Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-24

General Schuyler, at Fort Edward, and
he departed ostensibly on his mission !;
but in reality, to inform Frazer OF their
almost defenceless condition.
At Fsirhaven. Pierce meeting with
RED Deer" chief of the Mohawks, a
band of Tories under one Remington, be
reconsidered this motion, as the politici-
ans say. and unfolded to them plan for
the sacking of Skeensboro. For his share
in the spells, all he asked was what he
should take from the bodies of those whom
he should slay with his own hand, and
that the girl Lucy Morgan should be Civ
en- him as bis prisoner. This was quickly
agreed to, and thus, as we have seen, he
led on the attack.
During the dialogue just mentioned,
the boats had all huddled together, as il
their occupants were deciding upon the
mode of attack, they being about forty
rods from the island. Soon the word to
be in readiness was passed from man to
man, and turning to Tom he said: "Now
send your regards to Pierce, freW
Upon the instant, the east side of the
of flayac, rs the six.pounders, which had
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hundred aud fifty muskets and rifles sent
forth their messengers of death over the
waters of the harbor. The discharge had
taken them completely by surprise, and
hideous yells and shrieks arose from the
crowded feet, which told the garrison
that their fire had been we'll directed.
"There, cuas YEP said one of the gun
ners, "ye red devils and black hearted
crabs, We can now go to tophet dancing tx
yer own music. I kinder reckon old Yer
mont did yer dizziness for ye that time"
Those sturdy patriots, needed no order
to reload, but sprang to do so as soon al
possible, and almost before the smoke had
cleared away, they were again in readi
ness.
"Cuss ye," gritted Perkins through his
clenched teeth, shaking his rife, chat.
the second time ye've sarved me scrubby
trick, when I've had ye pinted at jim
PIERCE
The scouts rife had missed fire, and
having re-primed it, after carefully prick
ing the vent, he looked to see the extent
of the damage done to the enemy.
Nearly one-half of their boats had been
DESTROYED, and those that were left, were
making the best way to the shore, scatter.
ing themselves as much as possible, while
Pierce was nowhere to be seen.
Captain Stuart then ordered the mer
at the cannons to aim at the four boats
nearest the shore, and that every rifemar
should endeavor to pick his man, and the
order to fire was given.
The matches were applied and Triggers
touched and away sped the bullets to ad
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result, on account of the boats being 81
widely scattered, was not so disastrous t.
the enemy as the first, yet their loss wa
alarming, and TIE survivors redoublet
their efforts to reach the shore.
Lord see 'em claw Go it We red devils
hell's ahead T. eaid a settler as he rammec
home q bullet. and proceeded to prime hi
piece. II guess ye'll remember this LITTLE
surprise party as long as ye wear har."
By this time the party were at the shore
and were hastily disembarking. They
had scarcely landed when they received
the third discharge from the fort, and thu
ambush on shore poured in their deadly
fire, which completely demoralized thu
rem aiming force and they fed in all direc
tions having lost full four-ffths of thei
force.
81 wonder where that rapscallion, jim
Pierce can be-" said the scout, turning Il
the Captain. Il don't think he's gon,
under, but eff he amt, I'll be on his trai
to morrow; aud then it's him or me-
Soon the doors were opened and thu
women and children, who were in thu
underground apartment out of harm
way, came througing up, anxious to Sc,
if any of their loved ones were harmed
But when they found that the enemy haC
not fired a shot, they were filled with graf
itude to heaven, and each sent up silen
prayer of thanks giving to the God of bat
tles.
Lucy Morgan and the scout were seated
in corner of the fort enjoying tete tet
that ia SO dear to all lovers. Butt am no
writing love story, and what they SAT-
must remain a secret, particularly, as n
one heard the conversation but them
selves. Hour after hour sped on, bu
they took no note of the time, they wer
so happy in each others society; unit
i Perkins heard his name called by tn
Captain, and he went to him at once.
Lucy sat for some hours thinking owe
the events of the past few hours. At las
4 she arose and went ont of the block house
into the open air. She strolled along
commuuing with her own thoughts, I'm
= conscious of where she was going unit
, she fonnd herself at the southern extrem
= ity of the leland. A slight noise at he
side cansed her to look up, and there sh
saw sight that almost froze the blooc
within her veins 1t was the face gof he
= rejected lover, james Pierce. She was g
astonished that she could not utter
word, or stir hand or foot The mex
instant he was by her side, his arm encir
: cling her waist, and his hand pressed
q tightly over her mouth effectually pre-
venting Der uttering a word. He ther
darted behind the rock that had befor
succeeded in tying a handkerchief owe
the girls mouth, and binding her hanC
: and foot.
.'Well my pretty bird" said be- "per
hapa you may want ter know how I cam
here, and why I've captured ye. Well,
don't mind tellin' ye. Ye see when you
friends in there sent US their respects il
the frat discharge Remington yelled on
that I'd betrayed 'em, and fired his pisto
at me. I knew that my life wan
worth q shuck. so I just Topped over
board, pretendin' Is wounded, and man
aged to git out Q their sight by gittin on
% their splintered boats 'atween 'em anc
me, and when they got away, swun
here; but didn't expect the pleasure c
SEEM you. Now I'm goin to wait her
till everythin's all quiet up there, ant
then I'm goin' to rekoniter, put the sen
tinels to sleep, and make blaze O tina
old block house. AFTER that I'm comm
back here an take you an make yer sorr,
ye said "no" tew me, when I asked Y,
tn be my wife. How dus that ar leetl
plan suit yer7 New, yer see. if 20,
don't behave putty hansum, I'll make
present on ye to my friend, Red Deer
when I get through with ye; so now Sc
up and let's have good talk, an don't b.
THROWN yerself down on yer face You
needn't anser, ye know, I'll do that fo
ye."
The maiden by continued efforts a
last succeeded in removing the bandag,
from her mouth and gathering all hel