Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-17

rbosts who hot,nt ancient cnstlrs. Wailiur
and oranninp and carryiny flaming lights
from window tn window for apparently 20
eorthlv. or rather unc,-T hly. purpose save
tr.t OF fcrricyin. o;,t of his wits some poor
lird bo;,ring bon,o u brVildp-cd brain aft
rl. e....-iuy tnn lone with JOHN Barlcycorn
in the VILLAGE inn. but for something that
has forever hatllcd me and made me often
wonder whether wa, dreaming orawakc.
corllrciu me To whit saw. or thought
saw. tie night b,4ure Bulaklava. Oct %,
iS5l.'
Ard INV father threw himself back in
his armchair Jrforrtl.ctrcin the smoking
room -Yate as lie tool, long Whit of a
newly lishted cigar and ga1cd drcamily
into the flames ihut were cracking up the
chimney.
The subject If conversation had drift
ed from the battlcArld5 of yesterday in
Abyssiuia and Iululand to those Of 30
years before. when the tail. heavy forms
before lis Of my father and his old comrades
in arms. Sir Langley Fcthcrstonc and
Colonel Emhurst. with their gray, hrs-
Ting musiuu!. Is, their still erect gait, their
uncun~ciOIsly imrcra;iVr style and their
solemn and grave department were as
light rs my own, Auhrcy's or Bob Fcthcr-
stones that night rs Ve sat around listen
ing to the stories of the hot days when our
fathers were men as young as we.
'Hnnh me my memory, Aubrey" said
/ my father pointing to II huge cavalry sabCr
that huny oycrth mantclpccc The sword
that had waved over the now iron gray
/ head. that then was chestnut, as its own
cr with a shout Of defiance bore duwn
( upon the ranks of the Muscovites ON the
wintry plains of the Crimca.
] e., II, ,r,lf
/ bard and lovingly surveyed the glittcring
! blade.
"Old .nccrr failed me he said. do
Won s,c TINT dint in its EDGE. Lang? Got
/ hat crossiuc The Alma off the helmet of
a Puu.i,u cui,n.Sipr sent the blow
tbrouph steel and skull together There
is onotbcr Got thot the 25th of October
from the commander of the Cossacks that
chnrgrd thr left nonl, of the 'hcavics. He
/ struck ot mo married. there is he mark. -
And them" said Sir Langley.
Il syvprt if round and caught him
across fine tbront. " answered my father ab-
stroctcdlv. 81 saw his body aftcr,varl
when if was turned over to his relatives.
for he was n noble. n grand duke. | be
ltcye The some angry frown was uDon
his handsome features as lust before my
steel entered bis iupular. And here is an
otb.r-but thcrrl If once got started
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