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Show 304 HOBBUUK. himscl f nt the he:t<.l of :t nnn1bcr of 111011 clCCll1e<l snffici \nt for the pnrpos/"\. ll:t\·ing procnrccl :t l:ultl"r. L1c lcc11hem, lltH1cr <'OYer of bnil<ling~, to n f;j)Ot nhont firty yards from t.ho l1ouso ocenpic<l by t.l1o cn<•my. 'Th en, \vhilo a :f:tlso n1tnek was Jn:H1o on an ot her :-;id (\, l1c rnshecl forwanl. IIi· foretnost 1nen, r~rry·in0· tho b hultler lwrizonta11y between the1n, swnno· it, as n r:un, :tgain.'t tho door until they broke it, l>nt not \vithoat two or three of' thctn being wonndctl. As soon ns an opc11ing \\':-tS 1hns 1naclc, wiclc cno11o·h f()r a 1nan to p:l. s, Colonel Fitzhugh clashc<l in, fu1lowcc1 l>y l1is Incn.· \Vithin th honsc there was a fierce fig·ht, hnncl .. to-hanrJ. IL conhlnot last long. Colonel \Vesel an<l several of his n1en \Yore killctl. Tlte rc~t, stuTCJHlerctl. 1.,he victory was complete, bnt it was pnre1la~c<l with Rome precious blood. Besides other Ios~c~, Colonel Fitzlntgh \Vas dangerously \VOnnclecl lie \\' :lS carricc.l fro1n the honse, bleelling profusely. Ualli11.r; the lientenant-co1onel of his rc.o·iment to him, he c~,::presscd the belief that his womtd was 1nortnl, he cOinn1endecl the gallantry of his n1cn, ancl gave directions for tho burial of the dc:1d, the c:1ro of the wonndet1, the n :n1oval of captured horses' and gnu~, ancl tho \Vithclrawnl or his COlllJnancl fron1 the village. Fi.llally, he reqne ·tetl thnt, 'vh:1.tever 1nio·ht Le his own conaition, he 1nigltt not Lo left bohi~d. A1Lhono·h these directions \\'ere given \\·ith eoolncs: nncl clc:trn ess, th(•y wore scarecly comp1etecl wlton ho U('U:1me insenf'ible. ACLerwanls he rev i voc.l; he was almost lifel('S~ when, in the nl'Lernoou, h~ w~1s earrie<l fron1 tho \'ill:1g;c. The dcac.l Lody of J\fark l\1ar1in \vas JifLc,<l fron1 tho cmth and borne with tender respect Ly his eomr:ulc~ to the cabin of hi~ father, 'vho Rat on his desolate hearth beside his 'vife i and she ,vas a n1auiac . • TIOEBUCK. 805 When fr~. Fitzhugh hcnnl of the condition of h ('l. son Rhc fo1lowr<1 the rc.!.6mcnt., anc11aking- cll:-tr~c of ]tim Rhc hn.cl him carrie<l, fr01n 1imo to ti1~1e, hv .short stages 1o :111 interior connt.y. There ~he took a c.oU~l.~<', ~n<l attondotl only by her faithlnl Dulle, devoted herself to the preservation of his Iii'o. |