The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Ef GREAT VERMONT STORY (!
RAN Frs,
OR,
THE TORY'S DAUGHTER.
ny JrpGE D.. p. THOMPSON.
CHAPTER VlII-(Continued.)

u..1e This was transporting. Peters,
WV" ,had been standing apart from the
no - bis company, sullenly looking on
W uttering a word, except to
uulayiIand 90 on with out him.
Lived, without exciting any sus-
"inn If his design, to work himself
'1oarees to the outer edge Of the
,~d in the direction in which the
lom was about to pass. And as the
taiab which was now put in motion
rnSoachcd him made a sudden feint
rnnning the opposite way: when
, ,br crowd were confusedly springing
inward to head him, he quickly tackled
Ihout leaped into the sleigh and
rs,cbing the reins and whip from
layiIana's hands, applied the lash 30
I%nriously that the frantic horses bund-
h forward with a speed which carried
H. receding vehicle more than fifty
a,ds on its course before the baked
Eud confused throng could recover
R%smselyes and fairly comprehend
rbat had happened. But the sharp.
Ritter shout of excavations mingled
|w,th cries for immediate pursuit
~bicb nov rose from the agitated
Multitude. proclaimed at once their
hatred OF the naughty loyalist. and
|,beir determination not to suffer him
Ia ESCAPE from justice. And the next
instant. a half dozen swift runners.
led on by Cunning, shot out from the
crowd. in the eager chase. like so
msny arrows speeding to the mark.
And. not withstanding the supposed
advantages of horses over men in a
race, and Notwithstanding the in
creased speed with which the fugitive
team Numbered along over the half
hare and uneven ground. the pursued
had scarcely reached the end OF a fur
jopg, before the fleet and determined
hunter. still in advance OF his com
%pspions. gained the side nf the sleigh.
jesped up. pounced upon his bringing
victim. and brought him headlong to
the ground. leaving Haviland to seize
tbe ~relinquished reins, check the
horses as he best could. and proceed on
his way unmolested.
There, YOU Otter sneak of a ron
away tory. You will now go. ] der
rather calculate. where there's no
litter petticoats to shelter you,' said
Dunning. raising the chapfallen Peters
the collar, and drawing him along
back, amidst the exulting shouts of
he re%yolutiouists. by whom he and his
friend Brush we're then forced away.
ID no very gentle manner, to join their
elbow prisoners. in the same dungeon
where the victims of their last nights
outrage were unfeelingly and so I'M
wisely immured.
A detailed description of the various
Genes which here succeeded, in the
I'm of this local revolution, AS
I may Justly be dominated, would
ccupy too much space for the limits
t our tale. without evolving any
urther incident, having much bearing
n the destinies of those of its person
whose fortunes we design to fol
ow. We will now, therefore. sum up,
n a few words, the doings of the tri-
party, and, with a comment
r two Of our own. dismiss the subject.
la the first place, all the supposed
ctors and abettors of the massacre
within reach we're seized and secured,
y~cepting Reddlng and one or two
of a like character, who by
heir activity in assisting to apprehend
be fugitive comrades whom they had
0 meanly deserted. and their offers to
i've evidence against them, had pur-
based an exemption from punishment.
nd excepting also the Janus-faced
handler, who, by his d%uplicity, had
attributed more than any other man,
erhaps. towards this catastrophe,
ut who now contrived to make even
is iniquitirs count in his favor.
fter this was effected, the victors. all
enough TO constitute a safe guard.
id aside their arms, and resolved
lenselves into a sort of civil conven-
on, to take measures for the trial OF
he prisoners by some mode, which in
lie absence of all proper authorities,
lould answer for a legal process. And,
the first step in the matter. a jury
inquest, to sit on the dead body OF
rench, l was ordered, and a committee
Dpointed TO see to the empanelling OF
men, and collect evidence
ID conduct the Investigations to be
ID before them. All this being duly
'complished, and the jury bringing