Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-11
THE DOOM OF DtLZEIL.
A story OF the Revolutionary War.
BY WILLIAM COLLINS.

p-iiofFoW UtBnb, hdiidn JSTau-
ford, be II for veal or woe, I cast
my lot with my countrymen. Too
long have remained idle, while 9th
ers, with less cause than ]. have rail-
lied around the banner OF Washing
ton and fought the good fight Of free
dom and independence. Tonight
decides my fate: have calculated
the odds against US. and know they
are great. but still / deem it my duty
to myself and my country to take my
placein the ranks OF the patriots who
are struggling for the regeneration
OF my native land. The time is come
when the mask must be thrown off,
and all those who are IN favor OF free
dom must declare for ii, and those
in favor of King George and oppres-
sion take sides with him. / know
your father is q royalist, and calls
me a rebel: has forbidden me to
speak to you, and closed the doors Of
his house against me. but, Marian,
my love is stronger than his hatred,
and / have dared to disobey his CON-
mands, and ask you tonight to meet
me, perhaps for the last time. With
me, it Is question OF death or life,
for. ifyou refuse to grant my request.
I shall leave you and my home with
the fixed determination of throwing
away my life in the first battle that
offers me respite from the suffer
ings of unrequited love. Now look
me in the face and answer me truly
The speaker. a young man. whose
fair and tender face had not yet lost
the tinge and hue OF boyhood, looked
searchingly into the dark eyes of his
beautiful companion as they sat to-
getber in the moonlight on the bal
cony of her fathers dwelling. She
raised her face to his. and. with n
look in which love and melancholy
were blended, asked in soft but
eager tone:
"What request have you TO make,
Walter TyrrelI? Speak. and L will
answer truthfully. and from my
heart.
"Then. answer me trutbfully, Mar
ian-do you love me?"
"Walter, II / did not, I would not
have granted you this interview dnr-
ing my fathers absence. do"
"Then Marian, you love rebel"
$50 be il. j, too. am a rebel"
"You, the daughter of Col. Brad
ford?"
"Yes, Walter, I am the daughter OF
q Tory, but still / am an American y
~Oh, my beloved Marian," ex-
olaimedthe enraptnred lover, taking
her hand, which she allowed to re-
main INCREASINGLY in his, "what joy
the rapture thrills my bosom to hear
you speak those wordsl ] came to
night to bid You farewell. for I inten d,
at midnight, to cross the Delaware
and join the army OF Washington. /
came to request you TO think OF him
sometimes who could never cease TO
think of you, and whose only fault in
your fathers eyse was that ne was n
rebel. But now, believing the fond
words you have spoken, and relying
on your love, shall 60 with a happy
heart, and, knowing that your pray
ers shall be waited to heaven for the
cause OF my country and me. / will
bear with fortitude the hardships and
privations OF n soldiers life, and
hope that the day that sees my coun-
try free will also see you my truo and
loving wife. And now let Dalzell
come, for ! am ready to depart"
"Oh, Walter, fear him muchl He
is one that looks with a jealous eye
upon our love-"
@Thst he loves you, Marian, ]
know; but remember that no and ]
were school-boys together: our
friendship has never been sever
and, like me. he Is true TO the cause
OF his country. There IL not heat
In Trenton tonight truer than Dal.
zeils. We have been comrades since
childhood, seldom n day apart, and to-
night We go together as patriots &c
the American camp. My cousin Will
liam's boat will be In readiness at /.
to cary us ACROSS the river, and a
brothers We shall fight side by side
.rJ fa1I or eonouar In tho oaraa