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Ash ing up The doorwavs At,en s a,.s. 90
sesi nch merchant was on, ~ 49, 1'
counting room. He turned down
hal same street up which be had come a.,
al. preceding evening. A crowd ba5 e.,b
e, 50 around the open cellar door 81 ~;
~ e. tenement. The merchant .anseI
inquire What was HE mailer.
'e1 a woman, sir, has been found dad 1
= S ST there. said oasS Fl bead mi d.
u. have sent for the coroner. Herdauob,
y has just come Jack, after 5efng oal
Re 9ight: believe she was begging. Thai
= her moaning
" Abr said the merchant: and nan
hi went through his heaa Ike an ce.bol
m for be remembered denying petition,
= the night before. HE pushe Ftbropeb IS
i crowd and descended ihe cellar sts5s "
, gTl covered over an enacialsd corpse
3 Fibat ley Of a/heap ofIslraw, il one corns
oIthe damp apartment. II was the sam
g1l ne bad feared iiiwOuld prove. Til
mefcbspt was horror struck.
NY dear chpdi' lie said layipv 4;
habd on hsF shoulder YOU must BE- care,
for-Gud forgive me Tor denyine Won la
F h93 Here,7iake this Z and be put
The girl looked up and gazed vacant,
:, I'm. l9en she put back The ProfFsred
/ will do no good now, she said
mother is dead, and She burst ipio bvsl
Il teTic tears.
Il And the merchant at that monen,
would have given BALI bis fortune Il baya
recalled her TO lie.
! The lesson thus learned be never for-
got. The merchant petsonally saw Thai :
decent burial was provided for The mother
and afterwards took the dsuebter ma II.
house, educated her fora respectable ~.
ton 10 life. and. on her marriage present.
ed her with proper dowry. He lived 10
hear her children lisp their gratitude.
LuNDY'S LAgE--BattIe or July a5,h 1874
Ills wen enough to takeibacls. .oce.s;onsllv
Inc MINIS Of the younger portion ef our readers
70 me thrilling scenes of the 4ast war.
! On 4 fire May afternoon We turned our
footsteps from the Clifton House toward
this celebrated battlefield. Lesyjdr The |
Niagara behind Us, we ascended 10 ne I6w
table Land which rises some distance back |
OF the nveT-precipice, and after In an
hours walk. which led lbs tbrougb Che
qulet iIllle village Of Drprnmondyile. we
f crss ms she tp9s q slole perhaps fifty
side, and afew oak trees e2araling Il irom
lhe road on another
This We knew was the spot, and whlie
10 tied 10 make out the positions Of the
contending armies, stout oldmani win
4 sdouched straw hal and grey coat, APP
preached and saluted US. f Good morn
Ing, gentlemen; you've come TO see where
me great battle was fought" We Tephed
ri The Affirmative. PLEASE 10 step with
me .hen, gentlemen, and I will show you
all about the field" II
He had been lieutenant Of provincial
artillery in ihe engagement, and present
al all the actions ON the fFqntier. HIS DE \
scription, though somewb lat confused. was
spirited and will Try % give It as nearly
as may be in his own words.
Now from the Church steps here,
gentlemen, YOU haze the best view OF he
ground; ell about whereNe stand the ac'
ViorSS W as fought. You see on The twenty
| flh Of July the, American army, under
General Brown, was at Chippewa, Two
niles DO the river, and the British army,
under Gen. Drummond, was some miles
back here in the country only Gen. Rial
Win the first division bad Just taken posi-,
t;nn here in advance. So@hen General
, Rrovn heard we were here, be sent Gen
Scott With the FIRST division ohthe Amen
|, can army to drive US of, never thinking
Won see that there wouldbe more than
Escrir.mae but when general Scott 60
fbaFe ne had been reinlorced; SO he sen
,.E5acl. Tor help. while be attacked our Pc
s;t;oh about four o'clock ID lie ailsrnoon
I'M was near The orchard Eyo1der, wheT
sIibdseihonses have been since built, lhs
: tbev fFst attacked. There was a goo
many killed. but The fighting dld'nl CON
!, - yeEy much iilli the rest OF the Amer
c,ns came up. and then they formed the
lLnesfall along where the road now ruL
Wonder, below the hill The British ha
lthe advantage of position 1--WE were Torn
: "a ali along the top Of the slope, oPPosl'
. ne Americans. was wish the guns lu
= where the top Of the grave yard now IS
General Drummond had bad all The tenc,
- Knocked down, so'theTs Was : clear ne
Tor U.s.
,e when they came to attack rs Q
guns were annoying lheta 50 bad "a
as Ihey couldn't come up the bill. 50 CeiSo
,r. Miller has asked il be could pt take y
be guns. AID says be, III Fry. undf
K stand bis regiment holds u those VOL
ng as theirI motto yet, 'We'llI,fk SO 10
III matched up The litile hcslow You
il, Il there. and charged right through !
in graveyard, There were bpt few graz
) a then. may be twenty. doE4 at the Low
re end. and he took The guns Pom n. VII
We wasn't any very difficult natter, ,tor
was'ni very well psosecssf We did
;ss exscily STAND 10 lhe charge, and iee b
led onels killed very few. was 50 lpeky
,ele mi 10 be iaken prisonerI snd thaugh
ana had best make my escapes as The g
IN Vas taken, so ! Jumped on horse, and
o6n of clear.
= After that The Americas all char
i've ON he top Of ;he bill ii.lie ways.
she positions remained ahobt SO I'll /
but sun down. when shs great charge
and uaAe and the guns reiake3 All bal
: 81 and I hear that's At West Polnt nov.
|, Ms .-ssi charge wasmade ali along Der.
az I'LL and vtcA stood 20