Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-11-20

she would be needed by those she had dared so
much to save, before morning. Foot-sore and
soaked to the skin, for the snow ha turned into
rain, she reached the fisherman's hut about nine
| o'clock. Old Pete, the fisherman. and Nancy,
his life, still up, and were not little sur
| prisod and alarmed to see Mary at that hour and
in that sad condition. They, however, welcomed
their young lady with all the clamorous words OF
affection and simple marks OF respect peculiar to
! the negro race, and having repIenished their fire
and provided their visitor with such a change Of
! dry sletlGas as Nascy's hli,ishle wardr0tecoul,F
afford and set before her such simple refresh
ments their larder contained, they proceeded
to inform her that they would, ere now, have re
tired to rest, but that there was something going
on which they could not understand, and which
alarmed them not little.
s. I.or bress de chile, she don't care to eat no
| ting said Nancy, and no wouder-case de
food amt sich I young lady like she am use
TO but it's de best in lie house an I wish it wor
better for her sake but lor sakes, Missy Mary.
what in de name ob goJ!ness has brung you out
ycge sich night as dis You come wild you
bruijcr2 l see young Massa John yere on de
! beach Jest afore aalk ~
You have seen my brother p said Mary.
g Well no. my lamb. I c,u't say for true dat
seen him; but my ole man Pete did, which am
| de same ting"
did You speak to him, Pete % asked the
/ youns lady
why. no. Miss Mary, 1 can'tsay DAT spoke
to 'em. case lie wor too far off. lie wor down to
dc beach, loaBin' wild he glass at de schooner
which come off lie island to-day"
The sch9ouer7 Captain -yman's vessel r.
. Not d'zact'y, Miss. Dar ar two schooners
cb dem You sce Cap'n Lymaa's vessel, he is
at anchor in de gully since yesterday; but did
ycse schooner Is one ob je kings ships, and I
specs dar am something strus gwine TO happen
case You know dar was a heap of dem redcoats
up yeTc lis morning, and Alassa Bartlett among
dem. Dey curne and sEeer all roun, and look at
5e schooner, and der, by'n by, cume Massa John
wiI Ge patriots add dey DO de same and boff
20 way and den, since dark, year dar march
long .e rcad-iest while was hauling mp my
boat safe from de Storm
9 The Toyalists, Pete ?''
:. Well. Missy, dat um more lea l can tel,
seeing It was dark. and ! didn't care TO go too
near dem but ! specs dem was lie patriots-our
folk. Niss-casc. dough 1t was dark, l should
hab seen de sc,Icas5s Otherwise. For dat matter
it dau't make much differ to lie pocr Niger which
OBJ dem dey ror.''
.. Do You tl.ink they are near here now ?''
"C.n't say, Miss but specs ley be. OATS
why me and my old woman we don't gone to
bed but al Is quiet now. Hark. lor almighty
wot lat dcre?"
AU listened attcntively to tIlo peculiar dull,
heavy sound Of the tramp Of a large body Of men
marching in a regular step, which distinctly
heard in the house. above the howl Of the wind
and the Iush and patter Of the falling rain.
Mary was anxious TO know who the troops
we're, and at length old Pete, his black face grcv
with alarm. was induced to 90 out and reconnoi
ire. He returned in quarter of an hour to say
that the soldiers who had passed along the roaC
were pat-iots, and that they had ncealcd then
selves IN the road short distance from the cot
tage; but the old man added that there vas
laroe body of redcoats marching alohc the lowe
road which led along the shore, and that he ex
pected "dere would be terrible work soon, for d
patriots would kotch de redeoats ike rats in
trap"
For som? time the terrified inmates of the hu
held their breath. listening for any strange nois
e that might be heard and pecping cautiousl,
a from the window 70 see any movement tha
d might be made but the tramp Of the soldiers wa
Is no longer heard, and the bowling of the win,
d and the rush Of the waves breaking on the beac
y. below them alone broke the stiffness of the night
TO The cottage stood on high ground, just abov
Ia the cove in which Capt. Lyman's vessel az a
tt anchor, and a long, low ledge of rock. forrn;n
IN the south side of the cove was distinctly visibl
70 in the day time from the window. Now all Wa
a dark but in the space of half an hour the moo
ID rose, and occasionally cleaned ftfully and diml
II through the clouds, which had grown less dens
as the storm began to abatc, disclosing a lare
W body of men on the ledge. The schooner al.
b. could be inlisfincty seen lying at anchor in Il
ID cove. It appeared to the anxious inmates that
was the intention of the soldiers to FIRE upon Il
. schooner, which lay within easy gunshot Of Il
10 ledge. and while they were still peering inten
:. through the gloom, fash, followed by the boo
of a heavy gun, disclosed vessel at the entran
:. Of the cove. which Pete declared was the YES;
= he had seen making her way along near the sho
- during the afternoon. and which Mary knew
be the gun-boat which had been dispatched
:. cut of the escape of the privateer.
n. No sooner was the gun fred than the private
nd which until now had lain quietly at anchor I
IN. A soul visible upon her decks, replied by 4
od charge from her swivel, and at the same time
he volIev of small arms was discharged at the apI
er- rentlv devoted vessel from the ledge Scarce
an. however, had the smoke cleared away er
mt heavy fire was heard in the rear of the men
ia the ledge. followed by the charge of band of
nd +r;ots anparentlv twice as numerous as that