The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-05-27

maiden, though one could not well strive
Tor fairer-but from love for the manly
sport in which saw you engaged. You
are the victor, and as such, with the per-
mission of this worthy assembly, receive
from my hand the prize you have so well
and honorably won.'
The youth sprung forward and grasped
his hand with gratitude; and the next mo-
ment, Annette was weeping from pure Joy
upon his shoulders. The welkin rung
with the acclamations of the delighted vii
layers, and amid the temporary excitement
produced by the act, the stranger withdrew
from the crowd, mounted his horse, and
spurred at brisk trot through the village.
That night Henry and Annette were
married, and the health of the mysterious
and noble hearted stranger, was drunk in
overnowing bumpers of rustic beverage.
In process of time, there were born unto
the married pair, sons and daughters; and
Harry Carroll had become Colonel Henry
Carroll, of the Revolutionary army.
One evening, having just returned home,
after hard campaign, he was sitting with
his family on the gallery of his handsome
country house, when an advance courier
rode up and announced the approach OF
General Washington and suite, informing
him he should crave his hospitality for the
night. The necessary directions were Civ.
en- in reference to the household prepara.
tions, and Colonel Carroll, ordering his
horse, rode forward to meet and escort tC
his house, the distinguished guest, whom
he had never yet seen, although serving il
the same widely extended army.
That evening, at the table, Annette NOV
become the dignifed, matronly and still
handsome, Mrs. CarrolI) could not keeI
her eyes from the face of her illustriou.
visitor. Every moment or two she woulC
steal glance at his commanding features
and half doubtingly, half assuredly, shake
her head and look again, to be still more
puzzled. Her absence of mind and EN-
barrassment at leugth became evident tc
her husband, who inquired affectonately il
she were i'll?
Il suspect, Colonel, said the General,
who had some time, with quiet, meaning
smile, been observing the lady's curious
and puzzled survey of his features, "that
Mrs. Carroll thinks she recognizes in me
an old acquaintance. And he smiled with
a mysterious air, as he gazed upon both al
ternately.
The Colonel started, and faint memory
of the past seemed to be revived, as he ga
zed, while the lady rose impulsively from
her chair, and bending eagerly forward over
the tea-urn, with clasped hands, and an eye
of intense, eager inquiry fixed full upon him,
stood for moment with her lips parted as
if she would speak.
pardon me, my dear madam-pardon
me, Colonel must put an end to this
scene. have become, by dint of camp
fare and hard usage, too unwieldy to leap
again twenty-five feet and one inch, even
for so fair bride as one | wot Of.
The recognition, with the surprise, de-
light, and happiness that followed, are left
to the imagination of the reader.
General WASHINGTON was, indeed, the
handsome young 'leaper' whose mysteri-
Gus appearance and disappearance in the
native village of the lovers, is still tradition
ary; and whose claim to a substantial body
of BONA FIDE' flesh and blood was stout
ly contested by the village story tellers, un-
til the happy DENOUNoEMENT which took
place the hospitable mansion of Col. Car
roll.
WomGn.-Huntingdon, preaching on
the resurrection, remarked, that "Jesus ap-
peared to women rather than to men in order