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


Man Whiggery into blaze beat Tarie-
ton, sent CORVALLIS back, breathing
hard, to the seacoast II was the end
of the second campaign.
What will King George do nowf'
Anne asked Henry jubilantly.
His face was very grave as he an
swered: There Is only one thing left
IT'S stroke at the heart of the rebel
lion. And that heart Is here In Vir-
GINA" He guessed truly.
There were hasty preparations FOR
fight 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 horselnen had
ridden from Williamsburg In all direo-
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
vades. Her aunt was to fare even
farther, to Berkeley.
They waved brave goodbys through
tears TO the little group OF house ne
groes 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 ap-
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 q sad journey, but one per-
formed that day by more than one
household
Colonel Tillotson rode q part Of the
way beside the coach. "'Twill not be
for long," he insisted cheeringly. u
have assurance from MI Henry that
Washington will send troops before
spring breaks. He thought It would be
General Lafayette-the young French
marquis who passed through Williams
burg, you remember. Would washing
ton himself could conner he added fer
vently.
But his wife was not to be comforted
Colonel" she cried brokenly, Il feel
sure we shall never see GLADDEN. Hal
, again"
l More than once before spring came
tiptoeing down the trees Anne looked
( out to the north from quiet Castle Hill
= homesick for q sight Of Greenwa5
Court and Baron Fairfax. Weakness
. no ne In az m
!, to his chair, and he sat through thu
= long days sorrowfully patient as hi
. ancestor, the hero Of Naseby fight sa
: at Denton in Yorkshire, waiting thu
D coming Of the victorious banners of tn,
king.
. The beginnings Of the struggle haf
l found him doggedly wrathful.
I "'Bill Of rights aighT he woult
j. shout II want no benefit of it ! an
3 colonial and loyal"
u And when his neighbors contendet
7 that what they stood for was the OLE
y issue for which their ancestors brok
e pixies at Marston Moor he turned hi
: back upon them.
: In the Old Dominion there was com
J. parative tranquility, but even in tn
5 forest he had heard the first blare O
:, the kings armies in Boston and Ney
l. York with a hungering fear that dreS
his eyes often wistfully toward Noun
n Vernon There sat the lad he ha
9 trained and nodded, "the first soldle
q In Virginia." grave man. They whi'
pered evil things Of this mans lOyalt
J. now, but the baron for long shut hi
2 ears and would not hear.
q The time came soon when Tories weI
It hated, despised, driven by fire froI
q their homes, their property confiscate'
IL But this old man alone was not toucl
ed
10 Let the rebels comew he had roa
d, ed. pounding the floor with his thor
IN stick. Let them come! l met the II
ID dams here in IS, and I leave for I
81 cursed rebels. The king may not
N able to protect, but he will reimbur
ar me-"
at But Tories and Wings passed
10 alike, and not pound was touched
u his storehouse, not a horse taken fro
u his stables When the foragers swel
LII the valleys his field slaves skunk awe
with the rest but he had not hou
gu negro who did not stay with him
hr the end.
10 The final chapter was opened at Las
en- Lafayette was marching southwa
RI with twelve hundred Of Washington
Ia own light infantry. The word hi
Ut struck sharper than an adder's tooth
az the bloody SHOWS Of Valley Forge, I
10 pelting retreat through the Jersis
want rout encouragement and q
ne spair The king must win, and Geor
a. Washington was gone too far even I
IT. loves forgiveness. Now he sent I
ay rebels to his own natal colony to hi
w them In a final desperate attack at t
81 kings throat
IN After this news the baron took to
an couch and closed his doors against
x@or4 4, Tho xuor yUo oh n orf