Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 200: what you’re looking at

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DYING FOR THE FLAG. 193 The colonel had counted without his host. Captain Chetwood wielded his sabre to good advan- tage, and, in the midst of the fight, he felled the colo- nel from vot horse. Almost at the same instant a wild shout ran in the ears of the little band of rangers, who were outnum- bered three to one. ‘“Loval Mose’’ had come to the rescue, and, after a brisk fight, the Confederates were put to ‘flight. ‘“Who has done this ?’’ Captain Chetwood was startled at ine cry from the - lips of Moses Bluff, as the young ranger flung him- self from the eaadic and stood beside the form of the Southern leader—Colonel Ezra ‘T'rafton. He lay gasping, with a frightful wound in his — neck, from which the blood gushed copiously. ‘‘Some one has deprived me of my revenge!”’ Captain Chetwood slipped from the saddle, and stood beside the commander of the Loyal Tigers. “It was I who felled the villain,’’ said the captain ; “but it was in self-defense, I swear it.’? “Tt is fate; but I hoped to mete out vengeance with | this good right hand,’’ said Bluff, in a sombre tone. Just then the fallen colonel turned and glared furi- ously at the commander of the Loyal ‘Tigers. ‘“Mose—Mose, it is you!’ fell from the dying man’s lips. CHAPTER XXXVIL DYING FOR THE FLAG. ‘Colonel T'rafton, we meet again, for the last time, it seems,’’ uttered ‘‘Loyal Mose,’’ as he bent over the dying Confederate raider. A low muttered oath fell from the blood-stained — lips of the colonel. His eyes rolled wildly, and it was comicbooks (eo)