Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-06-25
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/ hurled 10 the carh, while the rdsrIess horse
dashed by Harry Hsit with his neck arched. hi,
eyes disielted, his name fy.Hc, and the saddle
On bis back smoking with his masters blood.
Raising bis rife 10 his eye, and bis blood boil.
iug with rage at the scene Of merc.ess carnage
which had but now taken place under bis very
vision, Harry ilelt brought the g'ilering barrel
10 bear upon the foremost Of the troopers, and,
10 flash, IiieIes5 body fell from the war-horse,
and the green sod b0rs upon rs bosom the mur.
dgrer and the murders1-ths dragon IN his scar.
.et aurc and gay lrappings, and the free hearted
lrishman IN his uniform Of black, changed 10 a
ghasty purple by the red current that poured a
gushing torrent from his hcau.
The sharp cracking sound Of Iarry's rife had
not ceased 10 ring upon the air, when the war
shout Of the Black Rangers swcicI through the
c9pse, as one man, the brave ''twen,y-iour," with
Herbert at their head, followed Harry down the
bill at the top Of their horses speed each man
with bis short, otraght sword raised in the air. ad-
ding y.g0r aud volume 70 the yell Of Vengeance
which arose from the band, as each eve behelj
the bleeding form Of Dennis the Irshman.
Down The bill they came, their gallant steeds
moving with an impulse, as though they were but
limbs Of the same vast animal. Atthe sight the
twelve British dragons halted half way up the
bill, in the foil sweep Of their career, and with
horses rccol.ag on their launches. seemed scare
10 know wbciaerto face the advancing avalanche,
or TO fly before its approach. Not an instant had
they for reflection, for the Black Rangers can.
on toward them with the speed Of alhund-rD,It.
and the voice Of Harry Helt vas heard above all
other sounds:
Rangers! Dennis cried for quarter, and they
murdered him! Shall We give them quarerl"
"No quarter" shouted H-r5eu Tracy raising
himself in his stirrups, and measuring the dis
lance between his men and the twelve Dragons.
with glance Of his eye, mo quarter, no GUAR
ter! The bullet aud the sword for the cQ.,ifs.-
Over them, Rangers, over them'
mo qJari9r" echoed the Rangers, "no quar-
teri"
dennis McD.rmor!" shouted Harry.
"Tha rumpoler boy" replied sergeant Brown.
"OYcr them! Down with the cajllIs!" re-echo.
ed the Rangers, with one voice, "no quauer!"
And in one compact body. OF urajreast, with
their sIeed5 presenting firm and unwavariug
lron,, the Black Rangers passed like a whirIwind
over the sinking forms and recoiing horses Of
the twelve Dragons. And as the Night-hawks
swept on, with their front unbrokcn and their
ranks undislurbed, the British soldiers rolled on
The earth, some crushed beneath the weight of
their horses, others with their arms and legs bro
ken, and others pouring fourth their lives on the
sod, from the mortal cash inflicted by the short
swords Of the Rangers, in the very crisis Of their
charge; and all Of them, man aud sliced were
scattered upon the earth, an inliscr.milate mass
Of crushed bodies, Of mangIed horses and dying
men.
As the Rangers passed on in their career Of
death, down The hill and toward the can're Of the
valley, the main body of the British dragons
formed in solid phaIanx in the level of the vale,
presenting front Of four abreast, with wood
on either side of their position, and the passage
Of the glen visible in their rear. The fog had
been raised from the bed of the valley, by the
action of the large fire which the dragons had
lndIed, and the light wrealh5 Of mist cured
gracefully among the tree tops aud around the
nils, leaving the small level plain perfectly clear
iom all o6scurity, and free from all cXhaa!ons.