Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-22

NOW Haven. lie sun WIS less tlun HALL
an hour high, and it's rays came across
meadows, unbroken by house or hill, so
that she was completely envelOped in
them, and when the gentleman first saw
her, he thought that it was we'll worth
coming many miles for such picture as
that
When he stood before her, with uncOv
cred head. as he did presently, and saw
her beautiful face, that the mellow rays
touched gently while Frightening the
hair that fell carelessly over her forehead,
he did not conceal his admiration, and
he said at once:
''Surely have the honor to be speak
ing to Miss Abby Foisom2" and when
she replied with courtesy that was as
graceful as his Obeisance, and looked at
him almost smiling. and yet with an ex
pressoin Of surprise, he said to himself
"Here is a lady, if ever there was one,
and none more beautiful"
Then he introduced himself as Mr..
Sterling. and said that he lad heard of
her kindly through Judge Jones.
"Then you have acquaintance with
Judge Jones, said Miss Abby, smiling.
"Does he tcel hardly to any of us2 For |
doubt not he told you how he was made
a prisoner"
"Let me assure ysu he cntertains
nothing but kind feelings and the great
est admiration for the young woman who
suggested the expedition that made him
an unwilling guest of Gen. Sullivan's
consort, and he has been so warm in his
praises of that young woman that he has
perforcc made his trends share his feel
ings."
Here Miss Abby smiled, and then ask
ed Mr.. Sterling whether he would have
done differently had he been one Of the
Stafford young men.
He assured her that he did not see how
the young men OF that place, when insplr
ed as they must have been by her coun-
sci, could have done otherwise.
They stood there until the sun had set,
and Miss Abby urged the gentleman,
with no undue shsw of pressing hospital
ity, to come into the house and Join her
father and mother and herself at the sup
per table. He declined, but said that,
with her permission, he would walk that
way next day, for he purposed staying
some days in Stratford.
1t SO happened that when he went
back to the forge he met there Ezekiel
Dickerman and John Ruggles, and saw
Ezekiel start, and then look closely at
| him.
"My prisoner. I'll venture my life,
said Ezekiel to John Ruggles.
"Ask him." said John.
sYou were on Long Island, I'll VEN
ture," said Ezekiel to the stranger.
81 have been there.
Mayhap you remember that l had my
hands on you for five minutes one even
ing in Judge Jones' garden.
Indeed, I remember that well, and no
small pluck of you. Are you the man9
Surely you had no beard then?"
II had not, and l ceased not tie repro
bate myself that suffered you to give me
the slip"
Mr.. Stirling laughed heartily at this.
and assured Ezekiel that he should not
have the slip now, and with that urged
him to get together all the young
men who were in that party, whom be
could, and bring them around to the
tavern.
"And be sure you come, John Folsom"
he said. The war is ended; let us he
friends
John Folsom was so greatly pleased
with that sentiment that he went with
the others to the grand dinner Mr.. Stir
ling gave his would-be captors at the tav-
ern, and of all the men who drank heavi-
ly and showed it, none drank deeper nor
showed it less than John Folsom; and
when Mr.. Stirling rose and proposed the
health of Miss Abby Folsom after the
manner of Judge Jones, as he lntimated,
John Folsom felt that his cup Of joy was
full. The toast, however, led to a little
conversation in an undertone between
Ezekiel Dickerman and another youth,
that John Folsom did not hear, but which
Mr.. Stirling did.
young Silliman was there Sunday
night, Ezekiel"
$50 hear
"But she seems avclse to him."
"Only the way of a pretty girl"
"Thev'll be married by the next
Thanksgiving. venture
"a safe venture. Samuel, for young Sill
Imam las promise of doing well in
New York"
Mr.. Stirling did not quit Stratford the
next day, nor for many days, and he how
cred around Miss ABBY after the manner
OF lover. So it was sale that he was
really excepting company with Miss Alb
by, and that she did not really oppose
him.
Sone how or other rumor had it that
Mr.. Stirling was peer to the realm of
Great Britain, and then it began to be
whispered that Mr. Stirling had wife
in England.
John Ruegles stoutly denied this.
"Do you suppose Abby Folsom would
not find that out?' he said.
The story circulated, and there were
few who did not believe it. 1t got to
young Silliman's ears, and he made a
great ado about it, and when Ezekiel
Dickerman proposed one evening that
Mr.. Stirling be put on his horse, and led
out of town far on the New Haven turn
pike, there were young men enough in
Stratford who were ready to have hand
IN the business.
John Ruggles disappeared suddenly
one day, while all this fuss was being
made, and the excitement this caused,
added RI +bo ndarourront of fool; ", +ho%