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[1]Thelieutenalayontheground,anduponithehadpouredthepany’ssupplyofcoffee.Corporalsandotherrepresehegrimyandhot-throatedmehebreastworkhadeforeachsquad’sportion.
[2]Thelieutenantwasfrownithistaskofdivision.Hislipspursedashedrewwithhisswordvariouscrevitheheapuntilbrownsquaresofcoffee,astoundinglyequalinsize,appearedo.Hewasreattriumphiidthecorpingforward,eachtoreapalittlesquare,whehelieuteandlookedquicklyatamannearhimasifhesuspecteditersonalassault.Theotherscriedoutalsowhentheysawbloodupo’ssleeve.
[3]Hehadwiung,swayeddangerously,araightehesoundofhishlainlyaudible.Helookedsadly,mystically,overthebreastworkatthegreenfaceofaweremanylittlepuffsofwhitesmthismomehimgazedstatue-likeaonishedahiscatastropheeropheswereed—whentheyhadleisuretoobserveit.
[4]Asthelieutehewood,theytooswungtheirheads,sothatforaallhands,stillsilehedistaasiftheirmindswerefixedupoeryofabullet’sjourney.
[5]Theofficerhad,ofcourse,beeakehisswordihaholditbythehilt.Hegrippeditatthemiddleoftheblade,awkwardly.Turnihehostilewood,helookedattheswordashehelditthere,andseemedpuzzledastowhattodowithit,wheretoputit.Inshort,thisonhadofasudderaohiHelookedatitinakindofstupefa,asifhehadbeehatridere,oraspade.
[6]Fiosheathit.Tosheathaswordheldbythelefthand,atthemiddleoftheblade,inascabbardhuhip,isafeatworthyofasawdustring.Thiswoundededirugglewiththeswordandthewobblingscabbard,andduriimeofithebreathedlikeawrestler.
[7]Butatthisihespectators,awokefromtheirstone-likeposesandpathetically.Theeanttooktheswordandtenderlyplathescabbard.Atthetime,heleanednervouslybaddidnotallowevenhisfiobrushthebodyofthelieutenant.Awouraytohimwhobearsit.Wellmenshyfromthiserriblemajesty.Itisasifthewoundedman’shandisupoainwhigsbeforetherevelationsofallexistehemeaningofaes,wars,cities,sunshine,sherdroppedfr;andthepowerofitshedsradianabloodyform,ahermeahattheyarelittle.Hisradeslookathimwithlargeeyesthoughtfully.Moreover,theyfearvaguelythattheweightofafingeruponhimmightsendhimheadloethetragedy,hurlhimatohedim,greyunknown.Andseahingthesword,leanednervouslyback
[8]Therewereotherswhoprofferedassistaimidlypresentedhisshoulderahelieuteoleanuponit,butthelatterwavedhimawaymourhelookofonewhokhevictimofaterriblediseaseaandshishelplessaredoverthebreastworkattheforest,aurslowlyrearward.Heheldhisrightwristtenderlyihandasifthewoundedarmwasmadelass.
[9]Andthemearedatthewood,theiheheenant.
[10]Asthewoundedofficerpassedfromthelile,hewaseoseemanythingsawereunknowntohiHesawageneralonablackhoverthelinesofblueinfantryatthegreenwoodswhichveiledhisproblems.Anaidegallopedfuriedhishorsesuddenlytoahalt,saluted,aedapaper.Itwas,forawonder,preciselylikeanhistoriting.
[11]Teneralandhisstaffagroup,posedofabugler,twoorthreeorderlies,ahedard,alluponmaniacalhlikeslavestohrouheirrespeterval,whiletheshellsboomedintheairaboutthem,aheirchargerstomakefurileaps.
[12]Abattery,atumultuousandshiningmass,wasswirlingtht.Thewildthudofhoofs,thecriesoftheridersshoutingblameandpraise,menaent,and,lasttheroarofthewheels,theslaeningguns,broughtthelieutenanttoapause.Thebatterysweptiirredtheheart;itmadehaltsasdramaticasthecrashofawaveontherodwhenitfledonward,thisaggregationofwheels,levers,motors,hadabeautifulunity,asifitwereamissile.Thesoundofitwasawar-chorusthatreatothedepthsofmaion.
[13]Thelieutenant,stillholdinghisarmasifitwereofglass,stoodwatgthisbatteryuntilalldetailofitwaslost,savethefiguresoftheriders,whidfellandwavedlashesovertheblackmass.
[14]Later,heturowardthebattlewheretheshootiimescrackledlikebush-fires,sometimessputterederatiy,aimesreverberatedlikethethuhesmupwardandsawenwhoranaoodatheiance.
[15]Heestragglers,aoldhimhowtofial.Theydescribeditsexactlofact,thesemen,npartile,khaheytoldtheperformanceofeverycorps,everydivision,theopinieenant,ghiswoundedarmrearward,lookedupohwonder.
[16]Attheroadsideabrigadewasmakingdbuzzingwithtalklikeagirls’b-school.Severalofficersandinquiredgthingsofwhiewnothing.One,seeinghisarm,begantoscold.“Why,man,that’snowaytodo.Youwanttofixthatthing.”
Heappropriatedthelieutenaenant’swouhesleeveandlaidbarethearm,everynerveofwhichsoftlyfluttereduouch.Heboundhishahewound,sgawayiime.Histoothihehabitofbeingwouhelieutenanthunghishead,feeling,ihathedidnotknowhowtobecorreded.
[17]Thelowwhitetealweregroupedaroundanoldschool-house.Therewashereasingularotion.Iwoambulaerlockedwheelsihedriversweretossingtheblameofitbadfestigaiheambulahcrammedwithwouhereoalgroan.Aninterminablecrowdofbandagedmenwereingandgoiureesnursingheadss.Thereuteofsoheschool-house.Sittingwithhisbastatreeamanwithafaceasgreyasanewarmyblawasserenelysmokinga-cobpipe.Thelieuteorushforwardandinformhimthathewasdying.
[18]Abusysurgeonassihelieutenant.“G,”
hesaid,withafriehesightofthelieutenant’sarmandhisfaged.“Well,let’shavealookatit.”
Heseemedpossessedsuddenlyofagreatptforthelieutenant.Thiswoulyplacedthelatteronaverylolaorpatiently,“Whatmuttoieditupthatwayanyhow?”
Thelieutenantanswered,“Oh,aman.”
[19]asdisclosedthedereditdisdainfully.“Humph,”
hesaid.“Youeaoyou.”
Hisvoiedthesamesasifheweresaying,“Youwillhavetogotojail.”
[20]Thelieutenanthadbeenowhisfaceflushed,andhelookedior’seyes.“IguessIutated,”
hesaid.
[21]“Nonsense,man!Nonsense!Nonsehedoealong,now.Iutateit.ealong.Don’tbeababy.”
[22]“Letgoofme,”
saidthelieutenant,holdingbackwrathfully,hisglahedooroftheoldschool-house,assiohimastheportalsofdeath.
[23]AndthisisthestoryofhowthelieutenantlosthisarWhenhereae,hissisters,hismother,hiswifestimeatthesightoftheflatsleeve.“Oh,well,”
hesaid,standingshamefacedamidthesetears,“Idon’tsupposeitmatterssomuchasallthat.”
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