A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S DEATH.
All at once I saw my comrade throw I up his hands with a spasmodic gesture. ' He rose in his stirrups and fairly bounded high out of his saddle, and as he spun round in the air I saw the red blood on the white face and I knew that death had come to him sudden and sharp. Again the rifles spoke, and the lead was closer to ma than ever a friend sticks in time of trouble, and I knew in my heart that the next few strides would settle things. The black pony was galloping gamely uaier my weight. Would he carry me safely out of that line of fire would he fail me ? Suddenly something touched me on the right temple ; it was not like a blow, it was not a shock ; for half a second I was conscious. I knew I was hit; knew that the reins had fallen from my nerveless hands ; knew that I was lying down upon m y horse's back, with my head hanging below his throat. Then all the world went out in one mad whirl. Earth and heaven seemed to rise with me, not to fall, and thenchaos.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6714, 5 June 1900, Page 3
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202A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S DEATH. Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6714, 5 June 1900, Page 3
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