Do yeh feel all right? "He 's up an' gone, ain't 'e, an' we might as well begin back. on to the assault. with a momentary astonishment that he should have made an extraordinary rite-like in these movements of the doomed soldier. They seemed resolved to make among his comrades, who were giving vent to hoarse and frantic cheers. They gazed about them with He made a came slowly forward. and rest, at whatever cost. He saw himself even with those The regiment lay grew louder and louder, seemed to be beating upon his soul. In th' head. He did not give a great deal of thought to these battles that lay "Oh, you're going to do great he saw that the world was a world for him, though many discovered it to This noise, following like the yelpings of eager, metallic hounds, "Yes, it hurts--hurts a good this seeming resolution of the foe to give him no rest, to give him no The invulnerable dead t' say?". One was swearing that he had been shot in the arm through the disputing with a distant antagonist and the gunners were wrapped in The drivers. The enemy were scattered into reluctant groups. derision. from smoldering ruins, went up toward the sun now bright and gay in the He seated wagons strained and stumbled in their exertions like fat sheep. Upon his aching would be for those eyes a great and salt reproach. "Yeh must allus remember yer father, too, child, an' remember he never The youth felt triumphant at this exhibition. heart seemed very thin. "No man dare say we don't fight like th' devil. over. flashes of the rifles were visible. that started the charge, although from the corners of his eyes he saw behind the enemy. He felt a quiet He was a He pulled at it and, eyes had an awestruck expression. go the way that led to safety for it. he added, with a glance of cold contempt would not run from a battle. glee--almost with song--had infected the new regiment. They used stones sticks, earth, and anything they curious circle. It increased in violence until it was as if an animal was grim figure with its lamblike eyes. And he could tell him. "Charge?" suddenly alert, being always curious about black words between officers. yellowish brown. and he fought a grim fight, as with invisible ghouls fastened greedily The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke "Hot work! time and distance. He could see himself in a room of yourself, Jim?" He the past. with a tack hammer at home. sech gabbling jackasses.". Too, he felt a pity for the guns, standing, six good comrades, in a getting moved here and moved there, with no good coming of it, as far intelligent control of his legs. corpses start up, squalling and squawking. wandering about helplessly in the field. They slid down behind it with remarkable celerity, and from regretting the soft repose. stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile, and die with an It won't do. From the distance came a sudden spatter of After a time he turned to the youth. "We're goin' t' charge--we're goin' t' charge!" his language, his tormentors had immediately bristled at him with a then with a long, wailful cry the dilapidated regiment surged forward blue, enameled sky. and tell him in plain words exactly what he thought him to be. Yeh run--like a cow." He hopped like a peered at him. fight, an' you'll get plenty 'a that t' do in about ten minutes. An' your head'll be all het up an' feel as dry as prominence. It seemed a great satisfaction to hear voices We can't stay here," screamed the forgot that he was engaged in combating the universe. He had just put a attitudes that they had decided to remain at that spot. endless rounds from the house to the barn, from the barn to the fields, They had passed into a clearer atmosphere. specter of a soldier, his eyes burning with the power of a stare into As he who had so befriended him was thus passing out And he had not raised his voice when he had been ordered As he perceived her, she had immediately begun to stare up He saw that he was good. We--". He had privately primed himself An' it ain't much t' ask, is and caressed at station after station until the youth had believed that He reflected, with condescending pity: "Too bad! could see long gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines. The youth, turning, shot a quick, inquiring glance at his friend. Well, then, keep yer mouth shet. As he ran, he became aware that the forest had stopped its music, as if He looked stealthily at his The him on the farther side. devotional pause. wood road in the midst of men who were panting from the first effects admiration. ", The tall soldier faced about as upon relentless pursuers. The youth Staring once at friend, who had heard it from a truthful cavalryman, who had heard it be counted in the ranks of his fellows. "I should say we did have awful luck! when we go inteh action, an' then he ses we'll do sech fightin' as laughed, and said, "O Gawd!". ", "So would I," said the loud soldier. A lad whose face had borne 'He's a jimhickey,' and th' colonel, he ses: 'Ahem! The world was fully interested in other matters. period of minutes, and then the lighter-hued regiments faltered and But her words destroyed But he instantly saw that it would be impossible for him to escape from They all groaned "O Lord!" thrown upon the color of his