The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-11

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ard s.eyes. e-ctie1 their powder s1-c
TIE sfrezzs ard themselves broke IL
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vas q Eers s.ght, ttslr cEzTz1 coz
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would 10, sTsz hold o. rally lzez Il
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upor Z hurried Grand, a. Ire way e
Philadelphia. leaving The far. and
al TIE froztier Tigh i, 70 BE- IL
fen6ed b. inTzlids and : fem Viz.
giEiars-
I sckzowieigs," cried DzEid1ls. 7
vas 1ot 5roEght uD 70 zrus. bzE !
tank COMMON sense world have Pre-
vailed RI % leave tbs fro1Eier expos
&C zfrsr havi1z opezed = Rad over
the -Etzl1s 70 The Ohio ~ which
the ezezy can the more easily invade
"a TIE wAcls co1dzct O. Cclczel
Dunbar seems 70 Be nozstrous Ard
&C. indeed L vas.
Blt Ire eolonies AZ large had iitEle
tire 20 tai1k Of IL GoFsEnor SztrlsT
had gene against Niagara Only 20 ind
the French ready for him 81 every
pcins. Eow that they had Rad Brad
cocks pzDerE. taken az Dzg1ez1e, and
20 cone hack again without doing any
thlzg Bezgselogr had been taken u
Acadia, bzr i lag apart from Tie main
nsl1 @ struggle. JOhnso1 beat ne
French OF a. Lake George When they
1rtacked hin. and took Dieskz1. their
co-E4Eds-. bgt he contented himself
viii that. and left Crowa Poiat N
tocChed- There were other frontiers
besides tkose o. Virginia and Pe1nsyi-
wanna 70 be looked % and guarded
Three Years Of French Success.
Fer three long years did The for
tunes o. the English settlements 90
steadily from danger . desperation.
as the French and their savage allies
advanced from victory 70 victory II
1885 Oswego vas taken. il 1857. Fort
william Henry. Commander succeed
e6 commander among the English,
only 70 add blunder 70 blgnder. failure
% failure.
And al the while i fen % Washing
ton. FiTginizs chief stay Il her deg-
perzte trouble, 20 stand steadfastIy 20
the hopeless work Of keeping three
hundred and fifty miles Of frontier
with feE hundred men against prowI-
ing bands Of sayages. masters OF the
craft q swift and secret attack. dex-
ferrous az skglking in country
mountainous and full Of sxamps and
hollow ways covered with woods
FOR twenty years nov settlers had
been coming steadily into this wilder
ness that lay Up and down upon the
nearer slopes o. The great mountains
Germans. ScOts-Irish. a hard breed.
Their settlements lay scattered far
and near among the foothills and val
leys Their men were valiant and
Etogt-hesrted. quick With the rife,
hard IS flint when they were once
afoot 70 revenge themselves FOR. nur-
tered wives and children and CON-
-ades
But how could they. scattered as
they were. meet these covert sallies
IN the dead o. night-a sudden rush Of
men eith torches. the keen knife. the
quick riae7 The country filed with
fuglilses for whom Washingtou's nj
ttamen could find neither food nor
shelter
wsshington's Tender Heart.
The duplicating tears Of the Wou-
En-. and moving petitions Of the
men. cried the young commander,
-meit me into -uch deadly sorrow that
! SOL lEly declare. II [ knox my own
mind I could offer myself a willing
sacrifice 70 the butchering enemy.
provided that would contribute 70 ths
peoples ease. I would be q
wiling Offering 20 save fury. and die
BY Inches 70 save q people"
Il vas comfort 20 know. az least,
that be vas trusted aud believed in
The Burgesses had thanked him under
the very stroke Of Braddocks defeat.
in terms which could not be doubted
sincere. In the very thick Of his deep
- Aat"-5H1 t+9A4 ~ HDNAAl nave E4dELE1
the helpless people Of the border, but
could not. Colonel Fairfax could send
him uord from Williamsburg. Your
good health and fortune are the toast
at every table" our Colonel" wrote
q young comrade in arms, is an ex-
ample q forti,ude in either danger or
hardships. and by his easy. polite be-
haY.or has gained not only the regard
but affection Of both officers and sol
diers"
Trying Ordeal
But Il took all the steadiness that
had been born or bred in him to en-
dure the strain OF the disheartening
task, from which he could not in hon
or break away His plans. he com
planned. we're today approved. tomor-
row condemned" He vas hidden do
what was impossible. Il would re-
quire fewer men TO go against Du-
quesne again and remove the cause