, 1876-04-15

Tho happlncss Of aee,ng him daily, dining In
camp with him, or entertaining him to her own
quarters. On the It'll Of Qctohet, several at the
poctod to take dinner With her. Tho knowledge
that battlo WAS imminent waH withheld from
hert bnt tho report Of kuna botoro midday filled
s'un At last the noiso grew dreadful. vas moro
dead tllhn alive" tto poor lhdv c0nfcases
1natead Of the gay party vhoeo coming she
had anticipated about o'clock in the afternoon
spot but. alas NOT In the condition he had been
looked for. Gan. FrssoF, mortnlly "oundeo
HAs borne to this door Of hcr tens on hand
barrow, mud the table, already ap7ehd AND wat
place bed sot up ior the reception Of tho asns
ntlcar. "Tha noise grew mora alarming, con.
times tho account Of Madame Do !tiddssel, "and
vas IN q continual agony shd tfenaof, wl1lo
hrought IN, wounded l!sn Ger. Frasor" Hor
rooms wcro epcobity filled With lilo sick nod !hs
wounded, but towards evening her fears for ler
husband wero relieved By his srpoaranoc.
In Tho evontng. Indy Auckland, .wLose tent
was ns.r thss OF Tho Daronoee. rcceivod intel!i-
Eenco thAt her husband was wounded aud 2
prisoner. "sho waa much attached to him."
writes the Baroness. Though To vas rrde
Bho vss = lovely To,nau. I dividrd The night
botwoon ber, whom wished TO comfort, and my
children, who Moro asle9r but who. l feared:
mo aevorh mcRsages to bcE my pardon for tho
troubfo be thought BIO gave fne. About o'clock
l Hns informed that ho conld nos iiVe much
longer; and, as did not wish to be rsoaont at
bis last struggle. wrarpod my cntldren ia
blankets, and retired iuto tho cntrancs-hull. At
B Bo'olock IN tho morning ho expired
As o'clock the same evening, Gen. Frnaer
Was buried near ono OF tho ramparta; after
which Burgoyne'e army abandoned ttloir in
trenclinents. aud 1Ila!'o forced march through
tho night. Tho weather was iuclo1nont, and. Gu
the oth ard otli the rain fol! portion OF tho
time IN torrents. Madamo Niedesel travelled.
on the evening OF tho 9TH. reached BaratoEs.
whore, for want Of bostcr convonleucos, she lay
down to rest, with the chsldron, In her wet ap-
pato,, upon yea o. STRAW. on she llth. hsht.
ing te'nE aga'n resumed aho took rofngn III a
celssr, whore tho Woman and wounded Woro
Auddlcd togother mud for ak days 'Fcro i'm
ptieoned IN tho dark crowded. and un"ho!o'
Tho second day Of their confinement witnessed
succession OF narrowing eccnes Eleven
caonou-bn!fs passed through tho honse. and
1Nado tfcmondons noise. d poor ho!dier. WHO
other ey ono o. OF these balls. Al LUIS comrades les
fan away at that momnut, sud, whan thoy
returned, they found him 10 ono corner Of the
Toom, in ine agoniou of death; f., MAJ.
Aanagee vic, M1H. lte5no!!. tho vito OF the
Rood Lieutenant who had. on tue preceding day,
hllarod us soup with me, tho vito of the Com
masaiS, anu nyaolt. we're tne only ohcess aiyea
= Present With % INC army. We eas together. ac-
L''kt "ss~'4I s'*"S
1ntered, al my companions exchanged looks Of
acep EofroW., Whispering ut tho aamo time
80 oho nnotneE. amn1eaiasoiS suspect1
shrieked aloud. but was Immediately toIa that
nothing had happened to my husband, and was
GlFc4 to underatand ~ atdelong glance that
itho Lieutenant had Econ Killed Ills vile was
5oon csAea 9i, ont anu found thss tllo Lieutenant
MAS yet alive, though one Of bis arms had been
ehot OIL near tho shoulder. by . cannon ball.
No lcard hls E1oans anu lamentations during
echoed throngh tho Vaultcd cellars; and sn the
norning he expired"
:. Madamo Do lsicdescl ondcaYored to dsPel the
dFoadfu! melancholy Of her situation by con-
ftnlal astondaneo upon tho wounded. preparing
auch fenediee aor tncm a. wore possible under
tho ctrcumatances. snd sharing With them her
own sIonoof stock o. eatable6. "On one Of
these tnoarnlu1 dAyes aAn folatee, "Gon. Hill
lips. w11hlng to pay mo visit, ACCOMPANIED my
husband, who eane onco or tHicc daily. At the
risk OF hiB lifo and, seeing our situation, and
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