Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-09-01

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10 ii VISA sass 8aTkess heur of the Rsyo
IN. ton g0r kha Amsgieau eauss, III
Ter were trsatdfe 81 We Gasp, ta0ash
hi great usaas Il A@ psOpaA semaiasa 4
g' and detsFuassmsa sA ahs saasa sae ladspa
tss danes. Tbs RzIbiah agmT 0psmambsl
Va thh Amaxie&n kwzses as gh9@a 80 enc,
ed lIbsyev VS. - pFixa sa he won, d
Ia bvaye hsaFss. 8 d. hy Waahangaon, I
IN noa daepair. Mhas If aasy ware elad
b. tatteEed gasmenkss and heir fees VIZ
g, sboeless. Ieavi ~ aarks of bleed pn {
~ frozen eroansa Bseser they followl
" Ehsss lovad soaa Aasss - Long - u
= bastfed aoF he aTighs Al fFseaem
ID Al ths psaioi &c ozv saorys thsFs sso,
le Ia tbs vieinisy aE AAe rillags Of Rr ~
" wick a log hoasas III RasAar large dixAel
n sions. anA baaEs In aaames kAama ppass
= that lie prourisas ss u moro seFeoH
g fort shan appsar&nces as regarded b
- dwelling. There was an air Of nsatue
= aud taste about tAs garden that seems
To prove thai ID was andsT the ssBecia
. care Of q woman, sven though eurEant
G bush, honey -saekle and hop vine ha
. hesA for mspy days Hndsr the suows
& naasmbsT,
D rae proprietor OF the house follDwe
the aoabis calling df q blacksmith 40
. fArmsg. He was h@ae old nlan Of abou
4 sixsy, and his faulty wsrs compose
, solely og bis wife Dorothy, and hi
! daughter Mary, beautiful girl just bad
. ding into wdinanhoed.
10 his Youah faEmsF Jeaas Hutt0ns hai
. advocated Quaker principles Of P sace
bus in his age bis sympashies were SO
oretIy enlisted in the cause Of kiuj
George. His conduct, however, bat
been - eiEeumspacs~-he appearing u
maintain strict Neutrality as REGARDED
! both the British and American cause
that, though snspicioua were rife OF hi
extending Aid 20 the fasmez aud thus IA
escaped setaal proof ST..
The only person hired about his prem
ises wac . tall, ungainly youth, OF sbouI
twenty years os ags, a1a who served a
q helper In the smithsFy, when occasion.
ally nsighbpr wlshed his horse sAod,
or his wagon whesl tired. His name
was Malachi Dooiittle, and he hailed
from the Bay State, from whence be asd
! wondered 20 his present station, some
three years before, binding himself to
Squire Hutton till one snd-twenty. He
had all the peculiarities Of tAs migrate. .
ry race of EeW ERglAnds aad though, as
We have stated, be vas call and ungain-
y in his department, warm heart beat
under homaspan vest, and be display
ed much genius and tact for the benefit
Of bis employer.
As 3 matter of course, he had been ia
love for long time wlth the fair form
and btuo eyea Of his masters daughter
Mary, though she had always treated bis
ease eoolly that any one else bus gen
uine Yankee wooer would have Left the
fed in despair. No girl can bear to
have /: sad that her lover is an object
Of Fidicu!e, and Mary Was we'll aware
that tall AIatachi-tha name By which
her fathers apprentice was generally
adlressed-whs the sport OF all the yong
girls ia the neighbeFEood. Tet she
might have made g geod choice, for hs
bid fair to heeome GEst rate mechanic,
was crack shot with the rife, aud col'd
out run, ont jnmp, as be expressed it
himself; anything that stood in swo
shoes. He wis = arm advocate Of the
American cause, aad when his boss was
nos by, and be could gain listeners
ear, he would express bis admiration for
Washington ia Ghs highest terms.
IL was in tho latter raTt of December,
and close apoh dusk, attlred in the uni
form Of an ensign in the Continental
army, and mounted upon & powerful
grey horse, rode up to Squire Hutton's
smlthery and requested thAs his animal
might be shod immediat&Iy
"FFisnd, {" thou ssssnssa to be in some
what Of a hurry" was Squire Hutton's
reply, glansing aa the stranger, " and as
Malschi 10 busy foddering the cattle, C
have promised 10 have neighbor Park
er's wheel tired in half an hour, perhaps
thee had bstsaE apply TO the Dext shop,
which thee will fad abaut mils and
half further along on the straight read
to Brunswick, and"
(" A plague on neighbor Parker and
his wagon Wheel, ;" said the young man,
AS you have staseahhow-
ever, Gm in harry, and hsAR impoF-
tant dispatches TO Washington, whom
is on his way to attack our
enemies. May Heaven favor the righs
causs!''
81 Amen," said the smith earnestEy.--l
% But a. have informed thee before, il
will be impossible 10 attend to the shoe
ing Of thy beast to, night. 1t Is nearly
dark, and 1 seldom protraet my labors
after night fall.n
The stranger mRsed a moment, and
then mutteTed TO himself. "It is not
possible that ] can have been misinform-
ed," drew q paper from bis pocket sud
handed il TO Squire HuttDn.
s. What is this pa be exclaimed.
" Something that would not be polite
20 tes every one peruse In these times !
bat have heard that yea are q skaaneh |
man in the eanRa Of King George, and |
can trust you, The exigeneiss Of my
case will not admit of delay. Ny horse
must be shod, aud muss be within the
British camp, o. Trsnkon BY tomorrow
morning.
The old szatth with an air Of surprise, |
wiped his glasses to perass the docameni !
and by the last fading light of dag, re-
coEnlEad the wsll-known signature Of |
Lord CORVALLIS.
He Instantly grasped the stranger by |
The hand, and said that, for she cause /
Of King GsoFgey be woald neglect every
other job Of work in the shop.
s'But thee win have . rough ride OF |
it, friend; the roads are in Bad eondi. !
Eion, and the wind will blow cold and |
bitter in khy fAea, ohsoFys the whale Of |
the journey"
The stranger remarked that he had |
learned 10 laugh at such adventures In /
the camp af tho soldier.
@Ay, friend, bat ths night will 10 |
black as pitch an hour laker, and il thy
beast is n0s shure footed, thee will net |
reach TFentoa by sunrise. noveysr, |
viii see tkAs shea aEt well prepared Tor
thy jOarmsy. 4 gosa enp ng saa. equal |
10 thai tha fonlisk rebels wastsd Ia Ros-
ton harbor, made By wife Doroshy, saa |
few warm biscuit prepared By nav aaagh- l
ssr Mary, with refresh taae greatly. pre-
vious TO thy long rids.o
g Thanks, Kind sir, Tor Sag hoapiAaii.
" @1N Do @&#AKSA knAk ts VIA De rem H7z1s
bered 70 CIR commander In ehiaF. hEy
busin is uFgent, for Il rAash Tssn.
ton by sungEss, sls plan naw bsas
about my pekson waIf placs lbs rebel
army whoIy Id or power.
- Sayess fhou - ~ aid the aniIgs,
rubhing bis hands josfailyy then iaassd
YES hare no tisaa 10 loose. HALO, ala.
Chi; ID, hera thou art. Bun 40 "a the
bouss, and tell DoreahY that M sriiend
Ensign Spsnosg, Of tie OonainenEal asay
il gofng 81 snp with Ra. Hs hAa impogs
tant doeuxAesalg Tor TIE bsnmsse uf kha