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The Freemason's Widow.*
THE FREEMASON'S WIDOW . *
A TALE OF THE MEXICAN AVAH . BY A TBAViSLLEK . THE tAvo years' Avar Avith Mexico Avas rife with many a thrilling incidentthe details of which have never found
, their way to the reports of commanders , paragraphs of newspapers , nor to the numerous volumes written upon the prolific chapter of the great world ' s history . It would take a thousand hands and a thousand pens to record the moiety of the surprising events and romantic circumstances that have transpired iu the war . Every soldier has a story of
his own—to \& in his own way , of his OAvn experience—and each soldier ' s story is worth the listening to . In the month of August last I Avas a passenger on board a steamer ascending the Mississippi . On board were several returned officers and privates who had served on the fields of Mexico . A voyage of four days in their company gave
me an opportunity of listening to the recital of many a hair-breadth escape and daring deed in the " imminent deadly breach ; " not that the brave actors therein w ere fond of boasting , but , on the contrary , were retiring and diffident touching the discourse of their experiences . Nevertheless , having nothing to do to pass away the time , we
succeeded step by step , in draAving them out . One noble looking young corporal , who spoke Avell , and knew how to describe what he had seen -and taken a part in , particularly interested us . He had the rare faculty to bring in the battle field and the individual combat directly before the eyes of his auditors—and it is a picture of individual power Avhich most pleases the listener . "I have seen a woman face a fire that appalled our regiment , and made us keep cover . "
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The Freemason's Widow.*
THE FREEMASON'S WIDOW . *
A TALE OF THE MEXICAN AVAH . BY A TBAViSLLEK . THE tAvo years' Avar Avith Mexico Avas rife with many a thrilling incidentthe details of which have never found
, their way to the reports of commanders , paragraphs of newspapers , nor to the numerous volumes written upon the prolific chapter of the great world ' s history . It would take a thousand hands and a thousand pens to record the moiety of the surprising events and romantic circumstances that have transpired iu the war . Every soldier has a story of
his own—to \& in his own way , of his OAvn experience—and each soldier ' s story is worth the listening to . In the month of August last I Avas a passenger on board a steamer ascending the Mississippi . On board were several returned officers and privates who had served on the fields of Mexico . A voyage of four days in their company gave
me an opportunity of listening to the recital of many a hair-breadth escape and daring deed in the " imminent deadly breach ; " not that the brave actors therein w ere fond of boasting , but , on the contrary , were retiring and diffident touching the discourse of their experiences . Nevertheless , having nothing to do to pass away the time , we
succeeded step by step , in draAving them out . One noble looking young corporal , who spoke Avell , and knew how to describe what he had seen -and taken a part in , particularly interested us . He had the rare faculty to bring in the battle field and the individual combat directly before the eyes of his auditors—and it is a picture of individual power Avhich most pleases the listener . "I have seen a woman face a fire that appalled our regiment , and made us keep cover . "