The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-15
AT THE CROSS KEYS.
An Interesting Story of the Revo.
lrtionary War Times.

lrtionary War Times.
1nnkceper Van Buren,, aproned to the
chin. leaned against the framework of
the open door, and lazily launched a
ring OF tobacco smoke on the palmy air
OF the September evening. Good wife
Van Buren, rcclined against the ops
posite side of the door, glad to get a
tnouthfnl of the cool breeze, for the day
had been sultry. Jacobus passed Ito
ind fro, between the bar and the trees.
with tankards OF frothy brown ale;
taking goo6 heed not to tread on the
toes OF his master and mistress; pot
boy positions were not going a. beg
ging in Flatbush town in the year Of
grace seventeen hundred and eighty
one.
The inn-keeper was in the act of
shaping another ring, when loud
burst of laughter from the trees caused
him to turn his head so suddenly that
the smoke was elected in a shapeless
cloud
The Cross Keys said he, "has
never known livelier company :
:
'1would make Quaker Taught,
'Ay, it's merry rascal and right
welcome to all the liquor it can gulp.
But remember, my dear, it is the dumb
host that draws the most ale. Let the
congress and the king fight out their
own battlesn
Folk say" remarked his helpmeet,
Howe has written to King George
that we Long Islanders are ready to
take the oath of allegiance. l amt
: ready to take such an oath, Joris'
''Bahl you're not a Long Islander:
you're woman. As for me, Lam too
old to fight on either side, SO III live in
peace, with my customer for my king =
: ''rhis English major certainly do
bring us plenty of business, Joris."
''Oh. Shelton knows on which side
his toast is buttered; he quarters the
American prisoners in this neighbor-
hood, and boards at the Cross Keys
himself free of CHARGE u
And you allow him per cent. on the
prisoners ale, don't you, Joris?"
Mrs. Van Bu.en,&, replied her lord,
CURLY, ''that'sa state secret!'
In the modern warfare of ''civilized'
nae'ohs 'ue p"roie' as ~ eAis'eu III 'tle
'i'ne y. our rcVoiue'on' minus scah'
recognition; it has gone out with the
slow. match and the boarding pike. 1t
was customary then for large numbers
of prisoners of war to- be given the
ireeaom Oh certain oistrict' tneir
Woru "a honor oeinS accepteo tiite .ney
s.x..x
Woufu nov atuehpe 10 reJolh their
lrlenos until given PERMISSION 10 40 so
ny the terms OF a mutual exchange'
ueneraiiy these prisoners were at
lehoeo oy Single ofncer' ana IN the
preshant pertoo vi the reyoiutioh the
me Oh prisoner Oh war Twin tne GER
tam shameini exceptions oiot'ing the
pages OF nritaih hlstory] was py nc
means aevoia OF pieasnraoie incident.
Much has been written regarding the
whaleboat privateersmen of those
days, and, perhaps, considerably more
to their disparagement tnan circum-
stances justify. They were but the
natural offspring OF unnatural con-
ditions. OF these rangers none achieved
wider reputation. than Capt. Mariner.
An old record tells US .'he was IA man
of eccentric character, witty and in
genious, and Astounding in anecdotes. =
A careful sperusal of such of his re-
markabie adventures as are preserved
in the chronicles of his time enables
us to form a good idea of his person
ality. He was us short as Dutch
skipper; so fat that the ransacking OF
stolen elc thes chests formed no part of
his piratical amuSementS, and his face
might he lilxened to n conner-colored
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