The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-14
blaming tail most BEAUTIFULLY bril-

blazing tail most BEAUTIFULLY bril-
liant
II WINS near the msddis Of ocse-
Der that the two redoubts projecting
beyond the british lines and cnfilad-
ING the American Entertainments
we're taken BY storm
One rcdouet was lcf, to Lafayette
and his Americana IN. other 20
Baron de Niomcnil. who claimed that
his grenadiers were the men for tho
matter In hand IAfAyotfs steuts
argued tho saporsority OF his Amer
leans. who. led by Hamilton. carried
their rcdoabt first with tho bAyonst.
and sent the Freedman an offer Of
help. Tho answer wAE
u Will b In mine In I'VE NTH.
uten" And n. was. wAshington
vsfehfns the attack anriously:
The work IL done and well done.-
And then the surrender
The day was the 18th OF October.
The vtctors were drawn Up In two
limos a mile long on the right and
left Of . road that ran thru IN.
autumn fislds south OF Yorktown.
Washington stood II the head Of his
army on the rtxht Rochambeau at
tho head Of the French on the l~ft
Behind on both sides vas q great
crowd 81 psppls TO watch tho care
nony. Slowly oat II yorktown
marched the Britain oolors. easrd
drums hcatinS . s:gnincant EnE.lxt
air
Tns world rurn~d repVrwvy..
Lord CORVALLIS vas sick. Cen
eral oTIsra Dor. my iorrs sword.
As he approached. Washington "a
iuted and pointed to Ccne~al I'm
coln- who bad been trrAfsd with IN.
dignity 1T chariesfoa- .OTfara
handed the sword ,o I1nocfn I.ni
coin Al ono. handed n back ana
the surrender waA over.
Between the lines TIE pr.tssh
marched on and stacked arms IN a
nearby flsid- Some Of them threw
their nuske,. on the ground. and q
British colonel bit the hit Of his
sword from rage
Az Tarieton's legion went BY.
three pairs OF eyes watched eagerly
for orc face. but neither Harry nor
Captain Dave Yandeii say Dane
Grcy--nor did Erzkins Dale
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xxi
TO Harry and Dave. Dane S.rvyr
absenes was ncr-sy q rysfrry-ts
Erskine II brought forvhoding and
sioken.nE fear.
He started for Red caks snd
With every mite suspseArn and fear
grew. The distances 20 Williams
burg was soon covered. ard zl<irtinx
tho town. he went swisfy for Red
Oaks.
Stop he crted suddenfy, as q
negro came LAUNDERING biindly on
FREELY sw-rved ASIDE. and Ephraim
shot by. pulling In with both hands
and shouting:
you'sc come When he wheeled he
came back at a saiiop-nor did he
stop.
Come on. Marse Erxkfno- be
cried. Come on. rIh-
With a few leaps Ffr~ny Vas
abreast. and neck and neck they
ran. while the darky's words CON
nrned the Instinct that had brought
Errkin>.
"YAssuh. Miss BarfRry gvfne run
away wild dat moan white man.
Ya=uh. dis very night
"fs n. alone~"
no. sub. he rot an orfSccr an
four sojcrs wild him"
Does he know that CORVALLIS
has surrendered
"Oh. yREBuh. he tor Miss Barbary
dat Oats why he save he got 20
git away right now an she got to
go wild him right now
Die artcrnoon.- the negro went
on, -he got his American uniform
He gwinc 10 tell folks on dc way
dat dem udders Is his prisoners an
he takin' dem TO Richmond. Den
dey rwine % seprate an he an
Miss Barbary gwtne TO git married
somevhur on de why an cey goin'
on an san fer England
you Jest walt In dat thic,ct merit
10 de corner o. de big garden" said