The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14
REFoRNER: BRATrLEBoRo friday FEBRUARY H. 1885,

pressed, and downtrodden country
shall the cry of thy wrongs go up il
vain to Heaven? Will not the God o
battles hear and help thee. in this tn
hour OF thy peri and of thy need
., wilt thou not, Lord. extend tn,
mighty arm in her defence? o, teacl
the proud Britons, now thronging on
shores--teach them, soothing Goliahs Il
they are, that there are young David
in our land o, bring their counsel
to nought Scatter their fleets by tn
tempest at sea, and destroy thei
armies on land. Sweep them off b,
bullet and plague! and and sud
denly, checking himself, he meekl!
added. and save their souls: ant
this, Lord, 10 all that in conscience
can ask for them. Amen
Woodburn now gently raped at tn,
door, which, after slight pause, was
opened, and Herriot, the late prisoner
of the royal court, stood before him.
. If this is Harry Woodburn," he
said, after scrutinizing the others
features moment. she is very vel
come to my hut. But you are not
alone?" he added, glancing towards
Bart, who stood several PAGES in the
background.
No" replied Woodburn Il have
IN company young man whom you
may, perhaps, recollect as the mes
senger that appeared several times at
the CRATE of our prison at Westminster.
to bring us news of the rising
All. yes, we'll do | recollect that
goodly youth, and have ever since
taken peculiar interest in him In
wife HIM in. All this is opportune,
very said Herriot leading the
way into the house. After the recluse
had ushered his guests into the prin-
cipal room of his very simply furnish
ed house. of which he and servant
boy, of perhaps fifteen, were the only
inmates, he turned to WOODBURY.. and
said, --"A AS my retreat here in the
woods, ana the road that leads to it,
are known to so few. / conclude that
your young friend here, Mr. Woodburn,
acted as your guide on the occasion, -
80, no." replied the other; I'VE
Lad lost our way, having left the river
road inadvertently, and were about to
return back, when, catching a glimpse
of your light, we came in TO make in
quiries We neither Of us knew when
We struck into the road leading
hither''
DO you agree to that statement,
without any qualification, master
Bart?" asked the recluse. with 4
doubling and slightly puzzled air.
Well some of it, | reckon an
swered Bart, with a look of droll
gravity
why. you told me. sir, responded
Woodburn, rather sharply, that you
had never travelled this road before"
No more | hadn't replied Bart,
composedly; but | didn't say |
didn't know where it turned off for
Tom Dunning told me that.
Bart" said Woodburn. seriously,
though I'm not sorry to have fallen
in with father Herriot. yet, as between
you and me, this needs explanation
1t looks as if you purposcly led me
astray.'
We'll. now, Harry. no offence. |
hope. The thing was kinder agreed
on, somehow, that you should come
this way, when you left Guilford,
which was understood would happen
soon. If hadn't fell in with you as
] did, it was my notions to take Light
foot here, or at Dunning's, and then go
back and skulk there somewheres till
you was ready to come: but finding
you and things all coming so handy
like. when we got to where the road
turned off, thought I'd let you follow
me into it, if you would, and say
nothing till we got here.
Il am still perfectly at a loss how to
understand all this, Bart, and | still
wish you would more fully explain it. -
II will take that task upon myself;
for | suppose | am somewhat in the
secret respecting the little plot of your
friends,' said Herriot, going to
chest, and bringing forward small
bag of money. This has been de
posted with me for your use and ben
eft. 1t is the price of your COW and
oxen. sold by Dunning to a drover
from Rhode Island. The sum is, |
believe, about fifty dollars. which |
now deliver you, as your own unques-
tionable property
In the explanation that now ensued,
it appeared that the cattle. which had
been rescued by the friends of Wood
burn, without his privity. lest the
scruples it was feared he might enter
tain should lead him to interfere with
the plan, were taken that night to the
retreat of Herriot, who was made ac
quainted with the whole transaction
and that the nest day. while Dun
ming went up the river in search OF a
purchaser the other who was not
his scruples. also, about sane
tioning the procedure, repaired to
lawyer knights for his opinion on the
subject. And the latter, having been
let into the secret. and
given it as his decided opinion that
the Judgment, to satisfy which the !
cattle had been seized. was an illegal |
and void one, and that the cattle 50
seized might rightfully be taken for
the owner, without legal process il |
found out of the hands of the officer. |
the recluse returned and actively co |
operated with the hunter: the result !
Of which was, that a purchaser was
soon found, who paid the money for |
the stock and immediately drove it
from the country.
This, to WOODBURY., was an unex
pected development. And now. after
hearing the explanation of Herriot.
being satisfied to the propriety of the
course so generously taken by his
friends in his behalf, he gratefully re
reiyed the money; and, in turn, while
Bart and the servant were out caring
for the pony, he confdentiallyEdis
closed to the recluse the painful oc
currence of the afternoon which had
led to his sudden flight from home.
and his determination of Immediately
Joining the army, concluding by giving
the particulars of Bart's arrest and
singular escape from the tories
You have acted wisely. Mr.. Wood
-..,-.. ., .,bcorrnH Harriet after Listen.