The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-21

Allen, the conquered soldier by -! You
Turks never saw a christian before. Stare
on am he who, when your Lord Howe
wanted to bribe a patriot to fall down and
worship him by an offer Of mojor general
ship, and five thousand acres OF land in old
Vermont-ha! three times three for glorious
old Vermont and the Green Mountain boys!
hurrrh hurruh! hurrah! ] am he, cay.
who answered your Lord Howe: You
uou offer our land You are like the devil
10 Scripture, Offering all the kingdoms IN
the world, when the id soul had not
corner lot on earthv Stare on, say !"
"LooE, you rebel you, you had best heed
how YOU talk against General Lord Howe,
here !" seid thin, wasp wOisted, ePauletted
officer of the castle, coming near end -four
ishing his sword about him like school,
masters ferue.
"General Lord Howe! Heed how talk
of that toad hearted king's lick spittle of
poItroon the viest wrggler in Gods worm
home below. tell you the hordes of red
hsired devils are impatiently shouting TO la
die Lord Howe with his gang-you included
into the seethingest syrups OF Tophets
hottest flames"
At this blast the wasp. wasted officer was
blown backwards as from the suddenly
burst heod OF q steam boiler. Staggering
away with snapped spine, he muttered
something about it's being beneath his dig
[ nity to bandy forth words with low lived
rebel.
"Come, come, Col. Allen" here said q
mild looking man, in sort OF clerical un.
dress, "respect the day better than to talk
thus of what lies beyond. Were you to die
this hour, or what is most probable, be hung
next week at Tower wharf, you know moi
what might become Of yourself"
"Reverend SIR" said Allen, with mock
ing bow, "when no better employed thar
braidng nv beard, have little dabbled il
your theologies. And let me tell you, rev
erend SIR" lowering and intensifying hi
voice, "that as to the world Of spirits o
which you hint, though l know nothing o
the mode OF manner of that world, no NOR
than you do, yet | expect, when arrive
there, 10 be treated as any other gentleman
! of nv merit This is to say far better thai
8 YOU British know how to treat an homes
man and meek hearted christian, capture
!, in honorable war, by! Every one tell
me, as Yourself Just told me, as crossing tn
- sea, every bilIow dinned in my ear-'hat
, Ethan Allen, am to be hung like thief
:. If ON, the great Jehovah and the Cont
mental Congress shall ayenge me, while
for nv part, will show you. even on the tree
how christian gentleman Can die. Mean
. time, sir, if you are the clergyman you loot
10 act out your consolatorV function by get'in
=, an unfortunate christian gentleman, bbol
to die, glass Of punch"
The good natured stranger, not to haV
his religious courtesy appealed to in valT
), Immediately dispatched his servant, VII
b stood by, to procure the beverage.
At this juncture faint rustIing sound
if the advancing of an army with banner'
-, was heard. Silks, scars, and ribbons flu
- tered in the background. Presently brigt
i, SQUADRON of fair ladies' drew nigh, escor,t
by certain ou,ridiug galunts OF Falmouth
,e "Ah," said strange voice, "what a.
strange sash, and furred vest, and what leo
" ard like teeth, and what faxened hair, b
= all mildewed ; is that he :"
eyes, it is, lovely charmer." said ALE
n. like an Ottoman, bowing over his brood b
III vine and breathing the words like lut'
~ "it is be-Ethan Allen, the soldier no
ia since ladies' eyes visit him, made trebly
IS! captive"
rb "Why, he talks like beau in the parlt
as. this wild messed American from the WOOD
IA, sighed another fair lady to her mate ; ut
I'm can this be he we came to see MI
en- have lock of his hair"
alt is he, adorable Del!ah and fear n
de-. though excited by the foe, by clipping
in lock to dwudle my strength. Give me "
CO. sword, man." turning to an oticer-"ah
, fettered. Clip it yourse If, lady"
er. "No, mol an"
- "Afraid, would you say Afraid OF
on sword-friend and champion Of all the lad
the all around the world! Nay, nay, CO
no. hither."
The lady advanced and soon overcom
ay, her timidity, her white hand shone like wi
red ped foam among the waves OF fldxen hair
"Ah, this is like clipping tangled tag
ch. gold lace" she cried "but see, it 10 /
be- straw"
and "But the wearer is no man Of straw, la
wn were free, and you had ten thousand fe
md. horse, foot and dragoous--how like fri
ese could fight for you Come-you b
ere robbed me of my hair let me rob the dai
md hand of it's price. What afraid again
alf- "No, not that, but"
list. 81 see, lady; may do it by your lei
side but not by your word-the wonted way ol
Item ladies'. There, it is done. Sweeter
.hes kiss than the bitter heart Of the cherry
ngs When at length this lady left. no sr
died talk was had by her with her compan
suit about some way Of relieving the lot of
not knigh,ly an unfortunate, whereupon
tons thy, iudicious gentleman of middle age
:. ,..rastad n hntflo nf wine al