The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-08-22


refused, however, to sign the agreement
that night; he pretended that several others
of his friends were disaltcctcl and his OBJ
lcct, he said, was to secure commission
for himself hy inducing them to Join. This
tempting bait took; the Major promised him
u command Of his troops in case of success.
and David signiicd his intention Of setting
forth after hc had taken few hours rest, in
order to lose no time in gathering together
his recruits.
The dread of dis ovoyy had been before
our hero during the management of his ne
Sotatlon, for his person was well known to
many OF the Majors troop, and il any OF
hem had come up, his fc gucd name would
not have protected him from detection. lie
wished to get off that night as he had pro-
noscd, but to this neither his host nor the
Major would hear. and he was forced to
remain till morning, What was his anguish
to hear on rising, that the Major had been
gone some hours and was already on h s
way to the Bunkcrs with his troops. Dis
ScmbiMg his anxiety, David parhok of Il
haS.y breakfast, and mounting his horse
rode slowly away. But when out of sight
o. the house he struck into fierce gallop.
VIII h he continued till he came in sight of
cross road where was n tavern. Here he
stopped, and learning that the loyalist had
taken the high road, he turned into u more
narrow and more circuitou3 one.
Its my only possible chance to avoid
thcm, he said, again dashing into gallop.
Pray God, | may reach the settlement in
tmc TO collect few of our lads and march
| 10 BuUliCrS. There is no other hope now
| lett
Night had fallen, as they expected, before
the tories were able to reach the vicinity OF
|
h h)wcvcr after silent march through the
woods 1t broke upon thcir view. 4 light
was burning in ono of the windows, and
| when they arrived close to the prcmiscs the
| lively notes Of violin reached their ears.
! proving that the brothers were not awaic
IF their presence, but enjoying themselves
| in ina asjucl security
! Now men, whispered the leader of the
tories, when give the word, fire II vollcy
1t the house 10y way OF Introducing our
selves; we will then surround the house and
enter it, At this instant the deep bay Of a
log lung in their cars, and a large maatin'
sprang from under the house and rushed at
the Major.
Fire he cried
Twenty guns broke the Stiffness of the
uight--thc dog fell dcad-cvcry pane OF
glass in front of the house was shivcrcd,and
the tories yelled like savagcs. ran instant
the light in the house was cXtinguishcd-
the violin quickly ccascd-and Il noise was
made at the door. The tories Immediately
made rush at it. But it was already bar
rcd, and being made of stout oak plank re-
sisted all their efforts.
A rifle crack from one of the upper win
dows, and one OF the tories fell desperately
wounded. Another report succeeded, and
another tory fell and Major Wilson was
nov fully aware that both Bunkcrs were at
home and wide awake.
A shed turned the rain from the front Of
the house and underneath this the tories
shielded themselves from the fire of the
Bunicrs and went to work at the door SUs-
pccting such Observation-Disclosures from q
knowledge of their churacter-onc of then,
had brought an AK with which he commenced
hewing at the door, and soon cut it to pie
ccs. Here a desperate battle cnsucd. The
two brothers were powerful men, and cour-
ageous as they were strong; and now, with
dubbed rifles, they disputed the passage of
the whole tory force. The door being
small they stood their ground for half an
hour; telling during that time some of those
who had the tcmcrity to enter first, but fl
na!ly numbers ovcrcame them, and they
were flung upon the floor and bound. The
tories iniancd to madness at the great
resistance which had been made, aud at
their own loss, now seized the mother and
sister, and made preparations to lang the
two bro hers before their eyes. The ropes
were already tied around the nccks of the
victims, when the Major thus addressed his
men:
Now, friends, as soon as these villains
are dead, we will set fire to this housc4the
old woman there he said with scorntul
laugh, may be left inside, but the younger
one reserve for myself
Hist! cried one of the men in loud
voice. The Major ceased, and they heard a
voice outside of the house. Although the
words were spoken low, the listeners dis
tinctly heard, when say fire give it tothem!
A man with Il blanchcd cheek now rushed
among them exclaiming, the yard is full OF
meu!
Fire" cried deep voice from the yard
general volcy succeeded, and so well had
the aim been directed in the door, that sew.
eral Of the tories fell dead or desperately
wounded. In turn, the tories retrealcd up
stairs, when David our hero, rushed into
the room which they had just left, and cut
the ropes which bound the Bunkers and the
mother and sister. &.
May God Almighty bless you for this,
cried one Of the Bunkcrs. The two men
sprang up and seized their rifles which had
been left in the room, and prepared to re-
taiatc the treatment they had just received
Long and desperate was the battle. The
tories fought for Itc--the wings for revenge
But at length the latter triumphed, though
not until their enemies had been almost
wholly extern rated The Major fell by the
hand of our hero, who sought him out in
the hottest Of the fight and engaged him
single handed.
No language Of ours can express the
emotion of David as he pressed his bctroth-
cd to his bosom, and his heart went up in
thankrulness to heaven for his timely arri-
val, when he thought delay of half an
hour would have consigned her to fate
worse than death. The gratitude of her
brothers was expressed in many word5 but
hers was silent and fearful, yet OH how
much more gratifying.
4 almost called you coward, son David,
said the father to him, when they met, but
you are chip Of the old block, and | did
you wrong. Deborah, he is boy to be
proud of, is he not? You may founder one
of my horses every day that you do such "a
ieed--it beats anything saw in the old
French war
Davids gallantry in this act, drew around
him, in few weeks, more than score OF
hardy young followers, who fought with
him to the close of the war, when he re-
turned and was happily married to the he
rome OF our story.
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