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fell heavily to the floor. Phoebe at once
threw herself on his body and the Tories


found them mingling their blood to-
gether, the father apparently dead and
the girl shielding his body with hers
The murdercrs thrust their knifes and
swords several tines into the body of
their PROSTATE victim, and twice Phoebe
was stabbed in her efforts to protect her
father The To.ies finally dragged her
from her father and threw linn into u
chest, shutting the lid down upon him.
They then departed with what booty
they had obtained, first rolling q large
stone against the door, which opened
outward, TO prevent it being opened.
AS soon es the murderous gang had left
the house, Phoebe, herself covered with
blood from her wounds, fastened to re-
move her fathers body from the chest,
hopeful that he was still alive. Her
mother was wandering from room to
room, moaning and weeping. The
bound boy stood as immovablc as stone
against the wall, where Edward Robin
had placed him with the terrible threat
an hour before. He was still afraid to
move. Phebe's mother rendered a
little aid in removing her father from
the trunk. He was stifl'and pallid, and
apparently dead. Phcbc got him upon
the bed. and was overjoyed to hear him
groan. She pried his jaws open with q
pewter spoon-a rude tablespoon, still
in the family, with the teeth marks of
Henry Reynolds upon the handle-and
poured few drops Of water in his
mouth He began to revive, and while
Phcbe was putting forth every effort to
stanch his wounds and to aid his restor-
aion, her mother, who had been ainiess-
ly wandering about the house, totterel
into the room, and, dropping to the
floor, covered her eyes with her hands,
and Historically exclaimed:
ooh, Phebe, Phebe The house is
on fire The house is on fire 1t is on
lire in three places And can't put it
ou,, If it burns down over our heads ~
Tie bound hoy stood motionless by
The wall, as If ha We're nailed TO the spot
and could not be induced 70 move.
phcbe was compelled to leave her father
rs the volumes Of smoke that began to
come from an adjoining room warned
her Of another impending danger. The
Tories had set fire TO some haN and to
TWO straw beds. Phcbe cXtincuished tie
Ire and tried to make the bound boy
run and alarm the ncighbors, bur he
would not stir. Hv persistent effort the
brave eirl, herself covered with wounds,
aud her clothing saturated with blood,
brought her father back 20 consciousness,
aud then, CONSUMING him to the care Of
her mother, who had grown more COM
posed, she stX.ed out 10 give the ALARM
In her lclat.on of the terrible expert
cnces of that night to her children and
grandchildren more than half a century
afterward, She dwelt with particular
pride on the fact that she noted the
growing OF the cocks as she started after
help, and said to herself, 1T must be
nearly morning" This, she thought,
/ indicated how cool and collected she was
after the frightful scene she had just
witnessed. She alarmed the neighbors
and a doctor was summoned from
Goshen A party started in pursuit of
the Tories. 1t was found that Reynolds
had thirty serious wounds, inflicted by
swords and knives, but not one of them
had reached vital spot. One of his
ears was nearly severed from his head,
and it was bound back as nearly as pos
sible to its place, but the manner in
which it healed disfgured him for life.
One of his arms was so badly cut that
he never recovered its use. Phebe had
two serious wounds, one in the breast
and one in the head. The others were
painful, but not dangerous, decorations.
1t was several weeks before Reynolds
and his daughter were again able tc get
about, and their escape from the death
that was intended for them was SO Won
derful that the people for miles around
hocked to see them. The bound boy
never recovered from the fright he ex-
perienced that night. Brain fever fol-
lowed, and he died begging that his
head should not be cut off. Mrs
REYNOLDS gave birth to her child the
day after the assault of the Tories. it
lived, grew to womanhood, and is well
remembered in Sullivan county as the
wife of DR. Blake Wales, one of the pi
oneer physicians of this part of the
State, and the progenitor Of large and
prominent family. Caleb Reynolds, the