Year: 1859




Our two companions unmolested travelled
all day, and when the shades of evening be-
ganto draw around, they began to look for
some place where they might find nights
lodging. Joshua was clad in the plain simple
dress that denoted the quaker, while his COM
panion looked as if he might have passed for
n helper upon farm. In order to make the
disguise complete they had agreed to travel
AZ master and servant Approaching small
Inn, by the roadside, they determined to
rest for the night. Alghting at the door
they were met by an individual dressed in the
garb of the quaker. Joshua and the Inn
keeper looked at each other, for few sec
0nds, as il to see if their senses were deceiv-
ing them or not, or whether there might be
any trusting men who, as sect, had played
such loyal part in the drama of the revolu-
ton Joshua was the first to speak:


Friend, thou lookest astonished at the
appearance of a traveller; is it an uncommon
thing for thee to have a customer to stop
with thee these troublous times ?''


81 must confess that was no little aston
ished, to see a man OF thy cloth journeying
in the direction thou art when the country is
swarming with men of war and evil disposed
persons


"To tell the the truth have been robbed
of all my substance in the shape Of cattle by
the rebels and now am endeavoring to pro-
cure a few horses to supply the place of what
1 have lost" replied Joshua.


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home ~ inquired the host looking inquisi-
lively at the young quaker.


"My residence is New Castle County Della
ware. am farmer by profession, and have
pursued my vocation diligently until the
rebels came and drove off all my stock and left
me almost a beggar.'


The host surveyed the haggard. look of the
new conner, then cast an inquisitiye look at
his companion; his mind was very much
puzzled to know what to think of his guests.
Finally the two men entered without an in
vitation and took seats in the rustic barroom.
This Landlord seemed to look with sus-
picious eye on the young quaker, but his air
was 30 simple and everything about him SO be-
coming and natural that the inquiring glance
proved no answer in the strangers. Finding
all his power to read the character OF these
msn -nnavaiing, he thought that probably he
might draw out something by questioning
them. For that purpose he proceeded;


"Does thee expect to purchase horses in
this neighborhood to convey to Delaware"


"We do" was the reply.


"What kind would thee like to purchase
work, or carriage animals ~


"Work horses of the very best kind-good
stout, healthy, able bodied animals-which
will purchase and pay the cash price on deliv.
cry"


al think that thou hast come to the right
place to make thy purchases, for there has
been good number of animals purchased re-
Gently from the royal army-they were taker
nom the rebels at the battle of the Brandy
wine, and have considerably increased the
number of animals in this part of the coun
try"


Joshua thought he might probably be ac
eomodated in the morning-when he. woult
visit some ofthe farmers in the neighborhoot
and see what kind of animals they had. lie
gave the landlord to understand that he had
travelled long way and that inns were few
and far between along the road consequent
ly they had journed long way without any
thing to refresh the inner man. In shor