Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-07-15

Groam, the overseer, with cowhide uD-
der his arm and his old Tontenoy bell
mouth tower musket strapped on his
back, still walked his horse with fer
ret eyes under his broad brimmed hat
But there was little leaf raised, and the
wharfs at the foot Of the lawn were
overgrown with weeds.
Inside the great house there were the
same candle lighted dining room, the
high backed chairs, the tall, cumbrous
clock, the portraits, the polished side
board rejecting the slender stemmed
glasses But the meals were silent
Anne's trouble hung over the house
hold in shadow that wns not tighten
ed by the presence of vaster ones near
at hand. She had sorrowed with that
fostering sorrow that is self accusatory.
And to know that never SO few, aware
of her part In that Philadelphia scene,
believed her to have done q heroic
thing was like an added death to her.
For time she had fled for refuge TO
her old passion for the Cause. But the
/ effort failed.
One day early in the new year, when
frost like seed pearl, Colonel Tillotson
| brought to GLADDEN. Hall the news of
how 1.-The old fox of Mount Vernon" by
q willy double across the icy Delaware,
had taken the Hessians at Trenton.
Anne heard II alphabetically. To her
despair, victory and defeat spelled the
same.
When the door closed upon her, the
colonel looked at his wife silently.
"And she still believes in himP'
"As she believes in u.s." replied the
lady softly. Colonel" she said keenly,
you have heard news"
aye" he answered after a pause,
I have A reply came to Mr. Henry 8
confidential inquiries today. There Is
no doubt that Armand 10 the same
prisoner who escaped from the Ouch
ess Of Gordon off Amboy last August
Thank Godp' breathed Mrs Tillot-
son fervently. II am glad can't help
It."
ANNE had better not know, TyDI
do her no possible good"
Colonel" said the lady decisiveiy
IN this l must have my way. l an
going to tell her Just as fast as can
She rose. laid aside her knitting, tool
up q candle and left him standing dubi
ously before the fire
The light came back to Anne like thu
spring sun. The great horror was gone
, and In spite of the wars gloom Glad
:, den Hall grew more cheerful again
She devoured the columns OF the Go
zettes and read eagerly letters whicl
came to Henry from abroad
These told her how the Reprisnl
, lodging the British sloops az war, hat
, landed Benjamin Franklin safely Il
Nantes, Of his meeting there with Beau
] marchais and of his reception tn Pari
at the little hotel in the Rue Viei1e dl
: Temple, where mercantile sign o
"RoderiQue Hortalez & Co." hid pleas
J ant conspiracy whose object was tn
furnishing of war supplies to the Amer
= lean colonists, and whose client part
ners were prime minister and q king
: Somewhere, she thought, there In hi
j own land perhaps Armand was safe
s not believing in her, but free and III
= condemned.
o The sound Of war came nearer whe
Howe's fleet sailed into the Chesapeake
4 and when Henry, summoned tn hast
e from Hanover, called out the militif
e She watched them march through Wi
liamsburg, sixty-four companies stropl
d but the fleet and the army II carrie
sailed on to beat back Washington q
d Brandywine, to enter Philadelphia an
|; turn the grave town Into an orgy {
4 Tory rejoicing.
So the months passed in alternai
r hope and despair Spring unfurie'
d summer dropped its blooms autum
d singed glebe and copse, SNOW fell an
n purified the earth stains, And at la
Virginia knew that Burgoyne had bee
l. entrapped in the northern forests; thu
z Philadelphia had been evacuated; thl
IT the cord which was to encircie u
T. throat Of the rebellion had snappe,
that France had recognized indepen
q ence and made a treaty of alliance wit
d the United States.
4 There followed q closer chmpail
70 when Lord Germaine, the kings W,
minister, having failed to strangle Il
10 monster, attacked its extremities, VIII,
20 the redcoats swept into the southel
harbOrs, when Savannah and Angus
y. fell, when Lincoln's army was cang
II at Charlestown and Oates routed
m Camden, and these were the south
r darkest days
ID 1t knew there was no hope from L
army IN the north-meager, III clothf
IA half starved, without magazines, q
n. senals or credit Washington Il
/, watching like a hawk Citnton's 100
~ men at New York, hoping for an {
~ fective force from France, waiting wi
nj the sublime patience which more thi
al all else made him a great soldier.
Virginia bore her burdens unco
a plainingly, giving Of her substance
the struggle, while the slaves viii
10 CORVALLIS sent scamperfng from bul