The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-24

neil promise me tnat ne Will make no
effort to escape until you hear from the
general what shall be done with him."
The captain seemed TO hesitate for a
moment and then turning to his prisoner
he said "Sir, am myself impressed with
your dignity of manner 1t may be that
you speak the truth. My daughters in.
tuitions are that 1t is so. | have changed
my mind. l shall send messenger to the
general with q dispatch telling of your
capture and then whatever he commands.
chat will | do Meanwhile. sir, it is our
feast day. We are accustomed every year
after the harvest to give thanks to the
Lord and to cat a great feast and make
merry in our families, | will ask you to
share this with us. You will be u prs-
oner, but | will take your parole that you
will make no eiiort to escape"
"You do me honor, sir give my parole
to you, and if may he permitted, to this
fair maiden who has interceded for me-"
They unloosed his thongs aud when his
hands were free he stepped up to Mistress
Thankful and nc took her hand and bend
ed over it with the courtesy and grace Of
one who had been accuttomed to places
where high breeding and gentle manners
prevail.
They had fine feast at Captain Fol
SONS table, and the British officer, being
no longer under great constraint, be.
came most companionable and even ven
tured gentle jest with Thankful and her
cousin, Mistress Abbic, who served tho
meats and bounties with gentle dignity
and unconscious grace. And when he
turned to converse more seriously with
Captain Folsom upon the war and it's bat
eIar . 4. W.. ,1-f
tense of some engagement for the prepara.
tion of the DESSERT glanced furtively ut
him and exchanged condolences that he
was a handsome man and well favored and
moreover very young for one of his stature
and of his rank, for 1t was plain that he
was high officer.
In the afternoon there was gentle mer.
rymaking, and Captain Folsom, being
greatly impressed with the manifest honor
and nobility of his prisoner guest, had
such confidence that he at last said: "Sir,
l do not know whether your rank would
permit me to call you captain or major or
colonel, for one Of these offices know must
be yours. You do not care to tell us your
name or your rank, but have that conf
dence in you that l am willing to leave you
for awhile with thestagentle guards, my
daughter and my niece, for have mis-
sion of some consequence in the village,
which is u few miles away"
81 am grateful for your confidence, sir,
and shall not betray it. While these maid.
ems guard me l shall protect them until
your return"
"Will you promise TO obey us?" asked
Thankful in merry mood.
"In all things" he replied, bowling with
grace and vet with the mock dignity OF
gentle sport,
81 exact only one promise, sir" said the
captain, "and that is that you will not
quit this house until my return"
81 give that promise willingly"
After Captain Folsom had gone away the
young officer sought even the more ear
nestly to entertain these maidens, and theil
| intuition taught them that their charm,
had found favor in his sight, for he looked
| upon them with admiring glances, al
| though with the greatest courtesy ant
| Difference. He told them stories Of Eng
| land which they were pleased to hear, anC
of life among the nobility there and how
| the ways of those titled people differed
from the simple customs of their kindred
| in the American colonies, and he asked tht
| maideus many things about their manne
| of life, and it was plain to see that Mistress
| Thankful had already won his high regard
Tell me-" said he, chow is it that the,
call you Thankful? 'Tis a pretty name
and well given to you, should say, but
never heard it before heard them cal
| you by it,"
| But it is not my nRme,' she said. d"
have heard my mother say that on on
Thanksgl ing day they sent 20 my fathe
who was in the church and bade hin
hurry home, and when he came he fount
| me there, though | was not there when h