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ductor. drawinea pistol declared to him tina
II he saw the least attempt to inurc Captain
: bee, or any conduct which would cnI HIM [,
suspect that his disguise was discovered, Il,
would that moment shoot him through tn,
head. The soldier put his hand upon hi,
khiie with an ominous scow upon his con
ductor, but seeing that he had to do Will
one who was likely to he as good as his word
he restrained himself, and began to arrange
some rubbish to serve him for bed The
other soldier followed his example, and thcir
guide Withdrew, locking the door after him
The next night they went on as usual but
the manner Of their conductor showed that
there was more danger than before in fact
he explained to the party that they were now
not far from the Delaware. and hGped to
reach 1t before midnight. They occasionally
heard the report Of a musket. which seemed
to indicate that some movement was going on
in the country. Thus warned, they quick
ened their steps, and it was not long before
they snw a CLEAN of broad clear light before
them, such as is reflected from calm waters
even in the darkest night. They moved up
to it with deep silence there were various
emotions in their breasts Lee hoped for an
end to an enterprise which was growing too Sc
rious, and the principal objects of which were
already answered; the others were anxious
lest some accident might have happened to
the boat on which they depended for crossing
'he stream
men they came to the bank there were 10
traces oi n Doat on the waters. Their cot
auctor stood still for a moment IN dismay;
hut, rccolecting himself, he said it was pos
siole 1t might have been secured lower dowi
,he stream and, forgetting everything else
ne directed the larger soldier to accompany
Ia 4
nm ana giving pistol to the other, he
wniSpered' " II tne rcnci oihccr attempts to
cetray US shoot MN IL not, you Will not,
'or your own sake make any noise to show
Whcre we are IN the same instant they de
parted, ana Lee was lett alone with the ruff
lie had before suspected that the fellow
hnc" hih' ana now doubts were changed to
ecrtrii.'! u, once Dark as 1t was, 1t seemed
"s ~ II "rc n"shco IRON ms eye, now lie iclt
,''"' ieNc"gc WAS Ill MS power Lee was as
o'"Nc as any oHicer IN the army, but he was
unarineu' ana though he was strong, his add
stnSd uISdrS wos s.in oEe powerful ME he
seemed eniovinp the prosnect of rrvongo rs
he looked ur6n him with n stcady nye
Though the officer stood To nnnrnrnncc m.
moved. the sweat rolled in bcdIv Jrnns r,,,,
his brow. lie sn,n tont Ills ros,J,,,;il, i
sprnno unon his ndvcrsorv With tha ;rtn,,,; ;,'a
OF Wrestling the uistol from his L.nI L,,t
the other was unon his Guard and n;ro1uitL
such precision. that InJ thn ,'ist'l hn,,'
CHARGED with n hullnt that moina,, ,,n,lI
have been his last. But it seemed thnt thn
conductor had trusted to fine si.,ht nr liz
weapons to render the usc of thrm nnnncnssn-
ry. and had only therefore loaded ,Lnr with
powder: as it was. the shock threw Ice r.
the ground but fortunately os tbo f.lI,,y
reach it. and as his adversary stonrod and
was drawing his knilr frnm Ills hnio,n iI,'. Irn
was able to rive him Il stunnirg Ll,w Ito
Immediately threw himself man ,he .,ssa..;,,
and Il long and bloody struurl, hrnon. thnv
were so nearly matcied in strrnrfh and All.
vantage, that neither dared I, unclrnch his
hold for the sake of rrnsninr tbo kniG. tLe
blood gushed from their mouths. and tho
combat would have probably ended in r,ynr
of the assassin. when steps and voices yrrr
heard advancing. and theY found themselves
in the hands Of a PARTY Of countrymnn. Who
were armed for the, occG sion end ,:oro .,a,,r
inS thc pahkS oi the river lhey were Tor /
cipiy torn apart put SO exhausted and breath |
!ess' .hus hel'her couI, make any eSpiana-
,ioh' anu they submitted quietly TO the dlspO-
Sal ,rI u 'hcir caPtors'
ihc party oi armed countrymen' though .
lhey haS succeeded IN their attempt, and /
Wiz ouinIion'iy 'rl",np phah' on inc OCCASION
S;s, Te,o soivfy Eci l'GAtu 10 determine now to
y, ."eir prisoners iAI'er some uis-
ousslon ul'1h 'he "lsuoih OF the nearest ma
= Sistr''e' they accordingly proceeded with .
',nn ,"uti PRISONERS ~ MS nlahSlon' apoot two
niiiee uis'"nt, an" cal.eu on MIN 10 rise ana
a'Ienu W business, wlnoow was hastily |
thrown uP' ana the justice put forth his .
ntsn' capped heaa, ana with more wrath |
thah oecame ms dlghity' ordered them of
anu IN requi,ai for their calling him out of
oeu DC In lne cold, generously wished them in
eHe WarhiesI place wricn occurred to his INA
ginauon' However: resistance was vain he