Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-13

pounds, which l LEM you wnen you lelt
America, If your memory can run back
nine or ten months 'Money-where's
your note?' demanded Llston, you have
none, have you" Mo- never requir-
I'd one, you are not such a scoundrel as
to pretend that you did not borrow the
money! 'Ha! hap said L,sion, you
will find the door | think, sir, in that
part of the room, aud ! will be obliged
to you to let ne sec as little Of you as
possible hereafter Well sir, said
Marshall, there is always = time for re-
venge-always remember that n
He was soon in America again.
At the beginning of the revolution we
find Marshall Withdrawn from business,
and with a wife whom he had married
Just after his return from Europe, and a
family Of children quietly settled in a
seaport town about twenty miles from
Bos'on-,he people of which, then as
now, were much employed in the fisher
les, while the country around to the dis
lance of a dozen miles, inland, was thin
y peoplcd by farmers, the very bones
and slnews of the country. The town
itself rose a little from a level, directly
in front of a bay formed by the main
land and a point which ran off parallel
to Il at the distance of perhaps half a
mile, and nearly in the centre Of it stood
the meeting house, exposing ITS whole
front TO the entrance Of the barbour.
There was then no f%ortificaiion on Ell
Their side OF the harbour, though the.
main land was thinly peopled even TO
the extremity of the bay, with here and
there a house. and among them that Of
our friend. When the troubles Of his
country came on, he left his home and
Joined her armies-nor returned till tow
ards the close of the war. At the time
Of his return the arrival Of a single sail
was a matter Of considerable Importance
and it was therefore with much interest
that he heard his children exclaim, a
few days after he had comfortably sea-
ted himself at home, that two vessels
were sailing for the harbour, and all
sails set, he went to the window and
saw two schooners running at the ex-
tent Of their speed for the port.-What
can possess them, said he to his wife, to
drive at that rate-something must be
the 'matIcr-ah? now | see-Mary,
wont you hard mo The glass? He looked
for a moment-yes, | see you, old gen
tleman you had better kce? off, alto
geiher. What is it? inquired his wife.
Oh, nothing but a British sloop of war
chasing the schooners but | am sure
that | can't see what they mean TO do
or how they expect to gain any thing by
driving them in here-but no matter, !
will go over to the harbour and see. SO
%shouidering his rifle, and taking his
sword, he set off. When he arrived a,
the town, or as it was called, the har-
bour, the schooners were in and their
crews partly landed, while their pursuers
were just turning the point and entering
tho harbour; a small party had gather.
ed near the schooners, and several boys
among them. Here said Marshall,
taking one by the shoulder, 'set out
now aud ring the beII-give it a terri.
BILE rafting They set off: 'And what
vessel is that?' addressing n Of The
schooner's crew. The sloop of war
Falcon, Capt. L.inze,' was the answer
Aud now the bell rang over and over
and people began to gather in from va
rIoms parts; strong weather beaten fish
ers and husbanGmen with their long
ducking guns, or their immense old fash
inned muskcts, all ready for the strife
When Lime opened his side Of the ar
gument by putting forth from the side OF
his vessel a ball which went crashing on
through timber and plank as if nothing
was there to impede or hinder. 'Well
done, well done,' said Lime as he saw
the bali strike the aim, 'now give it to
the old Presbyterian meeting house
let us see, if We can't stop the tell tale :
and the balls were soon Kissing through
the meeting house. Now, Llston,' said
he, take men enough to man the boats,
and under cover Of the cannon see il
you cannot bring off the schooners-at
the worst you can but come off without
them. Liston bowed gave his orders
and was offdireclly; but he had procee-
ded only n very short distance from the
vessel when the report of a gun SCUM
ded from among the rocks that lined the
shore, and a man in one of the boats
dropped into the bottom. q wondei,
said one of the sailors to tho other, 'if
this is what we are to get-if it is, look
OUT This he might have said with good
reason, for as they neared the shore
they received a shot from Marshalps RI
fe which made their number less by this
very man, and four or five more from as
many ducking guns. each of which told
Of the same fial aim. On landing, they
were Immediately attacked with great
rigour by the hardy defenders of their
soil Come on cried Marshall, 'come
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