsemanship won a cheer from the passing Louisianians as he cleared the roadside fence--across to Quinn, bidding the Lieutenant slacken speed and count himself a reserve. And then into the broad lane between grove and woods-pasture, with the charging yell, the Louisianians thundered. Ah but my Creole gentleman was a sight, with his straight blade lifted in air and his face turned back on us aglow with the joy of battle I was huzzaing back at him and we were passing the front gate of the grove avenue, when down through it came from the house, with a tremor of echoes, the first shot; a shot and then a woman's scream, and his blazing eyes said to me, "He is there That was Oliver " There was no time for speech. The shot was not a signal, yet on the instant and in our very teeth, on our right and our left, the cross-fire of the hidden and waiting foe flashed and pealed, and left and right, a life for a life, our carbines answered from the saddle. For a moment the odds against us were awful. In an instant the road was so full of fallen horses and dismounted men that the jaded column faltered in confusion. Our cunning enemy, seeing us charge in column, had...
| ISBN-13 | 9781407654867 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1407654861 |
| Weight | 0.67 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.47 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $15.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 224 pages |
| Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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