The nerve which shines forth in a deadly…
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the desperadoperson
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a.k.a. deserter
Custer's brave sergeantperson
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a.k.a. sergeant
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The nerve which shines forth in a deadly
crisis of cracking revolvers or flashing knives
is neither the only nor the highest kind, but it
is a noble and an admirable quality, even when
misapplied; and when we shall cease to admire
and respect it, the human race will have very
little left where of to be proud. We shall have
to come to a sorry pass when our blood shall
fail to tingle to such a deed as that of Mr. Cus-
ter’s brave sergeant. He had arrested a deserter
of desperate character and brought him to a
little town in Nebraska. While they were eat-
ing dinner, the desperado picked up a can of
pepper, dashed the contents in the sergeant’s
face and started for the door. The blinded
officer, even in the inconceivable anguish of the
moment, thought only of his orders to bring in