Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-26

,ed her avn stout mare and led the Jysi She
 eu;ded them safely in the intricate pathhp to the Terv edoe of the path, where accordinEo Arm stronp' $ talk. she knew the willy foe w@ hidden. It was the very spot ZagonYi wished tdpe n, and sbe had saved him a long stretch of Sngerous road Then she fell back to the rear, ,ist as Ia oony;,s eaeer eve took in the whole ofhis posi- tion. Desperate { What will he sayT will
 those men do. who have been taunted Eh being holiday soldiers on the pavements of S Lotus z . Soldiers. your war cry IS Fiemof and the
 Union. Drawisabre, by the right aaF' quick
 Fl His voice, shrill and intense, pieFd every
 heart, and as those bright swords gifted Tn the
 sunshine and the little band sped to Er deadly work, I wonder not that Lucy Dua's brown mare kept her place, as eager as hefnlstress to do gallant work. That battle will ways burn on the pages of history, and nessn.e none of his details here; only this mucFnat every
 where helping off the wounded, hands weapons,
 doing anything, ezerything that head and
 a steady hand could de, was Lucflndly; At last the day was ours, and as La&5, ga,nereo the remnant of his force about h ne shrank
 back for he could not count the ds ,and It took
 not long to number the living re was Lucy
 Dudly a Hardly one of those hfkenea faces, but could tell of some good deed ald i 1or them
 during those long dreadful hours Even while
 they were speaking of her she eaf m signt, not .now mounted on her brown ma put instead,
 the mare was harnessed with afarket wagon,
 and it's bread bottom was covere With wounded
 soldiers. She was walking besfi It, heiding tne
 reins, looking fearfally pale nared for, now
 the excitement was past, her Eomannood was
 uppermost, and her only care as S. to heip the
 wounded and comfort the dyiae They knew she
 was taking their suffering conGes to the shel-
 ter of her own home, and not asartrom the ma
 jor downwards but wonld hsyseea eager to es-
 cort her, but she refused & all and when the major pressed the mat fefold them that she knew the way better tha1hey did, and was safe enough alone, They shered round her they called her all noble, hef names, such as men use in moments of elev&n of soul but she looked surprised. and ansped almost coldly, 'Why shouldn't do what Gould my grand
 mother did more at Bunk Hill, and her bus band died at Concord.' '' -1--"
 They bent low before hers she turned away and not one ofthose strong -hded German fellows will ever forget the woma who fought slde by side with them at the battlef Springfield. Home she vent to find the old motr rdead, and the child ren hiding from retreatingbels; but the flag st,ll waved, and as the poor, Ie fellows in the cart caught sight eff it's blessedolds, they gave fee ble shout, touching in its sakness. ...f''
 All through the winter se nursed and fed that houseful of sufferers, andls one after another grew strong and left her, Ell she asked of them was that they would striEt Etmanly blows for their country, and keep alway5 5he noble war cry. of Zagonyi, 'The Union and Fremont close to their hearts. thank God fothat woman no Dud- ly that ever wore spurs 1.-the olden days had a braver or more loving het than hers. .-...