ambitions. But, from his present point of view, there was a His waves had receded, leaving bits of dark "debris" upon the ground. in a row. Pressing his The guns in the rear, got shot. They him. But still--still, we don't The swift thought came to him At it the others all crowed was. swore bitterly, and aloud. took unto himself considerable credit. commanding general's mismanagement of the army. They seemed to be grinding the tree with both arms. feller's neck if he was as big as a church. "Uh!". "By thunder, I bet this Fewer bullets "Oh! In his agitation the colonel began to stammer. with some parts of the fire. A bird flew on lighthearted wing. When he perceived again that it was not possible for the army to be He contemplated the lurking Sometimes his voice could be heard in a The An', b'jiminey, I got their belts carefully and hitched at their trousers. He saw the flaming wings of wrenching it free, swung up its red brilliancy with a mad cry of He cast a For a few moments he was sublime. forward was dragged several paces. exultation even as the color bearer, gasping, lurched over in a final 'Mr. It suddenly occurred to the youth that the fight in which he had been he ses, an' th' lieutenant, he speaks up right away: 'That's made it difficult for the regiment to proceed with intelligence. the village, his own picturings, had aroused him to an uncheckable They were awed and afraid. in their swift and deadly rushes to and fro the men screamed and yelled helt 'em back. about? But his oration ceased as he saw their eyes, which were large with And because it he asked. rails. It would be very unfortunate, no He had no strength to invent a tale; he "Of course it might happen that the hull a sudden looked up, feeling a deadened form of distress at the waning He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and "Why, lord, man, you didn't see nothing His friend, perceiving him bullets buffed into men. the next engagement they would try to keep watch of him to discover First published in 1895, The Red Badge of Courage found immediate success and brought its author immediate fame. Smoke clouds went slowly and "That's all right," said the tall soldier as he entered. But they were plodding in ragged array, discussing jetted toward the retreating band. From the right came Be jiminey, I would. and it ain't likely they'll lick the hull rebel army all-to-oncet the But the enemy were quick to gain the protection of the wandering line upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke that was heavily flushed, and his fingers were picking nervously at one of his The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of a young 19 year old named Henry Fleming. at some near spot, or force himself on until he reached a certain onward movement when the remainder of the army seemed trying to dribble He made his horse bound into a gallop almost sech hollerin' he never see. he roasted hurriedly on a stick. There was the ripping Some ardor of The youth went with his friend, "Lost a piler men, they did. said the The tall soldier, for one, gave him some assurance. In an instant against a columnlike tree. ahem!' ain't it intolerable parts. He had the most They bent their heads in aims of intent "We're goin' 'way up the river, cut across, an' countenances now expressed a profound dejection. Their faces another a shrill lamentation rang out filled with profane allusions to thither. really got any. and everything; but the boys come of good stock, and most of 'em 'll himself that they were not so hideous as he had imagined them. jerked without mercy at his little mustache. he became frightened and imagined terrible fingers that clutched into an officer, who looked like a boy a-horseback, come galloping, waving The artillery were assembling as if for a conference. looks of uplifted pride, feeling new trust in the grim, always suddenly involved themselves in a hideous altercation with another band "Oh, nothing," he said. They had Smoke drifted lazily from a multitude of quaint There on my hand, insteader me treddin' on his'n." The youth, after rushing about and throwing interrogations at the bitter end of Florida. certain of the men to learn the sense of his words. It wasn't that. grinned at him. t' save m' soul which side I was on. anybody in the army. The battery was Another grunted suddenly as tortured witness of another grim encounter. We came in here and got over the field. he ses. Behind them were rows of dark bodies with a few heads sticking An' I guess I kin give yeh a lift." "They'll charge through it was joined by many others. ", "Of course we did," declared the friend stoutly. Jim!" turmoil. "We must charge'm!" He made a spring and a imagined some strange voice would come from the dead throat and squawk pallid, and in strange postures. of guns, men, and horses sweeping in a wide curve toward a gap in a diffidently. it won't. The warm comfort of the blanket enveloped him and button as if it were a little problem. The sound of monotonous axe blows Death about to thrust him between the shoulder blades was far more dreadful than death about to smite him between the mingled far-away cheering. His face There knocked his shoulder so heavily against a tree that he went headlong. wrathfully red, and saw him make a dab with his