New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-07

the lash of his anger and not less
under the misconstruction he had put
upon the motive of her confession;
then she moved towards, the window.
It looked out upon angOctober sun
set. To the north and west crimson
curtain had been dropped, and against
this curtain was clearly the figure of
Col. Bessemer as he rode towards the
river.
A heavy fog had wrapped the little
town and it's environments in chill
embrace when, next morning, the
British rode out from their quarters.
It was not yet four O'Clock, and the
sun had not thought of rising; nor
was there a streak of dawn. The
troops rode silently, for their mission
must be performed quietly or not at
all. It was, in truth, to capture some
new batteries on the French side
which had only been completed the
day before and were supposed to be
poorly guarded. If the effort were
successful, it was proposed to throw
the whole weight of the British army
against the weakened point and cut
through road of escape.
Bessemer and his legion were in
the lead, for it was his plan and he
was to take the brunt of its execu-
ton. He and his men went forward
gallantly; they swarmed upon the
batteries; they captured them-but,
ere the rest of the British force could
come up, the alarm had been sounded
along the French and American lines:
guards rushed to the relief of the
assailed point, and the British were
driven back, leaving their dead and
wounded strewn along the batteries;
leaving there too the body of their
leader.
It was the last attempt of the
British save one to escape from the
tolls which held them, and when that
last effort had been made and foiled,
it was little wonder that Lord Corn
wallis gave up in despair, nor that
he should send proposals for sur
render to Mr.. Washington.
The day Of the surrender dawned
fair, but Jane refused to go with her
triumphant aunt to see the spectacle.
She felt that it was a small enough
act of loyalty towards both the dead
Bessemer and the living Edward to
remain away from scene that would
have been so humiliating to both had
they been present to witness it.
But Aunt Susannah was deferred
by no such scruples, and, arrayed in
all the finery she could muster, with
her head held very high, she set forth
to view the pageant.
The spectacle was well worth COM
ing miles to see, and many had so
come. There was surprising con-
course Of onlookers considering the
smallness of the town, the poor IA
cilities for travel between the place
of surrender and the surrounding
country, as we'll as the haste with
which the whole affair had been
arranged.
Upon the left stretched the long
line of French troops; upon the right,
the even longer line of Americans
with Washington, the one splendid
figure, upon his white charger at
their head. The appearance of the
triumphant armies was shabby. The
uniforms showed the hard work of
the seige; the mud-stains of the
trenches; the powder burns; the mill
dew patches woven by foggy nights
and hot days. OF the Americans,
many were threadbare, and not few
in tatterS.
Between these faded columns came
the British in their bright new
clothes which CORVALLIS had that
morning, in a final squirt of lavish,
ness, ordered issued; but if their garb
was bright their faces were in con-
trast. With sullen countenances,
downcast eyes, and leaden tread they
marched down the long, wide aisles
that had been left for them, their
colors cased and their drums beatisg
| sardonically that appropriate tune,
''The World is Turned Upside Down. -
| 1t was after the ceremonies were
over that Mrs. Ellery and Godfrey
met, for young Worthington, it
seemed, was a captain of infantry
in Gen. Washington's army, and his
had been one of the very companies
that engaged in the defeat of Besse-
mer on the foggy morning SO fatal
| to that warrior. Nothing would do
but Aunt Susannah must carry him
back in triumph with her to the house
where she and Jane and Edward were
quartered, and on the way Mrs.
Ellery's tongue was not idle.
AS they entered the doorway of
the house Jane was just descending
the stairs, on her way to the dining
room for some food for Edward. AT
sight of Godfrey the color-consider-
ably dimmed by events of the past
| months-deserted her cheeks, and she
laid her hand upon the balustrade for
support. 1t was surprising how SC
stable a woman as Aunt Susannah
could melt away SO quickly, but dis
appear she did, and Worthington and
Jane were left the only occupants OF
the hall. 49,
"Jane." He came swiftly towards
her. "Jane, your aunt has just told