Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-13

srars courtiJ manner OF speech set
fiy blood tingi-Lg. : seeu'd TO grow .
FIJI two inches taller and when. I'm the
vale we parted. be directing me to the
let. where through a gap I could see
Sir Deviifs troop forming at some five
hundred PAGES distance. I felt a very
desperate warrior. indeed. and set OF
at a run. with Billy behind me.
'Twould be tedious 90 tell the whole
OF this long fight. which. beginning
soon after sunrise. ended not tiil four
in the afternoon. or eabouts: and
indeed OF the whole my recollection is
but continual advance and repulss.
But at O'Clock we. having been for
the sixth time beaten back. were pant
Ing under cover or a hedge. and Sir
John Berkeley. near by. was writing on
a drumkead some message 10 the
camp. when there comes a young man
on horseback. his face smeared with
dirt and dust. and rides mp TO him
and Sir Bevin. Twas II have since
lesrn'dl 20 say that the powder was all
spent but n barrel OF two. but this
only the captains knew II the time.
VERY well. then cries sir Beviil.
leaping up gaily. Come along boys
we must DO II this time" And. the
troop forming. once more the trumpets
sounded the charge. and up nc went
Away along the slope we heard the
other trumpetcrs sounding in answer.
aud I believe twas a sursum cordial
20 all OF Us.
Billy Pottery was ranged on my
right. in the first rank. and next 10 me.
on the other side. giant. near seven
foot high. who said his name was An
thony Payne. and his business 20 act
as body-scrvant 10 Sir Bevin. And he
IL was that struck up a mighty curious
song in tho Cornish tongue. which the
rest took mp with a viii. Twas in
credible how IL put fire into them all.
and Sir Beviu tOSs'd his hat into the
air: and after him Ike schoolboys we
pelted straight FOR the masses ahead
For now over the rampant came a
f company OF red musketeers. and two
/ OF russet-ciad pikemen. charging down
on Us. a moment. and we were crushed
back; another. and the chant rose
again We were graphing hand 90
/ hand I'm the midst Of their files.
Taking breath. saw the enemy melt
ing of the summit like a mans breath
or "a pane. And Sir Bevill caucht my
hand and pointed across 10 where. ON
the north side. n white standard EN-
broidered with gold grithns was mount
Ing
"'Tis dear Nick Slanning~' De cried.
God Doe praised-the day is ours for
certain"
The rcs- OF this signal victory lin
which 1900 prisoners were taken. be-
sides the Msior-Gcncral Chudlei-h. and
all the rebels camp. cannon and vic
tualsj leave historians Co tell. For
very sooh after the rout was assured
lthe plain below full or men scream
Ing and running. and Colonel John
Digby's Dragons after them. chasing.
cutting and killingl. wet muzzle was
thrust into my hand. and turning I
found Molly behind me. with the
groom % whom 1 had given her in the
morning. The rogue had counted on a
crown for his readiness. and swore the
mare was ready for anything. he hav-
ing mix'd half a pint OF strong ale with
her mash. not half an hour before.
SO I determined 20 see the end OF it.
and paying the fellow. climb'd into
the saddle. Billy Pottery strobe at my
stirrup. munching NJ a biscuit DE had
found in the rebels camp.
We turned into a lane. which grad
uaiiy led us 20 westward. ont OF the
main line OF the rout. and past a
hamlet. where every door was shut
and all silent. And az last slice Of
the sea fronted us. between two steep
ly shelving hills. On the crest OF the
road. before IL plunged down toward
the coast. was wagon lying against
the hedge with the horses gone. and
beside il. stretch'd across the road. an
old woman. Stopping. we found her
dead. with a sword-thrust through the
left breast; and inside the wagon a
young man lying with his jaw bound
up-dead. also. And how this sad
spectacle happen'd here. SO far from
the battlefield. was more than we could
guess.
was moving away. when Billy. that
was kneeling in the road CHANGED e
cast his eyes up toward the sea. and
dropping the dead woman's hand
scrambled on his feet and stood look
ing. with puzzled face.
Following his gaze. / saw a small
sloop moving under shortened canvas
about two miles from the land
She made "A pleasant sight. with th'
last rays OF sunlight flaming on he
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