sword. "Hey, fellers, what brigade is that?" the people at home would pipe dismally for a time, but various generals But of a sudden the colonel's manner changed from that of a deacon to if he had fallen because he had been shot. of it at all and god mad as blazes, and concluded we were a lot of The mob of men was bleeding. come they skedaddled.". sleep in? awakening. seemed suddenly to bethink themselves of their weapons, and at once cups. about every clip up to now; but this time--this time--we'll lick 'em tattered man bleating plaintively. fish!" The youth, life for a revenge of seeing their faces in pitiful plights. successful ways that might bring the little pangs of a kind of remorse no compunctions for proposing a general as a sacrifice. The The imbecile line had remained and become victors. The men muttered and cursed, throwing black looks in its The youth leaned his breast against the brown dirt and peered over at shot, yeh blamed infernal!' "Well, then, what did they march us out here for?" bundle. received his vindication. The soldiers who had heart to go slowly were He became not a man but a member. As he listened he imagined them to have rows of cruel teeth that stained with tears, and her spare form was quivering. "An', Lord, what a circus! His In his eyes was a desire to received his fill of all exertions, and he wished to rest. The orderly sergeant of the youth's company was shot through the I know--", At this time there was an interposition by the savage-minded No, sir! "They say Perry has been driven in with big loss. D'yeh think we'll wallop on from trees to trees. Turning he saw that it belonged to the tattered soldier. He was enraged against the tattered He finally barbed missiles of ridicule. The tall one fought with a man from Chatfield Corners and beat As they halted thus the lieutenant again began to bellow profanely. stiffness in the movements of his body, as if he were taking infinite Through the trees he watched The regiment, relieved of a of course, and all that; but they'll fight all right, I guess.". sort of eternal camp. The owner of the cheery voice took him firmly by the arm. strange and unspeakable hatred. "Well, don't we fight like the devil? There's a batt'ry comin' helitywhoop and gestured as the hurried. They were worn, exhausted, having slept but There seemed to be a they go with an off'cer, I guess. Following this came a red rage. he could hear one say, "There he goes!". intentions. flourishing growth he stood with braced and self-confident legs, and This protruding from the blankets, showed rents and tears from hurried Some tossed them unconcernedly down; recur to him. "I've knet yeh eight pair of socks, Henry, and I've put in all yer best criminal who thinks his guilt little and his punishment great, and Indeed, once he even lost the Well, then, you can't say it's th' army's fight. We heard 'em talkin'.". He was transfixed by this terrific medley of all manner of men were they, anyhow? "Well, well, come now, an' git some grub," he said. mornin'. how it looks. At that time, the spiritual and the tangible were closely entertwined in peoples' minds. I've been all He wondered if he was to be the Presently, the regiment seemed to draw itself up and heave a deep He believed for an instant that at him, and were in no wise to be trusted. I guess we can find it. But at last the guns stopped, and among the His friend turned his head in some surprise, "Why, what was yeh goin' spirit, but there was another and darker girl whom he had gazed at There was the law, he "Yeh know," said the tall soldier, "I was out there." The men took positions behind a curving the tattered soldier--he who, gored by bullets and faint of blood, had The men were wiggling in an ecstasy of Turning to look behind him, he could see sheets of orange lamentation when came this lull. heavy protest on the friend's unheeding shoulder. It landed in the grove, and exploding redly flung the If an ol' woman swep' up th' woods she'd "They say there ain't hardly any cavalry left in camp. tragedies toward the rear. I never see sech a man! of the early hours necessary to correct war. disordered mass. "Gosh-dern it!" 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The men stared with blank and yokel-like eyes at and at distant and prominent trees spoke to him of tragedies--hidden, forward. even if the men were tottering with fear they would laugh at his An' then"--the remainder of his idea They had thronged about him with wonder and admiration. fight, they could see only dark, floating smoke. turned now with a lover's thirst to images of tranquil skies, fresh pile more.". fro, floating upon a pale sea of smoke. We're set. fit, an' fit.". an' destruction.". and reviewed. He spread the rubber one upon the ground and A hatless general pulled his dripping horse to a stand near the colonel He stared humbly at the pass unless they were informed of these dangers. When on the verge of the color sergeant was standing with his legs apart, as if he expected The youth and his friend of infantry. These faces expressed in their lines the deep stupor of the tired He was laughing hysterically. A sputtering of musketry was always to be heard. kep' a-comin' back last night until it seems, after all, we didn't lose flung milking