Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-24

sternly one day after Groam had re-
ported that scarce fifty slaves remained
in the quarters, IAN the British come
here. are you going to run away too?'
Mis- Anne" he complained appeal
ingly. don yo know no spectacle mig
ger gwine ter list'n ter dem shif'less
trash whut go ramshacklin' crIOun
wldout no homes? Dee ain no count.
Yo' couldn' swap EN- off 70 shucks.
Yo' knows | ain nuyver gwine leabe
de plantation whar wuz drug up. Dat
CORVALLIS! Huh! Dis niger smell de
birthstone whut's huntin' TO him"
when the sky looked blacklist came
General Nathaniel Greene into the
south. young, light hearted and eager
And what did he not accomplish? lie
welded anew the scattered remnants
of Gates army, famed North CAROLYN
ian Whiggery into blaze, beat Tarle-
ton. sent CORVALLIS back, breathing
hard, to the seacoast. IL was the end
of the second campaign.
What will King George do now?"
Anne asked Henry jubilantly.
His face was very grave as he an
swered: There is only one thing left.
'Tis a stroke at the heart OF the rebel
lion. And that heart is here in Vir-
ginia." He guessed truly.
! There were hasty preparations for
flight throughout the lower peninsula
on that snow shod day when the traitor
Arnolds fifty ships came to anchor off
jamestown island. The sky was cell
ing Of translucent gray. The stubby
Cedars trailed sweeping boughs of crys-
tailed beryl, and every shrub was cased
In argent armor. Fleet horsemen had
ridden from Williamsburg in all direc-
tons rousing the frozen countryside.
At noon Anne took her place In the
chariot beside Mrs. Tillotson. bound for
DR.. Walkers of Castle Hill, far enough
north to be beyond the reach of the in
vaders. Her aunt was to fare even
farther, to Berkeley.
They waved brave goodbys through
tears to the little group of house ne
sroes whimpering on the porch. RASH
leigh was TO go with the remaining
servants to Brandon, Nanny Evaline
was left In charge OF the place. and
John the Baptist, her son, was TO care
for the horses and run them OFF on APP
proach of the British. The'house linen
and silver Anne had buried with her
own hands, and the family portraits
had been hidden under the stables.
1t was sad journey. but one per-
formed that day by more than one
household.
/ Colonel Tillotson rode part of the
way beside the coach. Twill not be
for long" he insisted cheeringly. II
have assurance from Mr.. Henry that
Washington will send troops before
spring breaks. He thought 1t would be
General Lafayette-the' young French
marquis who passed through Williams
burg, you remember. Would Washing
ton himself could comet" he added fer
vently.
But his wife was not to be comfOrted.
Colonel" she cried brokenly, Il feel
sure we shall never see GLADDEN. Hall
again"
More than once before spring came
uptoeing down the trees Anne looked
out to the north from quiet Castle Hill.
homesick for sight of Greenway
Court and Baron Fairfax. Weakness
and age had at last sent the old man
TO his chair, and he sat through the
long days sorrowfully patient, as his
ancestor, the hero Of Naseby fight, sat
at Denton In Yorkshire, waiting the
coming OF the victorious banners Of the
King.
The beginnings Of the struggle had
found him doggedly wrathful.