The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-08

AsAlff lf#u Na1 NtNht ~ hAN if''
y vlsited the generals house, tot dt
'e meet his daas bl,r a. tbe houses ot m,
~ iioads, aud Of course she, o' oil The sili
= met must be the one | should fall IL
love wiih dont kuow Why Cnpll ssndt
= bis vicams .ucb lncE, but notice that
J. be often dors, ! had known the esnei
:, ais daughter shout year when the tor
tysevtuth revolution or Was It the buu
dred And forty seventLi be ssked his vile
: siih atuIle- occurred, sui vas 10 j,
: up 10 my peck The oihers had msn
agei to keep out o. but this one caught
ms before knew IT, and | found myself
the bead and hoIt Of the party against
the Government The ouiy thiHg DID
no like 10 the shir was that the sener
al vas It the head Of the Government par
y, Gud the generals daughter vas the
s"eetest woman 10 the 3rld, and We were
10 love general or 90 general. Well, the
scrap came OF 10 due course, aud after
shooting the town full Of boles fora week
or O, and scsFlug the women and children
INTO $, my side Weut TO pieces and ten
OF lis leading epirIt' to lnl. From that
point the trsnsitlou was easy - the sunny
side Of wall on & outskirts Of town, and
early one fne morning we found ourse
yes grouped there with fifty Government
soldiers drswn up 10 liue pointing guns
At us. 10 PLAIN English, 1t was an eIeou
| ton bee, snd we were the guests Of honor,
| had fixed up my business silairs In the |
few days allowed me, and as there wr7 no
ole ! thought rs much Of as | did Of the
genera : daughter, wiled all my proper
ty to her thus propo ing to heap Goals OF
fire on the old gentleman head while be
was after mine You might tlilk | was
trigLt 3ued AS stood there before those
guns, but | wasn't, True, ! was bit ner
vOus, but WASH scared at alI lnsistsd
on facing The shooting party and giving the
command to hre, They wouldn't let mt
do that, though, and had to face the wall
VITA my back to the foe. TODD at the
head OF the line, about three feet from
the man next to me, aud waited calmly
for toe end Of things, At the first com
msnd | brsced myself, aud when the com
m.nd Fire osme ! tried TO steady my
self bat 10 spite Of all could do when
the guns went tll | welt up into toe air ,
as If had been bounced Oh spring d
board and came down 10 a heap. d
You weren't killed then? exclaimed nv ,
wife, IN the pre- eTinently rst onsl m an d
ner Of sll women, +
Yes, madam, smiled o Grady. /
Why, Mr., O'Grsdy, she began, but | .
laughed, and she realized that Mr.. OGra 8
iy was not as dead as his statement might Il
cad one to suppose. Il
Just the same. Tom, | said, | should
hink tue nervous strain snl yonr imagin o
atoms combined would have snapped the
'itsl cord when those guns went of, You ii
know there nre any number o such csses Il
well authenticated You must have had o
trong nerves to have with TODD the !,
hook. ia
SUPP oIe, Dolores, said Mr. O'Grsdy t. Y,
lis wife, you take up the story and flo
SD it, "
1t is We ! simple, she said, with su sc ia
,eLt so charming hat any attempt TO A
mt it into written words would be sscri q,
ege. You know 1t was the daughter Of GA
be general who saved Mr. o Grady life III
" course. if he had known, he would az
ave died with the Others when the guns I
'ere fired at him, but the Government NJ
arly did not want to shoot Mr.. O Grady, si
ecause he was al American citizen, and al
hst n 3ht cause the Government great kr
iflicnitles, 80 it was arranged that the ed
hootng party was not to kill him, as it ty
I'd the others, butto let him escape the Al
nIets 1t was u great secret and they ey
lougLt it would frigtten Mr. 0 Grady
. much that never any more would be be
trouble Of that KIDD And no doubt "
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