Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-11-12

stern general did not relax.
'Come!" cried CORVALLIS Impatient
lily. = You know what mean. 1t Is use
less for you to try and trick us. Whcre
did they put the powder last night?'
All eyes were riveted upon Toby and
the tall sergeant at edoor grinned niz
delight. ..S-s
"Aren't you going to tell p" demanded
Cornwallis.
'Why should I? II you found the
powder you would use it against Gen.
Washington"
| "Of course we would! That would
be paying the rebels back in their own
COIN"
''Then," said Toby, resolutely, you
can 60 ont and find the powder"
The face of CORVALLIS flushed for q
moment-his eyes seemed to flash.
do you know who am, boy ?" he cx-
claimed. IL
Eyes. sir-you are Gen. CORVALLIS"
II am. I command this army and
serve the king. hold your fate in my
hands. young sir, and unless you tell
where the rebels hid their powder last
| night you are liable to severe punish
ment."
II cannot do that, general" said Toby,
resolved to keep his secret at all haz-
ards. II promised"
Whats promise to a rebel p inter-
rupted the British chief. ''Come, sir.
We can't wait all day on you. You are
delaying the advance of my army and
you must tell" .'@s'
The little hand seemed to get tighter
grip on the hat in it, and Toby Trsvers
appeared to look with more firmness
into the face of the victorious Briton.
II refuse to tell you, sir. There!"
''This is treason of the deepest dye!"
exclaimed CORVALLIS. II never saw
anything like it and from boy. too"
CORVALLIS glanced at the eager SER
geant and seemed on the point Of is-
suing harsh orders when his gaze came
suddenly back to Toby.
"You have a mother, haven't you,
boy?" he queried.
Eyes, sir"
What will she say to this sort of bust
J ness from her son!'
Quick as flash came Toby's answer:
1AoIANA Will app O'Cs AV CA4CO. onC
is a patriot, and if she knew that be-
trayed Gen. Washington she would not
own me- =.
''This is too much" ventured one of
the other officers in lowered voice.
"You should discipline the young rebel,
my lord"
q 'Just what 1 am going to do. Here.
sergeant: Take the prisoner and see
that he is guarded till night. If he still
refuses to disclose the hiding place of
this rebel powder you will stand hi1o up
before six soldiers and see that the
muskets are loaded with ball.
At the same time he waved his hand
toward the sergeant all too eager to
carry ont the harshest commands, and
before Toby could reply he was hustled
! from Abner Bryant's house.
Toby was escorted to the only eInpty
house in the hamlet, an old stone affair
with a clapboard roof and one little
window which had been boarded up.
Nearly all day the British force fol-
lowed through the village on it's march
after Washington's retreating army.
All day a tall, grufr sentry paced up and
down IN front of Toby's prison. Every
now and then he looked in to see that
''rebel brat" was safe and each time he
caught the resolute look of the boy still
confined between the four walls.
why don't you make clean breast
of it, boy?" said the guard toward even
ing.
Il am not tory, sir" came the quick
answer. ...
story or not, it behooves you to tell
where the rebel powder is. You know
the ORDERS
Toby turned away and went over to
the other side of the old house, where
he remained, looking defantly at the
guard, who thought him one of ,he
"stubbornest rebels he had ever seen.
Night came at last, throwing her
sable pail over the memorable little
place.
The last detachment of the British
army had vanished, but 20 men re-
manned behind to take care of the boy,
safe in their clutches. More than once
since shutdown Toby was visited and
urged to betray the hiding place of Gen.
Washington's ammunition; but to all
the pleadings and threats he turned a
deaf ear, and was heartily cursed for
his refusal.
I'VE will quit here at nine o'clock"
said the sergeant, at last. 1T is the
last moment of grace you have, boy"
It was seven, then.
Toby listened to the retreating foot
steps of the sergeant. and then the
guard resumed his tramp in front of the