New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
WOLCOTT SOUTHST,
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which they half dragged them across the ground
| appeared to be heavy. Rusty iron ladies'. tin pans
| and bullet moulds followed the baskets, and were
| laid on the grass near by Apparently some sort
| of bee" was in progress. As women will, they
| talked they worked
| Il wonder why they didn't bring the head?'
observed one Of the women, she lifted from a
| basket queer shaped piece of metal which looked
| like chunk of lustreless gold full of crowfeet-
| like ridges, and dropped 1t into the pot the
4 hottest fire. That would have made a lot OF
bullets. His heavy old brains brought this war.
| and it would be fine to turn some of them his
| hired soldiers. They would be of some use then.
Those who brought the pieces here say that when
| the crowd tore down the statue in Bowling Green
they cut the head off and took it in a wheebarrow
| TO the Governor"
Il should like to know what Tryon thought when
he saw the wheelbarrow rolled up in front of his
door and the head OF his-bah, not rnajesty-taken
out?" said second woman, as she tossed into the
kettle another piece of the leaden statue with its
coating of tarnished gilt, and WATCHED 1t as as 1t
spread out in film the bottom Did they bring
all the statue?'
the re we q had Or be ee D
1ay in the wagon; TO hide them, and We're lost lost
didn't dare lantern. The pieces would
We're ertunae to get SO much Of the Statue here
for there are many Tories along the road, you
Wolcott household. The night they reached here
was dark one There was knock on the door that
one could hardly hear, it was light One of us
went 70 the door and found two or three men
darkness behind them wagon. We knew we
GSud trust you one Of The & men ms SAID and knowing
present least, brought the statue which the
it until it could be melted and bullets. We
need the lead We told them that we I were glad
en-; 1t occurred to me sfterward that we could
unloaded the wagons into the cellar. and then we
gave them hot supper
lead melted. Then the ladies' were brought into
service The lead was poured INTO M the moulds and
dropped into pans. Where they rolled around like
Psn eond of be lifted 50 # 0I not M
the women to accomplish the work in one day,
melted and cast 42,o8S bullets, enough to
Lftchfield and New-Mford within days
march Of each other. One day militia company
in the latter town captured noted Tory. They
rubbed it in TO speak. by obligng him TO
capture one of his geese for a purpose which he
could not mistake. Then they set out for Ltchfied.
the country seat, marching their prisoner. with his
goose slung over his shoulder, before them. He
took the journey with poor and his footsteps
Jagged under the weight of his burden long before
he had reached the end of his march. The climb
to the crest of the Litchfeld hill presents many
beautiful scenes but for him there was no charm
in the landscape.
Hurry up. there old mani" some of the
men would call out from time to time. I'VE want
saved yourself and this little journey if you had
let the King be hanged. Now, you what sort
of you've got yourself into There will be
short work made Of you. If we can't find any one
to handle your case legally. We've got to get back
home
What with the gibes of his captors and the
curious questioning looks and remarks of those
passed on the way as they & saw the man with his his
for him It was dark when their destination was
grim in its hunor that as you are 80 so Y tired a after
ride He was then ordered 10 pick UP his goose;
fire was R built on the grass sufice to say that
the man received coat Of tar and feathers and
The sport being the COMPANY slept Of on the The
home leaving their victim behind. Like all normal
New wEnglanders heir appetites were in good
village, two or three miles below LitchfeId, they
known as Pine Tree House. the home of Tory
named Syvanus Bishop they demanded breakfast
There was nothing FOR her to do but bring out her
& Mare @ and & Supply & of osssa sa5ned ana
the rolled the soft metal plates up. tucked
their appreciation Of the hospitality they had re-
seived fred round dot Of BULLETS .s at the door OF the
A romance that would have furnished Haw-
thorne with an excellent subject for of his
psychological studies its course in Ltchfield
in the first half of the last century 1t was the
romance of Archbishop Bayley, OF Baltimore, and
a Iitchfeld belle of that time This is the way
the story is told in the Connecticut hill town
Archbishop Bayley, before he became convert
to the Roman Catholic faith and member of its
clergy was clergyman in the Episcopal Church.
He is said have been a strikingly handsome
man. possessed of qualities Of heart and mind
that endeared him to those with whom he came in
contact. The young tall and graceful |
Her complexion fair and her hair flowed back |
from her forehead in waves Of pure gold Her |
blue and deep She had received every |
q
afforded 10 There was that about her |
bearing which showed her to be of regal spirit |
At the age of twenty-five she was a woman full |
of attraction for of fine sensibilties. She |
fly but by who could fathom the DEPTHS of |
her nature and become its master She was still |
heart free when she met the young Episcopal |
clergyman In him the tall, graceful woman found
the to whom she was willing to give her |
self Her love was reciprocated, and for a time |
life joyous thing for both of them.
mains a mystery. Some said that IL a re- |
Igious conviction and others that It the op- /
position OF friends OF the young women Whateve-
clergyman met Cardinal McCloskey, and. possibly
attracted by the beautiful symbolism of the Roman |
Catholic Church In the hour of loneliness accepted
the Cardinals invitation 10 take upon himself the
of the priesthood.
The woman also became Catholic, and entered |
convent, to the great surprise OF society of the
after short period she ned from the convent. Ali |
sorts OF speculetions had been set ahoat and for
few years she lived in retirement at her home in
timely close by lingering illness. Some there |
were who. knowing the circumstances Of her life |
said that she died Of a broken heart
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