New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

flames hickered in the draught Of cold air from
the open door. ,
.ewho are your" Mr. Lewis called down the stair
way. What do you want?
IF YOU keep quiet you'll be unharmed. otneF-
wise you'll be taken care Of 1ouH kho" oui
business very soon" the reply.
.1-eodxy the soldiers were getting together the
vegetables fruit and salted meat stored In the
cellar and such articles on the main moor as 'hes
wished A few came up the slalls' aii'
brushing by Mr.. Lewis, began to pull the quills
from the beds without waiting for the occupants
IN get I'D So stunned the head Of the mouse
that for moment he could do nothing. RESIST
apce seemed useless. The men lald the oeo coNei
ings on the floor and, pulling out oIamr we tben1 @
opening chests, piled up their contents Oh i3
The wearing apparel of the family even @ ta' ,iii az
of one of the chests soldier took roii o1 WI
tinenta bills. ,t,aa AR Lewis
THAT Is ali the money have 1t can be OF no use
10 .3S SS" indeed" tauntngIy replied the officer II
think they would serve for a bonfire ana ne
thrust the roll into his & pScke the soldiers visited
lying in trundle bed. was Phoebe the Sained tWeIve
yeaold daughter That winter She she eD had Just
Fnished successfully her first stint As she lay IN IN
I,deT nTI her ewes opened wide she saw one toss
upon the heap the dark blue yarn iid men down TO
the edge nearest her bed. ,.,.
.They shan{ {,nneg hnes HI his back for moment
small hand slid over the edge OF me pea' Htbing
1Ie b Solder turned about throw something else
on the pile, and then continued ms if dar az
her and lay upon it In the glut Of plunder II was
not missed, and she saved her oit OF nancy bHole
In an adjoining room. when the soIqeIs o Dlohe
into the house, was sleeping Jabez Hunungton ,on
angaped to an older daughter OF Mr. Lewis The
soldiers entered his room soon after pursuing in'o
's fine fellow to eay Leave Tn behind bt y
DO Considerable damage if YOU had IA gun m in your
hand, so / think you had best go with US ..o ,.-
,,ark a piaGM and the young man quickly dressed;
When the plunder had been eonected me me Pats tb
only bed clothing that had not been taken. When
DAYLIGHT tRf5 s6 bPoggh geh them food and cloth
ing To1nlnson taken to Long Island ana lIo,n p,
there to New-York where he was imprisoned IN
the old sugar House for nearly two years Through
the conniyanee Of G guard ne to nhay setsne the
circumstances Of his CAPTURE and fprlso1nemI ato no
begging for reease Iness Of the letter which
he could hardly believe TO be the conposlu9h OF
student an interview and subsequently allowed
him return to his friends The meeting pew petwesn t
had been unable to hear and to whom he had been m
unable write for two years, is not described IN
the tale It has come down
.pre..v Abbie Folsome the blacksmith's daugh-
fer has married lord, and he's gone away ana
left her He'll never come back to her. warrant
you"
This was the piece Of information which got
abroad in stratford day a few weeks after the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and the com
nent of the gossips upon IT.
John Folsome the village blacksmith, and a
stalvart patrfot as well. He would brook no Brit
ish insolence and his muscular right arm was ever
ready for service in revenging any act or thelrs
His daughter. Pretty Abbie Folsome." was as
spirited her father, moreover beautlIul OF ieat-
ure and graceful Of form.
When General Silliman was taken from his home
at Fairfield night and carried across the
Sound to Long Island prisoner. John Foisome
was anxious for revenge.
TN make them pay for that he would say
bringing his hammer down the anvil with a
clang full of emphasis And he did, but he did not
know the fruit which it was to bear He planned a
retaliatory expedition to Long Island to capture
a royalist there. Judge Jones John Folsome and
brought TO Stratford captive While there he
Miss Abbie." and was much Impressed with her
In the course Of time Judge Jones's release was
effected, and he went to New ork Here oln-
ner & was sir giHen iHsn e sfrling h huHief
And what toast do you the udge seesf e
these d rebels, who will never admit that they
Neither. replied the judge. rising in his place
1T is beautiful women neautlrut woman dasth -
Some time after Yorktown Judge Jones and Lord n
Stirling were riding over the NewYork and Bos-
ton Turnpike through the coast towns OF western
I'VE shall soon be at stratford said the judge
as he cantered up alongside Lord Stirling AND I'd
You don't agree with me and admit that l was
right in proposing the toast III never propose an an
other one You fellows laughed, but she is girl
worthy of any mans wooing. ~
well Introduce me to your blacksmiths daugh-
fer and TN tell YOU whether you are right or not
she must be remarkable # she's what you claim
for her Beauty is not Of the characteristics
of most of these village maidens. They nave TO
work too hard over their pots and pans
They were me Village street IN inc as
tance could be heard the cang OF the blacksmiths $
hammer You may hear the blacksmith at work
ns h1~ Miss sraSs abbie Prem rPemarked the Judge
Opportunity did favor, and Lord Stirling delayed
aSc Hama from fha Will a
he had gone. Another week passed, and then
a third. and ne still there One day he rode
away toward New-York, and shortly the little town
stirred by the news that Lord Stirling had won
the heart and hand of the blacksmth's pretty
L., ax,d had allodo lar Erpra h.