The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-08

trash whit go ramshacklin' erroun'
widout no homes? Dee ain no count
Yo' couldn' swap 'em of fo' shucks.
Yo' knows l ain nuvver gwine leabe
de plantation whar l wuz drug up. Dat
Cornwallisl 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? He
welded anew the scattered remnants
OF Gates army, famed North Carroll
nian Whiggery into blaze, beat Tarle-
ton, sent CORVALLIS back, breathing
hard, to the seacoast. 1t was the end
OF the second campaign.
What will King George do now?''
Anne asked Henry jubilantly.
His face was very grave as be 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-
ginia.. He guessed truly.
There were hasty preparations for
flight throughout the lower peninsula
on that SNOW shod day when the traitor
Arnolfs 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 beryi, and every shrub was cased
In argent armor. Fleet borsetnen had
ridden from Williamsburg In all direc-
lions pousing the frozen countryside.
MI In, no
chariot beside Mrs. Tillotson, bound for
DIR. 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 10 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 of 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, bat one per
formed that day by more than one
household.
Colonel T1llotson rode q part Of the
way beside the coach. "'Twff1 not be
for bong" he insisted cheerinGU. II
have assurance from Mr.. Henry that
Washington will send troops before
spring breaks. He thought It would be
General Lafayette young French
marquis who passed through Williams
burg, you remember. Would Washing
ton himeesf could conner he added fer
ventiy.
But his wife WINS not to be comforted
Colonel" she cried bro,neniy, II feel
sure wa shah never see Gladden. Hall
again.
More than once before spring came
tiptoeing down the trees Anne hooked
out 30 the north from quiet Castle Hill
homesick for sight OF Greenway
Court and Baron Fairfax. Weakness
and age had at last sent the Old mar
to his chair, and he sat through tht
long days sorrowfully patient, as hil
ancestor, the hero of Naseby fight, sal
at Denton IN Yorkshire, waiting tht
coming OF the victorious banners Of thu
king.
The beginnings Of the struggle had
found him doggedly wrathful
"'Bill Of rights aigh?' he would
shout II want no benefit of it. l am
a colonial and loyal"
And when his neighbors contended
that what they stood for was the ole
issue for which their ancestors broke
! pixies at Marston Moor he turned his
back upon them.
| In the Old Dominion there was com
parattve tranquility, but even in tht
forest he had heard the first blare OF
the kings armies in Boston and New
York with a hungering fear that drew
his eyes often wistfully toward Noun
| Vernon. There sat the lad he haf
trained and nodded, the first soldier
In Virginia." grave man. They whis
pered evil things of this mans loyalty
now, but the baron for hong shut hi.
ears and would not hear.
The time came soon when Tories wers
hated, despised. driven by fire from
their homes. their property confscated
But this old man alone was not touch
| ed
Let the rebels comet be had roar
ed, pounding the floor with his thorr
stick let them come! l met the In
dams here in '55, ane 1 leave for n,
cursed rebels. The king may not b,
able 20 protect, but be will reimburs,
me-
But Tories and Wings passed b,
alike, and not a pound was touched il
his storebouse, not a horse taken from
his stables. Wien the foragers sweep
the valleys his field slaves skunk away
with the rest, but he had not hous.
negro who did not stay with him {.
the end.
The hnai chapter was opened at last
Lafayette was marching southwark
with twelve hundred OF Washington,