New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-15

N9EE3 ~ in a runious con-
XXI 49, dition, near De
ykfa1 snarest, New Jer-
:sey. In the
house about one hundred yards away
the sturdy miller lived with his two
sons and two daughters, within full
view of the shadowy woods sweeping
up the western slope of the Hudson
Palisades.
AT midnight on the eleventh day Of
that, month"; of May the miller was
awakened by sounds that he had, for
many a night, expected to rouse him,
He seized his musket, called hastily
his sons Cornelius and Hancomb, and
followed by them, ran quickly down
stairs and out at the back door. This
WAS the third time they bad been thus
reused to repel the attempts Of ma
.rauding Royalists 20 steal their
Aorses. I
This time they were too late to save
rthe animals. The party OF marauders
had already led two fine horses from
the barn, and were in the saddle
again VIXEN the miller and his sons ar
srived.> T.. SIS. III
TIE two parties perceived each 9th
HsZ at the same moment, and fired on
the instant. Demarest and his sons
were unhurt, but yell from one OF
the raiding party showed that he was
rstrucll; but they all rode away at the
top OF their speed, leaving the miller
and his sons alone. ..
Cornelius Demarest was twenty,
}Hancomb eighteen years OF age both
were tall and strong. Their mother
was dead, and they were principally
>solicitous for their young sisters, May
land Lucy. '-
The miller had made himself highly
OBNOXIOUS to the British and Tories
by frequently furnishing supplies OF
meal and flour to Washington's army,
encamped at the little village OF Tap
pan, q few miles away.
They expected return ofthe party,
and soon they were visited. again.
Shortly after nightfall on the second
day after their encounter Mr.. Demar-
est went to the spring not far from the
house to fetch water.
The boys heard shout from their
father, and rushed out at the door.
The mill was on fire. They could see
Figures moving about in the light ofthe
fire.
~TThey've got father prisoner! There
fle is!' said Hancomb, pointing to a.
group where a struggle was going on.
At that moment there were two
quick reports OF musket-shots, and
both the boys fell to the ground and
the door.
May and Lucy ran to the door,
where they were confronted by apartv
OF troopers. The leader seized May by
the arm, and pointing with a fierce
gesture down the sloping lawn.
"Out of this! Your brothers are
;. there. They've ground their last
zgrist"
The party rushed in to complete the
work Of robbery and destruction.
Only one man on guard at the front
.of the house.
Lucy and May ran to the bank
where their Drothers lay Trembling
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their hearts were still beating, and
were overjoyed to find that both were
still alive. 1t was the work Of q few
moments to bring Hancomb back to
consciousness, for a bullet had barely
;grazed his skull.
AS soon as he arose to his feet the
duty ofrescuing his father came back
to his mind
'sstay here and keep quiet" hesaid.
-<tI'm off,
Hancomb leaped the low stone wall
lat the base OF the slope, and crepr
along in it's shadow till he reached the
granary, beneath which were several
partially decayed pumpkins. He Sc
aected the hardest and moved toward
the sentry, keeping in the dark
i shadow Of group OF pines. The
noise of the marrauders in the house
enabled him to approach within afew
feet OF the guard, who was in tently
observing the road.
Carefully posing the pumpkin, n an
comb sent it straight at the head OF
the Tory on guard. 1t struck true to
the elnark, broke int Il dozen pieces,
land laid the trooper senseless. upon
the grass.
Hancomb dragged the stunned man
within the shadows of tile pines,
tbound him with a halter strap, and
gagged him with his own neckerchiei
assoon as he began to recover breath
Then the boy stripped the trooper ol