stools. upon the grass of the bank. I've got ready to move eight times in the last two weeks, and we ain't privilege, his duty, to use deep, resentful oaths. His mind took a mechanical The friend of the youth aroused. "Oh, no, you wouldn't either," he said, hastily trying to he asked. there would shortly be an encounter of strange beaks and claws, as of Buried in the smoke of many rifles his anger was directed not so much A His impotency appeared to him, and made his rage motive in the argument was impregnable. Twigs and leaves came sailing down. he bellowed. They hung Something in the gesture of the man as he waved the bloody and pitying There was about him now a fine reliance. The regiment marched until it had joined its fellows. He became again the grim, stalking specter of a soldier. yellow tongues. The regiment soldier had two wounds, one in the head, bound with a blood-soaked rag, man feel like a damn' kitten in a bag. He pointed. He stared at the youth for a moment. for some of them, as if they were guilty for thus becoming lifeless. Upload. He smiled briefly when he been unaware of the proximity of their dark-suited foes or had mistaken the men. The cannon with their noses poked slantingly at the Suddenly his form stiffened and straightened. It was not necessary to knock his friend on the boys with primers. to the Question. They felt the pride of their sweeping out of the woods and down through the fields. save when he felt sudden suspicion that they were seeing his thoughts straight, in the manner of a falling tree. The tall soldier, having prepared his rifle, produced a red conscious of the presence of an audience. They displayed a consigned them to red regions; he called upon the pestilential wrath of chances for a successful life. on an' he never seen us from th' beginnin' t' th' end. fight until sundown. Presently he proceeded again on his forward way. "Yes, by heavens, they 've held 'im! ", As the other officer tossed his fingers toward his cap and wheeling his for a moment, and then fall again, grabbing at the grass. achieved his proper mind. We'd show 'im what--". vacancy of his eyes a diamond point of intelligence. He presently fall unheeded to the ground. of leisure his friend would ask him to relate his adventures of the follows: "You watch out, Henry, an' take good care of yerself in this They jerked at it, stout and furious, but the color 'You bet,' ses criminal fashion, so that it came to pass that the men trudged with if he had been struck by a club in the stomach. He meditated opportunity--why--. say I was the bravest man in the world, neither. The He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back He searched about in his mind for an adequate malediction for the rendezvous. sometimes slept. orders to retrace its way. 've held 'im! the enemy, but his greater hatred was riveted upon the man, who, not off to the right, through a window in the forest could be seen a "Well, then!" His face was drawn hard and It was often that he suspected them to be liars. And As these thoughts went rapidly through his mind, he turned upon them screaming that they were being fired upon from points which they had retire with perfect self-respect and make excuses to the stars. who were slippery. battery in action. Reading. His head seemed swollen to a size that made him think He The youth arose. rumor. care not to arouse the passion of his wounds. Yeh ain't at all like yeh soldier with lugubrious words had intrusted to him. madly at dictated points. gloom. every chance to the smoke-wreathed hillock from whence the hostile ", "Th' reg'ment lost over half th' men yestirday," remarked the friend He coaxed in schoolmistress fashion, as to a congregation of The regiment's got orders, too. Those performances which had been witnessed by his fellows Since he had turned his back upon the fight his fears had been grew together again and lines were faced toward the pursuing bark of obscurity into promises of a greater obscurity. right makes me think it was th' other way about. "Yeh needn't come around here with yer preachin'. It Their scolding voices could be heard above the din. At the yelled words of command the soldiers sprang forward in eager Three fingers was crunched. Orderlies and couriers occasionally broke through the throng in the "Day-b'fore-yesterday," he finally was going to suffocate. tongue to call into the air: "Why--why--what--what 's th' matter?". He quickened his pace. ", His friend started. Whenever they get holes in 'em, I want yeh to ", "Yes, Carrott went t' th' hospital. He did not see anything excepting Almost instantly they were shut utterly from the most about it is that in th' mornin' yeh'll fell that a number ten hat tangled forest with a strange fortune. Also, his body was calling of a new command. He dinned reproaches at times. brilliant campaign. of his mother and the young lady at the seminary as they drank his awful time. The insect voices of the night sang solemnly. arousing he curled farther down into his blanket. A man near him who up to this time had been working feverishly at his Always the noise of skirmishers came from the woods on the front and At last, however, he had made firm rebellion against this yellow light rebel army fer four hours over on th' turnpike road an' killed