New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-12
up the posts and placed them a little

81 well CLdt Gue nrSU IOE1eS WHO 8udu
attempted to cross were caught in
the quicksand and one man and two
horses were lost In the confusion
which followed the whole band had
been well peppered with shot by the
concealed Americans. The intention
had been to move the posts back
the next morning, but Godfrey knew
this had not been done, and his heart
misgave him when he thought OF
Jane. -.
The plot filled him with loathing,
at once so wicked and SO foolish was
it. Such underhand doings were not
his idea of warfare, yet it was these
same wild spirits who had conceived
it that he was trying to weld into
body of recruits.
When the creek came into view the
carriage was just entering the stream
between the posts. With a shout of
warning, he dashed forward. AS he
drew nearer, he saw that the off
horse, was already beginning to sink,
while the carriage lurched danger.
ously.
Flinging himself from his horse.
Worthington snatched Jane from the
carriage and carried her to place of
safety. His next move was to rescue
Aunt Rachel and Nanny Anne, while
under his direction Gabriel began
search for a piece of rope under the
box-seat, where a supply of such
things were usually kept in those
days of bad roads and frequent
breakdowns. Absalom had already
cut the horses loose from the car
rage, and by means of the lines was
dragging the near-horse, which had
sunk only a little way, back to firm
ground. The off-horse was already
nearly in to his belly, and the task of
rescuing him was serious one.
Slowly, doggedly, physical strength,
prevailed over natures treachery,
and gradually the horse was
dragged, all bruised and bleeding and
stunned with fright, to the ground.
II don't understand Jane said. Il
an all in daze. Here are the sign
posts, and yet this isn't the ford. The
ford is there. How does it come that
the posts have been moved?''
Worthington hung his head. cit
was done last night, I believe" he
answered unwillingly and falteringly,
which was against Aim, "by some
hoodlums to deceive a party Of
Tories. who were coming this way"
'To deceive some Tories? By hood
lums? And what hoodlums, pray,
would stoop to a thing so low but
those who are your partisans-you,
doubtless, among them? Oh, shame,
shame! TO think that such atrocities
could be Capt. Worthington, I am
obliged to you for the assistance you
have rendered me and my party this
morning, but I hope that this will
be the last occasion upon which we
shall meet. Never again do 1 wish
to look upon the face of one who
could lend himself to trick so base.
Absalom, mount Elan, who does not
seem so much the worse for his ex-
perience, and ride back home as fast
as you can for more horses. IT'S
useless to think of proceeding to my
aunt's to-day. If we can but get back
home in safety, we may consider our
selves most fortunate in these brutal
times. Meanwhile, I will walk to
Squire Henry's. IT'S but mile"
She started off, Aunt Rachel and
her black nanny following, and
Godfrey let her go without word
of explanation or defense. He told
himself that if Jane could find it in
her heart to accuse him of deed
at once so dastardly and so childish,
naught that he could say would have
weight with her. The loyal girl
friend of his childhood and boyhood
was dead; the Jane who would once
have flown to his defense had others
accused him of what she had herself
laid at his door was no more. w.
She could fly into a passion over a
deed which she imputed to him, but
he had heard no word of condemna-
ton from her lips of Bessemer's
barbarous treachery in firing upon
an enemy during a flag of truce and
of slaughtering opponents who
begged for quarter. Nay, had she
not received the monster into her
house with friendliest hospitality
Immediately after his outrageous
action?
When he had done all he could
for the exhausted horse, Worthing-
ton mounted his own and rode away,
but not through the forest this time.
He took the road that lay along the
creek, sandy and barren and DESC
late, better suited to his mood than
the close, sweet intimacy of the
woods. @ 2.
Turning suddenly to the right, he
entered a ravine along whose rocky
| bottom ran swift-fowing stream.
Following this for tedious distance,
while his horse snorted and shook his
head in frequent protest over the
roughness of the way, he finally
came within sight of curl of blue
smoke, and it was not long before he
| was able to see that the smoke arose
from campfire.
Scattered along the rocky base
and edges of the ravine, at con-
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