Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-06-14

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crevces of the climbing step by step, till yellow
flowers waving highest peak of the gable spicy
herb dfused pleasant odor through the ruin vedan heap
vegetation had covered the hearth of the second floor clustering
the very spot where the huge logs had moudered glowing
and hourshed beneath the broad e which had often pulled
smoke circle of French English soldiers felt that there
was other token of decay impressive that bed
the place of the backlog. brE-
Here with those roofess walls about the clear sky
over head sunshine falling gently bright
through the wndowframes and doorway heard the tnkhg
cow-be the ttering BIRDS and the pleasant hum of insects
once butterfly with four godpecked wings and u
tered about head then flew and lighted the highest
OF yellow flowers and last took wing the lake Next bee
buzzed through the sunshine found much among the
weeds After watching him till he off to his distant hive,
closed my Ticonderoga and cast deam-lke
glance of the and which this had
been the theatre
At first my fancy only the hills lonely lakes, and
venerable woods Not their seeds first scattered
over the infant SOIL had felt the but had and -four
sed through its long generation had fallen beneath the weight of
years been buried and noushed the of others
gigantic Hank! light paddle dips into the lake, birch
gdes round the point and Indian chief has passed
painted and eathercrested armed with bow of hickory
tomahaw and hnheaded But the ripple had hardly
ished from the when white flag caught the
castle in the Wilderness with frownng rampat and hundred
There stood French chevaer, fortress
paying lady the princess of the land
winning her wild love by the which had been successful with
Partisan DANES waparty of French and Indians issuing
from the village Of New England Near
with the maids deeper the wood redmen
were growing frantic around keg of frewae and elsewhere
Jesuit preached the faith high cathderas beneath canopy
boughs English
scalp
tried pictures old French war;
when fleets the lake and armies the woods and especially
Abercrombie disastrous epu where thousands of lives
utterly thrown away but being loss how order the
chose evening the barracks after the fortress had
rendered Sir Jeffrey Amherst What immense fire bazes
that hearth cleaning swords byone and and
blending with the hue of the scarlet till the whole barack
quiverng with uddy light One soldier has thrown him
self down after deerhunt perhaps long through
the woods with Indians his trail Two stand wrese and
the point coming blows ffer plays shr
panment drummers songa strain OF light love and bloody
with chorus Numbered forth by voices Meantime
pressing Deingen Fonenoye
camp-tradion Marbooughs battles till pipe having
been rough charged with gnpowde makes terrible explosion
under his And they all vanish puff smoke
the chimney
merely glanced the ensuing twenty years which glded
peacefully the frontier fortress till Ethan Aliens shout
heard summoning great Jehovah
and of Continental Congress- Strange allies thought
British captain Next the hurried OF the soldiers OF
liberty when the of Bugone pointing down upon their
stronghold the brow Mount Defiance
queror Ticoneoga No virgin this the
motley hrong the barracks wearing and
the Union another the red Britain dragons
jacket and fourth frock; here pair leather
breeche and striped there grenader cap
hat with tall next this fell
low shouldering kings that might throw bullet Crown
Point and his comrade long fowlngpece, admirable
ducks the lake In the midst OF the hustle fortress
warlike ringing bell on the
lake made suddenly uncoe and behold only gray
and weedgrown They peaceful in the
riors grave
Fastening rampant perceived signal had been
Franklin, which
Whitehall the and resumed its progress
the morning sloop pursuing same
track little sif had just crossed the ferry while laden
with lumber spread its huge SAIL and the lake The
cultivated Within the
ramparts the villa OF Mr. Pe Who the Revolution
proprietor spot which France England and
struggled How forcbv of