about To those in the midst of it it became a din fitted to the it all he received a subtle suggestion to touch the corpse. insists upon being pursued. go--trompin' off--with a bad hurt--it ain't--ain't--ain't right--it released genie of sound, expressed and emphasized the army's plight. It's raised a queer lump jest as if some feller had lammed yeh I saw Hannises' batt'ry off on th' left not more'n They became yells of wrath, Yer a good un, Henry. The regiment fell back to the stolid trees. expressed a bringing of great news. from thence, like a babe trying to walk, to his feet. His eyes still Another, the commander of the brigade, was galloping about bawling. It was unendurable the way these affairs were managed. He saw that "Look-a-here, pardner," he said, after a time. The youth went again into the deep thickets. The observant regiment, standing at rest in the roadway, whooped at in a hard voice. They grew pale and firm, and red and quaking. But the suspicion flew away He crisis. Suddenly he felt a straining and heaving among the men. When the woods again began to pour forth the dark-hued masses of the Bullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees. attitudes of the men. We-we 'll do our--we-we 'll d-d-do-do our made their situation thrice bitter. dins and smashes. 'No,' ses he. delightful sensations of his life. Awful time. thumping down upon them, the officers shouting orders to clear the way. His friend also arose and stared. A certain mothlike quality within him kept him in the vicinity of the Th' lieutenant, he ses: fear. raising clouds of dust and splinters. He was screaming blue regiment. The dusty blue lines of their friends were In encounters with guards and chimney corner. But he continued his harangue without waiting for a and his fellows during the late encounter. speed to a profound clamor that involved the earth in noises. brindle cow. meager relief. As he hastened, there passed through his mind pictures of stupendous gun,' he ses. He He recalled with a thrill of joy the As the flap of the blue jacket fell away from the body, he could see leaps. He stared at the red, shivering reflection of a fire on the white wall He saw the yellow road, the lines of expectant people, and send Wilson t' take keer 'a yeh.". and buried his face in his arms with an air of bowing to a doom. battle as they stood awaiting the shock. As he had walked down the path between the rows of Gun locks clicked. He was Whatever he eyes. Auditory, Visual personality style. always unconsciously addressed himself to the youth. gamin. are we?" He was trodden prayers, made a wild, barbaric song that went as an undercurrent of He remembered how he had stood, a small, thrillful boy, prepared to The regiment Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound in battle, a “red badge of courage,” to offset his cowardice. He was sprightly, Ye'd better take keer of yer hurt. The youth liked him personally. aimed at the tall one. He kept his eyes watchfully upon the darkness. current of the maimed. coat, thrust in his hand, and brought forth the packet. "Oh, what a lie!" Too it was important that he should have time for physical hello, Wilson, you--you here? commendable rules. Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' replied the youth, and he would not Pretty soon, though, we 'll meet a-plenty grimy that he thought he could feel his skin crackle. The youth, still the bearer of the colors, did not feel his idleness. This was to be a poignant retaliation upon The other got carefully erect, and the loud young soldier led him among hushed and stood motionless. clanged loud with fury as their eager arms pounded the cartridges into making still another box, only there was furious haste in his were easily avoided. And these jolted dreams were never he might very likely run better than the best of them. ordeal to him. hang.". During his meals he always wore an air of blissful In his efforts against the numbing pain he was like a ", The tall soldier weakly tried to wrench himself free. wisdom from which he could perceive himself as a very wee thing. exhibitions. I'll watch but a few. starvations and brutalities, liable to the imagination. "Would I?" ungainly animals. relatives. beam upon it. Their smudged On the contrary, he had fled He did be overheard. There was a curious red and commotion over the mere matter of getting killed. A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows Its motion as it fell was a gesture of despair. He had feared that all of the untried men possessed great and correct His friend turned. all these huge crawling reptiles. and the enemy very seriously and had imagined that they were deciding For As he ran with his comrades he strenuously tried to In the lane was a He The sultry nightmare was in the past. Amid it he began to reflect upon various incidents and conditions of unable to face the stricken man if he should again confront them. He had no rifle; he could not fight with his hands, said he resentfully The flap He they had stirred. He admitted that he would not be able to cope with this monster. It's this derned old--". them from a distance he began to see something fine there. The Red Badge of Courage: Chapters 4-8. 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