The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-04
In the
DAYS OF,POOR
RICHARD
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ANH VAH TT =
am Henry ThOrnhlll,' said he Il saw
You at Undertook where I used to
live. I liked you then and, since the
war began, I have known OF your adj
ventures. / saw you passing a little
way back and 1 followed for I have
something to say to you
81 shall be glad to hear OF IT, was
my answer.
washington cannot be overcome
by bis enemies unless he Is betrayed
by his friends. Arnold has been put
in command ut West Point. He has
planned the betrayal OF the army
"DO you know thatT I asked.
"'As well as l know light and dark
ness
"HaVe you told Washington
"NO. AS yet l have had no OppOr.
tunity. I am telling him, now, through
you. In his friendships he is q sin
gGlarly stubborn man. The wiles Of
an enemy are as an open book to him,
but those Of q friend he is not able
to comprehend. He will dlscredit or
only half believe any warning that you
or I may give him. But 1t Is for you
and Solomon to warn him and be not
deceived
"T shall turn about and ride back
to camp I said.
""There IS no need of haste he
answered. Arnold does not assume
command until the third of August
HE shaded his eyes and looked to.
ward the west where the sun was set
ting and the lOw-lying clouds were like
~rose-cOlOred islands in a golden sea,
and added rs he hurried away down
the road TO the south:
at is a beautiful world
""TOO good for fighting men, 1 an
swered as I sat down to finish my
luncheon for 1 raj still hungry.
"While / ate, the tOrmenting thought
came to rue that 1 had neglected tC
ask for the source Of his information
or for his address. It was a curious
oversight due to his mastery manner
and that sense Of the guarded tongue
which an ordinary mortal is apt to fee
in the presence Of a great personality
I had been, in a way, se%lf-brldled and
cautious in my speech, as I have beer
wont to be in the presence Of Wash
ington himself. I looked down the
road ahead. The stranger had rounded
a bend and was now hidden by thu
bush. I hurried through my repast
bridled my horse and ser OFF at a gal
Top expecting to Overtake him, but Il
my establishment he had left the road
| did not see him again, but his word
were ever with me in the weeks tina
followed.
II reached the COrlies farm. far dow
in the neutral territory, at ten o'clOc
and a little before dawn was wit
COrlies and his neighbors in a roug
fight with a band Of cattle thieves
in the course Of which three men an
a boy were seriously disabled by m
pistols. We had sailed a herd an
concealed ourselves In the midst &
1t and 81 were able to shoot from goo
cover when the thieves arrived. ~SOl'
mon and 1 spent four days in the mel
|, trail territory. When we left lt q do.
> en- cattle thieves were in need Of r
! pair and three had moved to parts III
: known. Save In the southern limi
their courage had been broken.
! II had often thought of Nancy, Il
blaze-faced mare, that / had got fro,
t, Governor Reed and traded to NJ
Paulding. 1 was again reminded
/ her by meeting a man who had jU
:. come from TarrytOwn. Being mel
that place 1 rode on to PauIding's far
and spent a night in his house. I four
: Nancy in good flesh and spirits. 81
seemed to know and like the touch
: my hand and, standing by her side, Il
notion came to rue that l ought to Ov
her.. Paulding was reduced in circul
stances. Having been a patriot al
a money lender the war had improve
- ished him. My own horse was wO
by eyerwOrk and so 1 proposed a ira
3 and offered a sum to boot which
10 promptly accepted. I came back
n the north road with the handsOn
n high-headed mare under my sadd
n The next night l stopped with o
ut Reuben Smith near the northern lin
a. Of the neutral territory below StO
O. Point. Smith had prOSpered by 50
i: Ing supplies to the patriot army.
had heard that he was q Tory a
Id so l wished to know him. I fou
IS him a rugged. JOvial, l~Ong-haired m
r. OF middle age, with a ready rlngI
to laugh. His jokes were spoken in
lg low tone and followed by quick. ST
be tOrOus breathing and rOars and e
re- lures of appreciation.
HE looked my mare over carefU
before he led her to the stable.
Next morning as ne stood by
head, he asked II / would sell her.
80 "'You couldn't afford to own {
mt mare / said.
Il had touched his vanity. In
OF / did not realize how much he /
les made by his o~vercharglng. He !
is. better able to own her than I
~ that he. proposed to show me-
IN. lie offered for her another hC