Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-09-05

nor have mercy, hut destroy them ut
terly"
Then she earnestly calculated;
amen"
All that day Robert jameson lay in
hiding among the bushes back OF
Mistress Suydam'a house resting.
sleeping and rapidly regaining his
strength, while she watched over his
safety and fed him.
Parson Ellis went away. Before
taking his departure. he told the
fugitive;
81 am over here on a mission in
which il may be Gods will that shall
lay down my life. and, indeed, the
chance for it is so great that | set
small store by the boat that is moored
in the bay near the mouth of this
creek. II | come OF alive. | shall
easily find another boat. This one
you had better take, and. as soon as
the moon hath set tonight, sail for
New London, whore you will be safe.
Go not before. lest you be oyerhauled
on the sound and recaptured.
I'll Will never be taken alive" an
swered Robert. firmly.
you are a brave man, and | do
not doubt your intent. bat we are all
in the hand of God II you reach
New London safely, give the boat in
charge of Ebenezer Holden, whom you
will easily find And now farewell"
Robert feared to remain in the house.
| lest he might be surprised by party
Of the British dragons. who. as no
was informed, were continually scour-
ing the island Near nightfall Mis-
tress Suydam came rushing down to
him from the upper window where
she had long been sitting, watching
that she might note the approach OF
an enemy far of
"The dragons are comingr she
cried TO him
A dozen Of them were coming down
the road at an easy, swinging trot,
with Captain Tileston at their head.
OF course the IN ritive imagined that
they were in pursuit of him. but they
were not He was supposed TO have
been drowned and eaten by the sharks.
numbers of which savage creatures
were attracted To the vicinity of the
prison-ship by the prey that was either
tossed to them or that voluntarily
leaped overheard. The dragons had
quite another object than his capture
in their coming. But he thought only
Of flight.
lie ran swiftly down the brook,
crouching below the line Of rank grass
that margined It's banks. until he
reached the bay, whore he plunged in
and disappeared. Day was ended by
this time, but the early-rsing moon
gave so clear a light that he did
not dare to attempt reachinN
the parsons hoat though it was
only four or five rods from where he
took To the water 4 couple of the
dragons rode leisurcly down TO the
bay, and there sat upon their horses.
chatting. They were discussing tho
catching Of spies who were supposed
to land there from the Connecticut or
New York shore. Presently Captain
Tileston, with four moro men, joined
them. They had stopped TO search
for rebels in Mistress Suydam's house
The Captain had plan
at is useless he said, "f0r us to
attempt the capture upon the water Of
those Yankee spies, who have eyes like
hawks by day and owls by night. and
could see Us long before we could see
them We must let them land. As |
have sharper siqht than any of you at
night, | will conceal myself ia the
boat and watch for them on will
hide in yondrr clump Of woods When
they land will signal 10 you by imi-
tating the powers cry, which way to
cash to fall apoa them -nnce for this
way, twice for that and at the same
moment viii sei1a their boat to cut of
their retreat
SO il was arranged One OF tho
Dragons wadcd out t. the parsons
little sall-haai and dew her in so that
the Cam.ua ai2 step t,nri dry
shod. after which he moorai t'o Oat
again. Then the dragons weat away
into the woods and the Captain lay
down in the boat 10 watch and waitior
events, Events wero rapidly appr0a N
him that he had no conception Of
A big, floating bunch Of sedgc grass
drifted out from near the shore towSrd
the boat, slowly approaching it closer
and closer. At length IL seemed To
lodge against tho boat The Captain did
not notice il. lie was looking in tho
opposite dirention. Noisolessly "A head
rose out Of the water behind him-the
head of Robert Jameson close by tho
bunch Of floating grass. The next
moment long arm reached over tho
low side Of the boat, and "A powerful
hand gripped the Captains throat
gripped it with such feroclous energy
that 1t cut of his breath, made tho
world turn black before him, and
seemed 70 paralyze him Before he
could make movement OF self
defense or a sound, man rolled into
the boat upon him, and Selling one Of
his BIG holstcr.pi. tolls that he had laid
l.osi1a liza, AL, s,ab i hlo,y nnon
~ to,,,lo. tbo, ~ wa. e,i,nned ana
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w men the '.aptaih Fe'oNcrc" ms
senscs he found himself bound htnd
and foot with tho aurhor-rODe His