The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-19
BY CLINTON ROSS.

Copyrighted. 1896, by Clinton Ross)
l saw the other Gay, driven rapidly
along the village street ait Windsor.
the present king Of England, William
~, handsome red-faced gentleman
of the Hanoverian house. 1 have seen
in my day, which has included much
active service for my country, three
kings of this house, George III, whom
we fought, and George ", the first
gentleman of Europe, and now in my
old age, his present majesty Watch
ing him in his coach with the be-
wigged, putting postillions. and the
Windsor folk bending at right and left
( was reminded of how in 1882. after
Lord CORVALLIS defeat, he was, a boy
OF 10, midshipman with Admiral
Digby, sent over among us because the
KING, his father, fondly hoped that
dphe presence of a prince of the blood
royal might regain him some of the
americans lost loyalty Everybody
knows what really happened: and how
colonel Matthias Ogden of the Jersey
llne proposed at Morristown. March %.
1tS2, the plan to cross the river in
whale boats on some darkish rainy
hlght and to take his royal highness,
ana the admiral, who were lodged to-
2ether In a house in Hanover square
The plan pleased our commander-in-
chief, then flushed with the great sue
cess at Yorktown and the certainty of
complete victory. His exceilency warn
ed Colonel Ogden of the necessity of
the utmost discretion, and of the due
respect Tor the neutral ground from
Newark to Railway and four miles
back. have before me now the letter
of introduction to Ogden: 'The spirit
or enterprise, so conspicuous in your
plan for surprising in their quarters,
and bringing off Prince William Henry
and Admiral Digby merits applause"
Never was attempt more daring
than Ogden's; with his captain, subal-
tern, three sergeants and thirty-six
men. The hazard of it appealed to our
general, who himself had dared and
won so much against sthe greatest
odds. In my memory I contrast him
with these Hanoverian princes who are
not English at all-ithe Virginian gem
Tlemen, this first COMMUNICATIVE chief
Of the American armies-the greatest
Anglo-Saxon. For we after all, Brit
ish and American, are at this date still
Anglo-Saxons, and, it seems to me, the
three greatest Englishmen that ever
lived were Hurry the Fifth who won
Crecy, and Cromwell who, too, made
English arms feared throughout Chris
tendon, and Washington of Mount YER
non, who did a greater thing than the
others, in that he made English arms
feared by Englishmen themselves.
But this attempt on the little En-
gliSh prince failed. The historians say
the matter was noised. The real cir
cumstances are left for me to relate
now for the first time.
About April g. as I remember, the
general wrote to Colonel ogden he had
been informed that Sir Henry had
doubled the guards about the house in
Hanover square, "a circumstance l
prised Of
The third night after about 10 o'clock |
the general was seated before his fire, |
for it was goldfish still, in the house |
at ewburgh. Tt was the end of |
long and tiresome days work, filled |
with perplexities; for he never had |
more than during these days of the |
beginning of peace. The last visitor
had gone, he thought, and he was still |
at his desk looking UP some private pa |
pers relating to a boundary line of one |
of his Virginian properties, when an /
orderly entered apologetically.
"A visitor, Your Excellency."
AT this hour" said he YEARLY, st
told YOU"
But you left instructions that any
one from Colonel Ogden should be
Colonel Ogden?" he questioned,
turning about.
This is very peculiar, Your Elk
a young woman"
What kind of young woman?"
- country girl -
From Colonel Ogden? Are you
sure?"
She has the password. and says she
is from him.
He hesitated before ordering this
messenger admitted.
\ girl, perhaps of 10, roughly
dressed, undeniably pretty, entered
as if abashed. Her blue
eyes avoided his.
IF might see you alone. Your Ex-