The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-22
The RANGERS
OR,
THE TORY'S DAUGHTER.
h JUDGE u, p. THOMPSON.
VOLUME IL.
NhAPTER ri, Continued.

After winding their course n Will.
ahn;ong the variously grouped LITTLE
.hlcketH that studded the ola pasture
.ney at length entered that forest n
maple which the incisions an tho
lrees' together with the marks If an
W." .a hno'ilhg place. that they soon
nnahn proclaimed to he the sugar
orthard belonging, probably, to the
ns,ao', s1,l they were seeking And
now falling into beaten path thev
soon perceived, by the glimpses Of an
opening which they occasionally
caught through the trees that tbey
we're drawing near to be the object of
their search. The serpentine course Of
'he path, however, and the under.
CROWN SO thick as to be nearly i'm.
Pervlous to the sight, prevented anv
uirect view of the opening; and they
passed ON without any very exact no.
IONS OF ITS propinquity, till sudden
Turn OF the path, brought them unex.
pectedly to the edge of the wood. and
in full view of the house, not a bnn.
. feu yards distant; when, to their as
Constituent and dismay, they bebeld
the place IN possession of large party
or the enemy. Bart instantly caught
the bride, and was turning the horse
Tor the purpose of fleeing back into
Forest, when five or six armed men
sprang out fromthe bushes behind and
in every direction NJ t tieil retreat
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him TO escape: and b n and h;e lor
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