Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-17

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on the battlefield. Washington replied
that he conceived his letter to be ex-
pressed in tcrms highly improper and
asserted his conviction that the words
which he had used when he met him re-
treating were warranted by the circum-
stances. lie charged Lee with a breach
of orders and misbehavior before the
enemy in not Attacking them, and in
taking an unnecessary, disorderly and
shameful retreat"
Lee demanded, in insulting language, q
court of inquiry. Washington sent Col.
SCANNED, the adjutant general, to put
Lee under arrest. He was tried and
dismissed from the service for twelve
months. He never served in the Ameri-
can army again, and while there was
never any direct proof that Molly's state
ments were true, historians of good rep.
utation repeat the .rumor that he did
plan to betray Washington and his army.
q . Il
Captain Maurice Fitzgerald and Anne.
liza, his betrothed bride. We're sitting on
the piazza of Harcourt Hall, from
whence they could see the plain below
and lane leading to it.
"Your uncle's death is a mystery to
me. Amelia" the captain of light horse
said, gloomily. "His own sword being
at his side would lead one to believe he
died in conflict"
She was about to make some response
when they saw n man in the uniform of
a British officer entering the gate and
walk down the path toward the house.
at is my friend, Col. Chester" cried
A,-1s, So
onel, who was very grave.
II have come, my dear friends, to make
what ihay seem startling revelations"
said the%c colonel, taking two official-look-
ing papers from his pocket.
docs it concern herr" asked Maurice.
ut concerns both OF you-all three of
U.S."
"Nhat do you mcan?' Amelia asked.
"The woman who persisted on the bat.
tlefield, known as Ruth Sanford, was
formerly Nancy Lake, your nurse dur
ing infancy. She leaves IN affidavit in
which she swears that the infant daugh.
ter of Hugh Harcourt was drowned, and
that You are the daughter of Sir Robert
Harcourt. Here is the sworn statement
of the Hindoo who persisted on the same
field, who states that he caused the co.
bra to he concealed in the bungalow of
Sir Robert, intending it to sting Sir Rob-
ert, his wife and child; but the child es.
capped"
"Why did he do that wicked thing?"
asked Amelia.
AT the i%nstisation of your uncle, John
Harcourt, WHO wished to be sole heir to
his elder brothers estate and title. Sir
Rnbnrt'S wifn was my SiStnrS
"And you are-"
"Amelia's UNCLE" he answered. "She
is my only relative on earth. and l have
come to say that I shall resign from the
army and look after her interests
Molly Pitcher spent several days at the
! old house before she rcjoined the army as
a hospital nurse.
Maurice served through the army as a
colonel of cavalry. lie was at Yorktown
| when CORVALLIS surrendered and heard
| the famous remark of the Yankee sol
| der:
General CORVALLIS amt Gineral Corn
wallis any more. Gincral Washington
has shelled all the corn off O. him, an
o he's just plain Gineral Corncob."
When the whitc-winged angel OF peace
once more lowered over the land Maurice
returned to Monmouth, where he found a
blushing, ro%sy-cheeSed maiden awaiting
him-her uncle, Colonel Chester, a re-
| spccted American citizen, at her side.
Harcourt Hall was no longer the
gloomy old house of yore. AS years went
by one little prattler after another open
cd bright eyes in the old building, and
| where children are, sad hearts and
gloomy homes cannot be found.
Molly Pitcher became a frequent Wis
itor at the house. She still wore her
military coat and cooked hat, and for
many years she was known as Captain
| Molly, the Heroine of Monmouth
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