The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-20
1uF GREAT VERMONT STORY
qHE RAN GERS
OR,
THE TORY'S DAUGHTER.
lN JUDGE u. Z. THOMPSON.
VOLUME III.
CHAPTER Ill. Continued. J

uo1 M there, Sargeant Burt !" erie,
p,mcy don't fire yet. Let us spar,
, u"' lives If We can. Purdy," he con
..innrd, turning to the man on hi
",St won concealed may give tn,
,;;r-maI row, for the reserve platoon,
:, Gont and rear to advance and clos,
~ .non fine road. The minute is nearl,
o O and perceive we have got tc
ma;e A demonstration before they will
surrender -
The sirnal howl was then accordingly
,iren. aaJ, to the great JOY of the as
-,;ants. immediately answered Petit
Eonc who having reached his destina-
ion in the rear of the house, and
ssen the tories decamping, was now,
I'm another man cautiously advanc
i,a towards the scene of action in the
..,,d while nearly at the same moment
as if strangely happened, the sharp
"anorts Of three pistols, fired in quick
Succession rang through the forest a
short distance on the road to the north.
The noise OF fire arms which, to the as
,,ilants portended rencounter be-
twnen Peters and WOODBURY. and filled
hem with anxiety for the fate of the
after was taken by the tories as
an answer of the signal from the pre-
tended corps in front, and SO completed
their dismay that some of them threw
dawn their arms, and began TO cry out
torquarter
"The minute is out: shall we fire,
Cantain Barney?' exclaimed Bart, in a
tone Of impotence.
''Your answer, Captain Rose, ''stern-
i demanded Barney-''your answer
tbis instant. OIL
"Iyield," said the reluctant tory
leader. We surrender ourselves pris-
onprs Of war, "
TITS we'll. sir responded the former
aLay down your arms, then here in the
road. advance twenty PAGES, and wait
further orders
While this order, which was given for
thedoubla purpose of enabling the vic
TORS TO get between the tories and their
guns and to give time for Pettipone and
his associates to come up. was be
inc carried into effect, Bart, who had
been burning with Impatience for
chance to 20 to the assistance of his
endangered lIltuu NOJbDuIu SluIh
Doselessly from his post and made his
way with all possible speed towards
the spot from when ce the noise of
the firing appeared to proceed. But let
Ms now return to note the issue be-
tween the horsemen. Woodburn, hav-
ing come in sight of his antagonist
soon after crossing the river, and the
latter then taking the alarm the chase
had proceeded as witnessed by Bart
till the parties struck into the by road
leading to the tory rendezvous; when
the former, concluding thatPeters would
not have turned in here without the
expectation of finding friends and de-
tenders near. now redoubled his exer-
tons to overtake him. and bring on an
encounter while it would have to be
iesided by Individual prowess and be
fore his foe should reach assistance to
render the pursuit futile or dangerous.
But notwithstanding his efforts, he
soon lost sight of the others in the
turn Of the winding. and thickly EN-
powered path which they soon entered
Expecting, however the next turn in
the road would reveal the object of his
pursuit he dashed ahead some dis
lance; when, becoming satisfied that
bis antagonist had given him the slip
by riding out of the road into some
nook or side path in the wood, he
traced his way nearly to the open