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

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bEzvely 1-tga- 7 proper Uniform CT
tu@ and 5lues Z w1ice-z-d-zca-leC cloak
rpoz 1iz shoulders. -1e sword 81 his
side E1ctce1 WIKI red a11 gold. his
horses 5r-1zgs engraved viii t1e
WszLtn g-oz arms. and trimmed Il the
best style ot ne Londo1 saddLeEs-
WIKI hin rcte -wo aides = -let~ Uni
forEs. and INC servants Il their white
sz6-sczrleE IITeTy
Curious EoLz who looked upon the
celebrated young o=c=r 1pon ne road
cav hin fare gpon his way with all
The pride C Al admirable Virginia
gentleman. z handsome MAI. and AZ
admirable EGrsezaz-a Tery gallant
figure. 10 o1s ccgid deny. Everywhere
he was Eered as IL went. every where
h. showed himself me earEes-- high
strung. achieving youth he vas
An AFFAIR of ire Heart
II New YORK he fell into Z new an
bush. from which he did not cone CT
without Z wound His friend Beverly
Robinson -1sr needs hare Miss Mary
PhItpse AZ lis house there. : beauty
and al aei-ess. and Washington came
away FROM h@r with z sharp rfgor q
his heart BEr he could noC Leave
thai desolzCe frontier a. nome u1pro-
recred 20 stay for Z siege Of 4 Iadysz
heart: he had recovered from such
wounds before. had before that left
pleasure for dirty. and in proper sea
SCI. vas back e. his post, with papers
from Shirley which left 10 doubt
who should command Il Virginia
Al las, Il 1883. the end came. when
william Pitt thrust smaller Ee1 aside
and became prime minister IN Eng
land. Amherst took LoUigbozrg. Wolfe
came 20 Quebec and General Forbes.
that stout and steady soldier, was
sent 10 Virginia 20 go against Du-
q1esne. The advance was slow &c
desperation Z the view OF every ard
ent man Ike Washington. and eau
tioGs almost &c timidiry: but The very
delay redoglded 70 IT'S success al last
Hore for the Winter.
Twas November before Duquesne
was reached. The Indians gathered
there, seeing winter come OF. had not
waited 20 meet them; and rhe French
by that tine knew themselves II dan
ger o. being cut OF By the English op-
erstions II the north When Forbes
forces. therefore, az last entered those
fatal woods again. where Brad
decks slaughtered men had lain 10
rot, the French had Withdrawn: moth
ing remained but 10 enter the smok-
ing ruins OF their abandoned fort. hoist
the kings flag and rename the post
Fort Pitt; and Washington turned
homeward again 70 seek the rest he
SO much needed.
4 Hazardous Feat
Il had been almost a bioodless cam
paign. but such danger a. II had
brought Washington had shared 10
the utmost. The French had not
taken themselves OF without a. least
one trial Of the English strength.
While yet Forbes lay within the noun
tains d large detachment had come
from DuQuesne TO test and reconnoiter
his force Colonel Mercer Of the Viz
ginIa line. had been ordered forward
with party 70 meet them.
he stayed SO long. and The noise OF
the firing came back with so doubt
iul z-eaning 20 the anxious ears a.
the camp that Washington fastened
with volunteers 10 his relief. In the
dusk the two bodies Of Englishmen
met, mistoOk each other for enemies.
exchanged q deadly fire. and were
checked only because Washington
rushed between their lines, even while
their Pieces blazed. cried his hot com
mands 70 stop. and struck I'D the
smoking muzzles with MS sword
Twas through no prudence Of his that
he was not shot.
French Power Ends.
For long time his friends had felt
a deep uneaginess about lis health
They had very earnestly beaought him
not 10 attempt a new campaign. "Yce
Will in al probability bring on q re-
lapse, " George Mason had warned aim
and render yourself Incapable Of serv-
Ing the public al tine when there
may be the utmost occasion. There
* nothing more certain than that
gentleman OF your station owes III
care OF his health and his life not cnI~
TO himself ard his friends, but TO hi
country" But he had deemed the
nearest duty the most imperative. and
1t was only after that duty vas dis
posed OF that he had turned FROM
the field TO seek home and new pleas
ures along with new duties. The wiz
ter brought news from Quebec of the
fall Of the French power in America.
which made rest and home and pleas
uro tho mora GRO FoP,,1 eva e,,n -