Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-11

mcntin the center, and then IA thcvdu.
encouraging, commanding his men to
take courage and hope lor succor
"A little longer hold out my bravclcl-
lows, he cncd. and we shall m, 3 ord
Percy with artillery and cavalry to sue
cor MS. Expresses have been three
hours gone ahead to inform hun Of our
condition Keep up hcart'
As he spoke those words. George
raised hiSrllic TO has shcudrr, md nov
cred that officers heart with tho barrel.
A flash IA report! and the British Col.
cloppcd his hand to his breast threw
back hls head aud rcchng in his saddle
tumbled hcadloug to the ground. HIS
fnll, however, was broken BY twogrcn-
udIcrS, who placed hun upon the road
side near the well. At the same mo-
mcnt there was n general rush of sol
dicrs towards the house, TO avcnpc the
fall of their leader. Mnuroc however
was already ~ his saddle and rcout
ing the path leading to the forest up
lands A yollcy was fired after him
without effect The British soldiers
prepared To- set the house IN flames
when th" ''''He rrc'S-
a. .s., oial thcu compelled them
To- continue rlDir retreat which how
became flight The fail OF their lc1-
der, though not the highest IN com.
maud. vet the most active and brayc,
threw them into despair, and all dI,cI
pine was at an end. They thought
not Of their wounded Colonel, who
was left with only one of their grrna-
dirre, lying on the grass near the door
Of the farm house.
George had not gone quarter OF %
milo when hc met CatIaruc
WHITTIER are you going :? he asked
surprised al meeting her.
TO share your fate. could not
remain away and hear the firing, and
not know where aud how YOU were
Has the enemy passed by
Yes but their Colonel has fallen 10y
my hand =
Oh. George Have You slam aman
DO Won confess it, Oh, what n
pcrrluI thought! But it's war; and
we must look on things with different
eyes But shuddcr as look Mt YOU
Indeed you ought mott But it is a
dreadful thought To take human life
| hcsitaicd to fire, hut | thought OF my
country, and how he was her invader,
and that his fall would greatly aid Us,
and fired.
. Ild he fall dead !
Il donct know, indeed, if he hc dead
! ain now cong TO ride back. The
enemy have passed on, and must JON
in pursuit. Look around, and see tho
people running across the folds from
hill TO hill, following on the track Of
the foe y
rThc very hedges aud walls seem
alive with men mud boys with guns.
'Ycs boys feel thcmsclycsmcn today
lIuuS' co. Return to your uuClc's dear
Kate Tonight ! will see you again.
The maid would have spoken, bur
he was ont of hearing. She turned
back few steps unit, he had pnsscl
out Of sight. when she took the parI
towards her dwelling. She approached
cautiously and with fear. The nols Of
! the firing was full mile distant from
her, and only here and there could he
seen farmer on foot or mounted on
his plough-horsc. without Il saddle
Fastening to join thcpursuit with thcl
countrymen.
/ Step by step slowly Catharlnc Act
on moved toward, Ter house Sh,
N"..nd ''r ..u stop
pea uoar the porch, and listened a.
tcntIyciy. All sound OF war was still
She took courage and entered the house
She passed not without a palptatIna
heart. to the front dooraud looked ont
In the road she saw twohodics IN scar
Let unilorm. They were stiff and dcod
She closed her eyes with Shuddcr
4 oronu reached her cars, and looking
IA the direction shc saw seated upon
the well curb the wounded soldier.
H. could not speak bat pointed Il
the water and thento hlsrarchin9 lip.
In an instant she forgot all fear. She
remembered only her humanity I'll,
soldier wore the uniform Of the luva
dcrs, bat She only saw IN him the i'm
occ Of God She FASTENED to the wei
and drawing up water gave him 10
drink, holding the bucket 10 ms lips
When he had drank he thanked hcr
with q few grateful words, and then
po.l,cJ 10 on elm few feet distant
Slrlolkcd in the direction and saw a
wounded officer, who By hls c'cgautu
inform she knew must baor high rank
He sat supported by a tree and as pale
as death. His hand pressed a hand
krrclalred with gOrragaiustA.s breast
lis eyes family regarded her. rud
once or twice he made an ch,rtiaauc