The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-31

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Iwill determine ., raf,lied the woman. e D
won feel stronc ens5hgf, to walk !? y sPer
haps: bnt where caIl i 60 alone in Ssucl
weather and at ti,is hour of the night? Thl
froad is covered witt, your people, and
have iust seen whist Tsam to expect from
them.n Thc sergeant appeared to hesitat
an instant: then he said: .t Come, get III
lantl follow our convoy. ~ As long as / hayl
NV gun mon no harm shall han
pen Id yoti {, Dolores fhanke d him profuse
| iy. made an effort. ma began to walk in fil,
rear. behind one al the wagons. Atfrstshs
had not seemed I'd. ba aware Of the direction
ftakef ~ Inc cfnyov. INF after tf,e la11se y
Bal short time siie nnye evidence OF her sur
1nrisp a,,TY wenf f1fn II Peters .sDhas tho
segooaIf Inoyv assys,ora Ia 10 po;nr9,, she
lsd i, ~, = &c MAJ !,
, ra1,1;ad : &C. ,,ss "a fnr ti,e Ey,,.
IisIr ca,nn - lss The tEmnjis, connnfo re.
neafed tfe s,,t,er.s will, establishments sAnd
I hone we sl1alI Be able TO reach It before
the battle.,, added fine sergeant Dolores
seized him eageriy' 'by the arm. ssWhy. Won
don't know. then fv she exclaimed: ntbe
battle was fought on the 1fth-fought and
lost, aBy Sir John Moore ;,' 1Ry Sir
John Moore. who was killed. and whose
,troops hive reached Gorunna in order: 70
embark, Peters stopped with alf eycla-
nation. sBy your life. woman. You are
NOT deceivine me 4 - q Rv nv life and md bv
INV salvation. II, is fhe tr1ith ), she 70.
neateiI witI, atIc,rSsf,s fs,ne of sincerity that
donht w,s ;mnoSs;hIa ..ss Several ictocb.
mems thaf ike Won were max ;n. for tha
camn. have already fallen into the midst of
the French posts, r. Won continue this
route in q few hours Won will all be prison.
ers.v She then gave him such minute par-
ticulars in regard to the battle and the local
tiles occupied by the troops of the Marshal
that the sergeant felt all the danger OF his
positiop. Fortunately MS conversation with
the sutler had taken place in Spanish. and
his companions had not been able to under
stand it. Knowing that the news Of such a
reverse would complete their discourage
ment he charged Dolores not to let anything
be suspected, made horseman gallop to the
first wagon and order it TO turn sharp to
the right, so as to reach the sea by the near
est route.
Although this. new direction seemed to
carry the convoy in the rear OF the English
army, yet as it was approaching Corunna,
where they expected to find supplies and a
safer shelter, most Of those who composed
the convoy made up their minds to it with
out many objectior.;4 The sutler alone
stopped.
Besides the fact that this new route was
taking her away from the French camp,
she felt that her strength was exhausted.
ana ofter assuring the sergeant that She
non,d oo M f,,rtber sho sot dow, 1non tbe
1i@S Ss~e
sa;,t;nn potors saa,,ed e,obarrassod .sT
declare if would have been as well to have
~. 49,, j., thn hotton, of tho ro,,;,,o ,, be
said Stritino the oround with the butt Of
s., 90; ,oi.nt Who, NC aro o.o,,a Mot . No
us ilu:he'. eh .T aaa In. VIZ, ,aiS .;
you sofsS " % ~ nod ,os "on nnum' sad md
.ne s,,saei md1 mMoso hie ea "ss P,,t With
W.. "uo n' o1, , ,;,;ii d;o III I;,-o ,rn,ndad
r,,o,s ,, oddad Peters with Eve1v interest
WI, "u.eu ti' "tSn s ,1:,, 'ns ao .s.. 30.
:. ven aitci ueaIn oGu nil' w 80. ns
us.lce' sIallhieteu oo'oIes, ns 1"i,nns
pack us sue saiu 81. IeVels sup
ported her ana ca,ieu tue colpoIal.
QUICK; WlillaI5s ten tnem 10 stop 'He
" MaSoh' NC GI!eu, u ilsAe GO, ptaUo ~ ~
H.; .t. VI .niS uaas A'et ~ o"'r mhr;s.;,r
pleo S"s -. ;, ;,,ta,u,n.aa .to snro.aoot
', NV % uti,: =. ,,n - hoa.ts @ ~ 81 Ta,,or
haSe YOU ~ plsy ~ yoan veo ,ani;od tha oo,
Mhei 'ueie - any uan' ILL., tto. -, LIZ aron,u oUt
pola,, anu my opinloi, 10 enaI ~ az ,.;,,ea e !,
conquereu Is soou oniy " oe h.l19
YelS WEI, you uo miiav you Il W;m;, iG.u,
lIplle9 AZ, e na a,,J he,,,a, T., s n.rrs
,he ss,,a,ar 10 the wason The wnnnGIed mon
ond tbe women Who were there already
iil,suise received her with curses. CHOW
long have the conyoys of the King OF Eng
land been intended for the traitors who
snnnort France ?'' asked several voices.
g Throw her under the wbeels!s' repeated
several others. Peters made no reply, and
nloced the sutler. who had swooned entire
iy away, in recess from which the hardest
iolts would not be able to move her; then,
as time was pressing, he gave the order to
move on, leaving the rest TO the will OF
God.
The convoy was traverSing tracts OF coun-
trv that were wilder and wilder and inter-
sected by rugged hills. There, as IN nearly
all Spain, no road had been cut, ana tue
gullies and the footprints OF tue herdS, I'M
pressed IN tne SOIL, were Tue ohiy tnltlSs
that lndlcated the alfection 10 oe 1olloWeu.
The sun had no" completely aisappearea.
The darkness, increased Dy tne oiack ciouds
with which the SKY was charsed, scarcely
permitted any one to distinguish the heavy
wagons that painfully plouShed up win
their wheels a soil barren and dry. But at
the expiration OF an hour,s march hashes OF
lightning began TO lllumlne tne patu: soon
the storm that naa peen gatnerlhs wound @ u,
by bursting fortn IN aliits Violence Inc peals
OF thunder, at hrSC broken Wy soie.ni i palses'
roared necessarily: torrents Oh ram, lntel-
sected by the Ishtnlng, deseehdeo 1roin
heaven IKE nooo, deiugeo Tue helgnts:
drowned the plateaus, ana transformed a, tue
dusty soil into muddy lake, Inc hoTses'