Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-23

OfS ~ lne WoouH ana waiting loi Jitith ]
Dewitt
Presently he appeared, in high spirits.
We've come in the nick of time"
said he. The redcoats have done all
the harm they could about here. They've
drawed in every man, and are off at sun
rise up river for Kingston. They allow
if they set few towns efire that Gen
eral Gates win turn his back to Bur
goyne aud take to passin buckets"
"Bang!" here spoke the sunrise gun at
Fort Montgomery.
Bang bangl bangl" the three frig-
ates responded.
Dunderberg grumbled with loud
echoes He was pleased to be awaked
By the song Of BIRDS but the victorious
noise Of British cannon he protested
against like good American.
1.-THE coast is clear for us" resumed
Jierck. "Clear almost as If these We're
peace times Now, if you'll come along,
III take you to q safe den in the woods,
mile from the manor house, where
you can stay all day, snug as a chip
munk in a chestnut stump. and see how
the land nes. III tell you my other
news as we CO."
They took up their guns and KNAPP
sacks and followed. The light of morn
ing was fair and tender The autumn
colors We're exhilarating. White frost
shone upon the slopes and glimmered
upon every leaf in the groves.
These were the manor lands. Each
spot Edwin Brothertoft remembered as
a scene Of his childhood's discoveries of
/ facts ard mysteries in nature. They
| walked ON Cor an hour, and Brothertoft
grew almost gay with memories of his
/ youth.
DO you see that white shining
through the treesy" said Jierck, hating.
"lt's the river. Ten steps and you'll see
the house. Now, major, I'll go and look
after my boys and come at noon for
your orders"
Jierck turned back into the wood.
Major Skerrett stepped forward eagerly.
He had an eye for a landscape He had,
also, n soldiers eye for every new bit Of
possible battlefield.
Ten steps brought him to the edge Of
the slope A stranscendent prospect sud
denly flung out its colors before him.
First was stripe Of undulating upland
thoroughly Octobered. Then a stripe Of
river, bending like belt in a flag that a
breeze is twisting between its fingers.
Then beyond highlands, not so glowing
as the foreground, nor so sparkling blue
as the blue water, nor so simple as the
sky, softly combined and repeated all
the elements Of beauty before him.
He turned to give and take sympathy
from his companion. Mr. Brothertoft
was not beside him. He had seated
himself within cover of the wood.
"Come out, sirlH called Skerrett with
enthusiasm. II am so bewildered with
this beautiful prospect that l need tC
hear another mans superlatives TO sat
isfy me l am not in n dream. Come
out, sirl We are quite safe"
The day wore on, and in this pause o.
action the two gentlemen opened theii
hearts to each other.
1t was the intercourse of father anl
son. Each wanted what the other CAV
him.
The fatherless junior felt his mini
grow deeper with a man who had touches
bottom in thought. He was soberel
7 and softened by the spectacle of one s.
,. faithful TO the truth that was in him, 81
gentle, so indulgent, weakened perhap
by sorrow, but never soured.
The sonless senior said. "Ah, SlSerrett
you are the young oak. If Ihad had yol
Z to lean upon should not have lost fore
to climb and bloom. Such a merry hear
as yours makes the whole world laugh
not empty laughter, but hearty"
L At noon Jierck Dewitt came to report
He and the boys were safely hid in hi
fathers barn.
: "Ike mostly sleeps says Jierck, "Sar
| plays old sledge with dummy, and Hen
drecus is writin something in short line
3 all beginnin with big letters--poetry pei
= haps. He's an awful great scholar"
Their plans were again discussed an
orders issued.
o "Well, said Jierck, Eat dusk I'll hav
my men and fathers runt pony for tn
j prisoner TO straddle down at the fork
i of the road waitin for you. Nothin
d can stop us now but one thing"
y "And thaty' asked the major.
SIS Lady Brothertoft. If she sui
g picions anything before we're ready
1 run it will be all up with us-halte
:. round our neclss and all up among tn
u acorns."
SO Jierck, still "stiff as the lord char
Il cellor," and yet timber as a snake in til
5 grass, took his departure.
d Afternoon hours went slower than til
e morning hours.
o 1.-THE sun always seems TO me to hol
u back in going down hill, Skerrett sal,
70 81 wish he would tumble to bed taste
i l am impatient to make our succei
70 sure"
Your sturdy confidence reassur'
me" returned Brothertoft. II am hapr
there is one of us whose heartbeats wi
not unsteady him. lose hope when
? think what failure means to my daugl
m ter"
II Il must keep myself the cool outside
p with only a knight Grants share in tn
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