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Show 'TH l ST.iR-iFOOLEU BA.5B" How It uai Composed and Ret to 11 uic, as Rtla td by an Uoiogeac-rlaa. Uoiogeac-rlaa. '"And you knew V.ancis Key?" '"Knew hiuil S Ijy !.B lued but 6 few doura al ove my fiiher'a houe. I liere were oucti two bro'.bers, Jubi. K'ids nud Priilip llartuu Key. Pui.l) ahs au fiiccr id the iSnliih ami) .luring iho rtvolutiyuary war, wtiiii-iutiu wtiiii-iutiu was id that ol fie United States. Julio lived ud Pipe's (Jieel, uetir Tcd-ueytoWD, Tcd-ueytoWD, Frederick county, Md., wbert tf'rjucu uud im staler Auua, Jutiu't niy children, wera born, 'i'liere Wat CIlUcU Scutcbtuau, Mr. Bruc saiu u buva beuii Leir lo tht) llirone oi cuiland tIio bad built a null od Pipe's CreeR, aud tbere, iu the coui-uy coui-uy of ibiS nub. e old ariatucrat, Fiauk. pcut bis very early buyboud. 'Ibt .ry.bera, Pliitip and Jubu, were larye, j lUauly-loukiLK telluwu, but Frank auu Auua weie ut' luucb. tiuialler mould. ; Auua Key was a beautiful little jjirl, 1 with the cheei fullest luce and uiosi i L-leaaaut sum Ue that 1 ever taw. WbeL .uey uioveti luto towu, ooar my father's, b'raiik was half growu, aud ready to utL-r as a law tuuueut, with Roger B. fa uey. ihfu at the bend of the Fied-drick Fied-drick bar. linger was a tall, gauui :ciluw, ad leau, mcy u.-ed to say, as a i i'oiuuiac heijLug, uud a shrewd as the ! -hieivaeat. Lie LUJirried bnihe little; luua. It. wus like iho uuiou of a auwk wub a sky lark; but Bhe bvej , lu be tbe wife ul a Cbiei' J usiice of the Uuued a tilled, and 1 never beard thai i -tiller repeuied ut their uiarrlai'e. Mr I fa uey wat, a rtnel Oaiboiie, and Frauk -u Jjpituupaliau, uui cousidered verj sealoua uud sharp iu bis prutesiiu-, ' uJ ujueli ivtu to d eatniug. lie eut tu Viruitiia, and bruubc home a v.iu much imger uud taiur than hiui ell, weuL tu UuUeK.ee plug ou Market jtieet, and hud a couple ut little cliil-reu cliil-reu wheti i left luy tioiue iu lMJ'J tu nit luy ljnuue lit Lancaster, Peuu yivuuia. " " Mod have beard of Admiral Cock -urn, v. hu cuujLuanded tiie British J-eiV I he airoeiuus tcuundiel 1 uid-ju uid-ju never puiut ihe mi.-eruule cuward iUU buasur iu bis true colors. Altei is depieduttuns uiuug the eastern uure ul Maiiaijd, there followed the dCkiiiK of asbiugiou, ibe battle ol .sunh Puiui, and tue attempt uf tbe uemy tu take tue eiiy ut Baltimore by tiier, as ttiey hud lulled tu do it by auu. i'ou kuuw ml about the b)tu-'aiduieut b)tu-'aiduieut of I'urt M'tlenry, tjepteuj-er tjepteuj-er 13, ly 14. 1 have uuu over it igaiu, in luucy, liuudreds ot liniet,, and l U lell juu Fii..k Key, putriutic as uc iU3 lo hlo heart's cure, could Uut help xHiipu&iug that pOw-ui. It was forcea jut ot hiui. Ju.-.t taink. He wus a ririfu'uei' uu ILe 11 ;et, which was &Q- ;liured two tulles lioui Fort lM liemy, ue city s iu am deUue. lie could iulcb all the enemy's prep rations, md he knew the danger ibey furebud d. 'ihruugu the lerritio OiiuuonadniK j thai ujiduitfui hiih, while tbe sky vas lit up wuh the tiery cuures of the djiug bomb.-, do yuu think he could ieep Aa tue struggle ceased upon bu Co mi tig uioruiug, and he lojkud u oujiti tlie d.ut twilight fur the Hag jf hie ouuutry, nis heart siok with lear md doubt, could be help the gruud .utbuist uf ibat lirst verse? And .lieu, ay through ' ihe Uiiits of the ieep' the banner loomed dimly in the jjOiuitig suu a first rays, aud he ex- o. a lined, 'Hi tbe stir spanelcd banoet oh, long m y it hvd O'er ibc. iai.d ot tho f. oe aud tho home of It was prayer and praise all id onejand here has uever been any thing like it iiuce." " "Have you heard Francis Key's poeuiV' said uue of our mesa, coming in ue eveutug, os we lay scattered over (.lie greeu hill near tbe captatu's marquee. It was a rude copy, and vritteu in a torawl which Horace lireeiey might have mistaken tor hit jwu. He read it aloud, ouce, twice, ihree limes, until the entire divioiou -eeuied eieutrified by his patbetio elo-qUeue. elo-qUeue. Au idea Seized Fred Duruiig. Uuuiing up a voiume of old llute ojul-o, which wub iu fcomebody's teut, ue impatiently whistled auaUiLes ul lUtie alter tune, just as ibey caught bja ipiick eye. Uue called ;AtiacreOD in tieuven (t have played it ofteu tor ii vas iu my book that he tuund it,)-lruck uis laney and nviled bis aileulion. jote uiier uote tell IVuui his puckered ups, uuul, friih a leap and shout, be exclaimed, "Bjja, I've hie ill' and ti.uo i no tiiua to the words, there mug uut lor tbe firtt time the song of ilio "Ciiar opangicd Bauuer.' Iluw tlie men bliuUled ahd clapped, 1'jr ueVe) Ana iheie a Wedding ul poetry toinu-ie made Under eUCll lUpiriug lutiueiiO.-l li.tllUK bi'lel lmluugb, the brothers -tuig ii on the Bin go ol' the Holiday oirvet '1 lieaue BouU after. It wa.-dulit wa.-dulit up in the cumps, and ma iiuuud uui bivuuuo tires, and wLi-tled u Uie stiOeiH, uhd, when peace was de ciured and we scattered to our homes, earned tu ihouaauos ot firesides an the mutt preeMus relio of the war of J81-ferdiaatfd J81-ferdiaatfd Buran died I do not kuo wiieix auo Frank. Key's bones lie in Hie cemeteryat Fiedencktown; but 1 guess (bat uug will live as 1 ng a.-tuore a.-tuore i.i an American boy ir ainu it-" M-s. au'c t'yaittr. in Harper 3l QufZT July. I - - - |
