Show ANNATTE THE HEIRESS jl f tau tak of tu the tat last war BY 1 ff H edward ogilvie was the youngest of five brave tr brothers others who served their country both in the field and on the sea durin during the lot last war their mother was a widow of comfortable estate who dwelt in a pleasant homestead facing the waters of boston bay laige elms overshadowed the root roof and broad fields interspersed with woodlands extended away away on the right i till they met the fields and wood woodlands lairds of the property of squire harwood a man of substantial wealth who had an only daughter daughter of eighteen w who was a belle and an heiress the fhe road from the homestead of widow ogilvie wound alon along the beach with a hedge and green fields on one sid side V bordering erin T it and the white sparkling sand and blue waves on the other the distance between the two mansions mansions was not less than a mile and about half way was a bridge ot of stone a spanning panni a small rivulet that had a couise course of half a dozen mes miles from the interior it was about an hour before sunset near the close of the last war in the month of october that edward ogilvie was cross crossing ilie this bridge on his way to visit an tiette harwood me beauty and heiress for the I 1 I 1 charms aw of the rustic belle had taken captive the I 1 young students heart and every evening for the last 1 he had dir directed ij hi his walk io in the direction of her abode edward was in his twentieth year of good figure re of a pleas pleasing m b but 1 I t somei somewhat hat diffident ad Vs dreas and with that c cahn af meditative aspect peculiar to students for such was the young man annette was not loved without giving her heart in return but the squire although he had observed with apparent indifference this mutual attachment had bad a mind mand of his big own touching a matter so interesting to the lovers themselves edward had got upon the bridge where he used to linger a few moments as he crossed to watch the flowing sea rush through the arch up the creek and gaze upon its expansive waters or from the opposite side of the bridge contemplate the dark inlet as it lost itself amid overhand overhanging i n trees in a dell where stood a mill belong belonging i n w i equally q my to the two minors edward had paused a moment on the bridge to watch the effect of the purple light of the western sky reflected upon its mottled bosom when his eyes were arrested by a sail in the offing he continued to watch it for a few moments and went on his way from time to time glancing seaward to admire the stately and slow motion of its trackless passage over the ocean As he came near the dwelling of squire harwood he discovered that her course was to toward the land but but seeing annette on the plazza piazza he forgot the vessel and hastened to her the meeting was moe like brother brother and sister than that of lovers that is it was affectionate frank and tree free from restraint we shall have a lovely evenin evening e to walk the sunset will be so pleasant said annette whom we would stop to describe if our pen could do justice to her beauty we will however say that the color of her eyes was a deep sea blue and they sparkled like waves glancing in the sunlight her lips had doubtless once ence been a pair of cherries stolen from cupid to make inake her mouth the prettiest imaginable her smile was sunshine her form sylph sylphlike like and blooming bloomin 5 with youth her voice full of music and every motion as graceful as a fawns she was good humored intelligent nt and suitably grave an and d J just ts t the maiden to ent cn snare a student like eke edward ward ogilvie yes annette the air is rich with golden tints and soft as a june evening S suppose appose we ramble towards the vill village and listen to the die martial music of the soldiers i asahe much march from the ground 1 I should like y i it of all thi things my father says Bia eLT bifelt r company the blues 1 made the finest show of any on parade today to day he was at the review then yes and acted as major or colonel I 1 believe at any rate he has just come home on horseback in u full uniform with a sword b by y his side and looks as b brave I 1 tell him as a cru crusading crusading knight he told ie tad to hold my I 1 little ittle tongue and s so I 1 have for a full minute cland and the longest time you have ever held it netty 1 9 said aid the squire colip coming g out of the house his chapeau in his hand and his bis sword unbelted ben beneath eath his arm ah ab edward good evening man fine day day we have had for the general muster yes ayes sir I 1 are the troops dismissed yet not an all I 1 we otwe are going u up the road to the hill top to listen to the music music f father said annette no nono I 1 stay at home child said the squire 11 gravely gravell gra vell 1 1 I I suppose master edward has asked you to go aj I 1 50 1 I 1 did mr harwood I 1 thought the walk would be pleasant humph I 1 look you mi young man said sa id squire harwood bluntly 1 military music is not made for the amusement of studious youths after adlin idling a away w a y the day over musty books nor merely to ale please ase a lassies classies las sies ear it is the voice of the spirit of liberty aaa calls the young men of the land to fight her battle p and the maidens to make them elvites clothes to fight in and colors to fight under I 1 you I 1 see love my annette and so far as I 1 can see she loves you back 4 gain now edward you ou are arc a very correct excellent young man that i I 1 know but you see I 1 hadrit aut raut r one daught daughter er and dont t mean she shall marry any ioian w who ho th through ro this whole war has never drawn a blade nor pull pulled a trigger tri er for love of his colm country your bro brothers are all brave rave fellows and serving her with honor you stay at home to pore pare over diction cries aries in the day time and come to make love to my annette by moonlight now I 1 have nothing against you as I 1 said before but I 1 have made mad e up my mind annette shant marry a man that had a hand band in a the war against the english it if you are aind to follow the example of your brothers and let me hear some something that you yon have done that I 1 can tell my neighbors of with pride then you shall have my consent to marry annette for hers I 1 dare say she has given you long ago A text you know is as good as s a sermon master edward so if you want my my daughter you know how she is to be won 32 datter THUS us speaking squire harwood took annette under his arm speake and d bowing owing very kindly but firmly to the astonished lover disappeared within the house i 1 edward remained standing a moment upon the spot ahm had left himas