Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-07-02

'u'"'a 'auipo no stop boATd man q war |
Tor noiIn ! guess ! learn to reeve DAT knot
wid a hitch da, 10 dcbb,l couldn't brhk'
As be finished tins classical speech he /
very deliberately kicked The boly Of one Of /
,ue dcAd soldiers aside. AID rolled tho other
very cool.y into the grave where Us ,hcyoung |
man and the dead rested upon the living -
Asnudde- run through the frame Of the youth /
as he fen pressing above hlm the cold form |
Of one WHO but the day be fore h,i Loon as
Toll Of mo '~ he now was, hot no. a sound
ESCAPED ,uM Tor well he knew tina, silence
was his only preservation.
Well, rascal, you see wha, you are coming
to for deserving from his maIosiy's service.
A halter, suppose, 10 more agreeable ihsa
good treatment and a soldier, pay
Thus spoke Cunningham to the prisoner.
Il entered into the refugee corps for my
own reasons. They have pro,edsaustactory
said the ptsonergazing atCunnlngham with
bold counteuance.
Yes, Internally satisfactory you rebel
spawn Of damnnliou' A spy, 'sposcl-De
lancey's refugees would bc pretty set il
they were all like you, rogue No, no; | had
nv eye on sc when YOU listed n month ago,
and told Col. Dc Lancey what thought
you was.-l was right, rogue, ehN
Yes, you was hight a. to my onlSung.-
4 being rebel scoundtcl, why there is
an oll,et-ycu are royal knave and a blood
thirsty villain. All the information wanted
TO send to the great Washington he has 90,
before ,his-so hang away But | should
like to have five minutes omm.uicaiion with
my God inst, II YOU have tho manlinoss to
grant it,
isionIshed as Cunningham was by the
boldness Of the mans speech, he knew full
well that he himself was detested by thcE En-
glish soldiers for hts tyranny, and that TO-
fusal Of such rcques, to man would only
make him still more odlous among them
: With an Ill grace he said
Pray, knarc. pray don't wonder that
a man like you fears death A man that be-
trays his king betrays his God, and 1t is high
time that yout 10 make peace with Aim. -
Three minutes, Iascnl-thIcc minutes -
That's all The time YOU have from me. Go on
your knees then al once. Sanlbo, have tho
halter ready Thrce minutes only.
The negro had placed tho Lantern on the
=. ground directly under the gallows. lts faint
light cleaned upward, showing in dim out
line '"c ga''o"s ''a''c' ana P''nH'S "-"''"s
, me faces ana forms Of Inc Soloiofs stouPeu
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c the rope by which your hands are tied
C When this Is done. and YOU hear me groan
@ kick over the lantern and make for the cas-
i corner of the graveyard, Twill follow -
y Things are ready for our ESCAPE. Rcmembc
2 make no alarm,
Il The nr,so,s, fol, a. II he had won en-
h ni,es unon em,ire. His life then was safe
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