Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-12-12

TIE moving. over thr wall. hronsn tnc
narrow lane. reaching the crra, road jus, as
the mounted band Of men came 10 ,ighi.
lie mounted a stump. waved his JACKET. and
the forcmo., among them stopped
"wha, 10 IL, boyr'
"Msrm wants your hsns men 20 stop
pisyins tha, thing, and have down that ere
dag. and come up TO our house, through
he lane. Come on"
lie was starting. bu, Z,gonyi stopped
him. IL don't under,,And. boy wba,
does shc WANT"
Tom was ind, snant. Wants you TO
have .one .ccr,hsrs up to our house. bu,
YOU pocln', coms Il you don't ~an,er."
i Soms,hins IN hI. face struck ono Of the
men. and be aid Who nyour marm.
boy!"
Lacy Dndler."
60 ahead. ma,nr." shouted tho fellow.
d" She. ,ru. blood they .sO, Ter husband
les month. ago"
z,guuyI. followed by . portion Of hn
,uen. wheeled into the lAno. trying 20 keep
Tommy IN sight: and 'oon they came In
view Of tho low house. and the noisy mirih
Of the eonfcicra;e. ~As distinctly heard.
Armstrong never suspected, even crdsr'n,
Mr.. Dadley to " .ho~ cm r.hiin." She
ven, to the door and they ncci'd not that
she should ,rrat her p'erein: eager look
told everything rLcy surrounded the
ron. Z'sopy,'. clear VOICE ordered those
in.,ds to surrender. while 1T tho same mo.
mcni. the hfcr gave All siu'tsni.
"lsals. D,--iL'. ooa-. 10 ,o-a. Nsai-- p,-o-
- dsad,."
Armstrong -aw the trap, and drci hi. rc-
volvcr. hiiiin- the gray haired o!d grand.
mother. le'slins her With ;hc ground. No
BODY noticed the .ho, excepting Tommy. as
be held her bleeding head on hi. knees hs
never ,heI tear bu, hc 10 on one OF Com.
Foote's gun boats asa powder monkey. TO.
day. and he never hand. charge but be
think. u that terrible hour. One or ,~o
IN bl,h side. wcrs wounded. but the sirug.
cle wn .oou over. ard tho rsb,l. marched
oui bospi With old ehaIn.. which tho boy'
very gladly iouni Zlsonyi uH'i take the
prisoner. with him. ior mcn could DO, Do
,tarcl 70 guard hem. and a. they were all
IN iron, oi ,hc door before starting. Nr'.
Dudlsy. who knew every inch Of the sroubd
IN ,ha, vicinity. undertook - tell them
nearer rugie 10 tho ,osn. They did not
auier,,and her hurried. nsr,ou. directions
and ,hs started a. II 70 80 w,'h them bu,
.he rrmcmherci her dying mother and drc~
back. calling Tommy from tie 'uasrsr'
eide. 20 take the place in her stead.
Ba, the dying woman, IAN, voice stop
Yci her. ioa co. Lacy, he ishi make
mistake. be will iass carc Of the. and We
will keep ,bs OLD ais ayins."
The reserve IN tho lane. by ZAsonyi'' OF.
der bad already come up. aud Lucy only
stayed TO ki.. the pale lip. aud preeiou.
facr. then she mounted her own stout mare
aud led the ~sy. She guided them 'ai,ly
IA Ihe intricate path up 20 the very edge OF
ihe place. where. accordin: io Armstrong;
account. .he knew the willy loo were bad.
den. IVA. ,he very .po, L.sonyi wished
10 De in, aud .he had .a,-d him = l~ns
stretch Of danseroa. road. Tan she fell
back to the rear. just a. Lisonyi. eager
eve took in the whole u hi, POSITION. Dcs.
perais. VIA, will he say. wha, will those
men DO. Who have been uun,ed with ha,.
ine been holiday soldiers on tho pavement.
u ~. LOUIS.
soldiers. your war erv is Fremont
and the Union.' DIs~ -aler, by 'be right
flank. quick ,ro'. march. -
Iii. voice. shr,lI and in'en'c. pierced e'.
cry heart. and as lho.s bright sword. gilt
tered in the sunshine and the little hand
spell 10 their deadly work. wonder not
that Lucy Dudley'. brown mare kept her
place. as eager as her mistress 10 do gallant
work. That battle will always burn the
page. OF history. and need write none Of
IL. detail. herr. only ,hi. much ,ha, every
where. helping oG the wounded. handling
weapons. doing anything, everything. that
a cool head and steady hand could do. ~as
Lucy Dadlsy. A, las, the day WAS ours,
and Zlsonyi gathered the remnant Of hs
force Abou, hin. hs .hrank back for he
could not eouu, tie dead. and !, took no,
long TO number the living, Where ~as la.
ey Dudley! Hardly one Of those bloody.
blaekened iaee.. bu, could tell OF some good
deed she DID for them. during those long
dreadful hours. Even while they were
speaking Of her she came IN sight. no, now
mounted on her brown mare. but instead,
thc mare VA. harnes-ed TO . market wagon.
and 10. broad bottom was covered With
wounded soldiers. She was walking beside
/, holding the rsin.. lookins frsriully pale
and tired: for. now Ihe excitement was
past, her womanhoOd wa. upperno',. aud
her only care vi, 10 help the wounded and
e,u.lOrs the dying They knew che Was Ia.
kin, their .uff,fin. enmrades 10 tile shelter