if arvine to realize what tad assed he then turned away in silence his cheeks burning with the glow of a mortified and se sensitive i spirit i 1 the profession which he be had in view was that of a clergyman although not deficient in courage or patri j otisa he had brothers to take the field 0 wd ard deck while he remained at home the words of 0 the squire aire sank deep in his spirit he walked slowly homeward eward very sad and filled with the painful idea of 4 losing her who wasso was so very dear to him As he I 1 1 came u upon ion the bridge he had made up bi his main mind i d he topped and speaking aloud said oy firmly i if annette is only to be won by taking up arms awai zill enlist tomorrow to morrow worrow I 1 it is honorable to serve ones nes country antry co I 1 ua am not yet a cle clergyman an and can therefore act free thus this is a the last Tamy day va the reproach shall be on thrown own to me that I 1 remain hilpirt hij pirt while my brothers othera br are abroad e ex r i to the weapons of their heir count int rys I 1 I while he be was w that tte ship which I 1 he had notie noticed behre before at a distance had bad drawn clos brkl laaby and had bad dropped anchor about a t of the inlet the sun had al I 1 ready s er he could see her distinctly and discover that to a merchant ship he remained for some I 1 ti c i her and listening to the distant drum I 1 I 1 0 of a dejac detachment at of the militia of the neighborhood which was wag retiring homeward from their muster field the sound of the drum died awa away y in the distance the I 1 beyond the a null mill and the low dashing of the waves a against t the e bridge i e fell upon his ear well tomorrow to morrow I 1 too shall shab march to the measures of fife and drum I 1 I 1 will enlist as a private and make I 1 I 1 my way up annette shall be won i he paused think thinking he be heard the sound of oars 1 he looked seaward 1 I rif but ut the twilight rendered objects too loo obscure to detect any boat approaching yet each I 1 moment the fall fad of the sweeps swee ps came clearer and ne near ari 1 er cr and he be soon was enabled to discover a barge pulling i 1 in towards the bridge his position i i in in the shadow or of an over overhanging overhangs hangi 1 n li limb to shielded him from observation I 1 thea he saw that the coat contained at least twenty men 1 it moved slower as aa it drew nearer the land and a person standing in the stern directed its landing aw it t I 1 i struck the shore close by the bridge within the inlet and almost beneath where he stood the party debark ed he now saw that half of them were seamen and half of them marines and that all were well armed they were conducted by a young p man who forming them into a column marched them up the bank and on the bridge edward as they came near drew hnis himself elf up into the limb and was c concealed by y its foliage while he observed with surprise their stealthy movements how tar far is the gristmill grist mill hence sambo asked the young officer looking about him after all his party had pt ot on the bridge save a man to guard the boat 6 the first mill am bout a third of a mile up de freek creek and the one where the most grist be is is a mile there is a good path along ifie be creek shore answered a man in the true yankee negro intonation but speaking with manifest reluctance if you deceive me darkie you are a dead man I 1 i said the middy very positives positively 1 I knows dat w well 1 miff so I 1 tell teh you de truth though I 1 hates to mightily I 1 know all bout dis place cause I 1 used to lib here once ober dar is whar squire harwood lives and ober dat way am ogilvie an I 1 wish dis was safe in dar kitchen Y I 1 bebber go to cook agen in in boston lie ship nor no oder one eter ater bein taken an prisoner by me british as I 1 am dis time I 1 w wish ish I 1 may see blue water agen if I 1 gets my liberty dis time hist Is t wa with th your our noise noise I 1 each of you march forward in silence e e we we are man in an enemy s country and must be cautious 1 yes I 1 guess you better said the negro sulkily if de country people knowd you was kin here arter corn flour sheep and axes to keep from st arvin to death as we have been a week past be round around as thick as snakes in lie de g ass and debel one ob you git back to your boat so I 1 adwise you massa to keep sharp eye to windward gry gly how mad all on lemlein cm be in de morn mornin I 1 nl when dey find out you land here in p ize ship saip wid only two gun a board an thirty men an carry off clear t to halifax de grist from dese two mills an sheep an turkeys V too for derieu de lieutenants tenants dinner dey den an I 1 expect de squire anuff for a whole reg regiment ment fo ward cried the middy silence adlof all of you and advance swiftly and with caution 11 they filed off the bridge and taking the path along which the negro nero led the way they were soon loon lost to the sight of edward in the gloom of the ahe overhanging banks of the creek these men are english he reflected as he let himself down upon the bridge the vessel is a prize bound to halifax midshipman and two and thirty men twenty here and tenon ten on bowl board it win take them an hour hoar to visit both mills half of that time is enough for me I 1 shall know where to seek the me militia party with tte we fife and drum and if I 1 can find twenty brave men among them to put themselves under my orders I 1 wl will win annette before tomorrows sun rises V F As he spoke he noiselessly glided away from the bridge and after getting beyond hearing of the man in in the ships boat he flew like the wid wind in the direction of what was called the cross road a cluster of village habitations the principal p of which was a large country tave n eliere tie he knew he should find assembled many of the the militiamen militia men who had borne a part in the review in the neighboring orl town this inn was about halt half a mile distant fro from the bridge on a road in the rear of squire harwoods farm across which leaping fence af after ter fence edward ogilvie was now flying with the speed of a deer the tavern as he came near it was so quiet that he feared the men he sought had left for their respective homes seeing a light 0 in the tap however he hoped yet to find some persons asem assembled bled there 4 through the windows as he approached the door h cef ea saw that the bir b ir room was wag nearly filled with men the next moment he was in their presence H IS 9 manner was divested of all excitement and a sp it calm cahn and resolute beamed from his eyes thee the e we were at least twenty men in the apartment most of them with knapsacks and bayonet belts upon their persons j and some leaning on their muskets while the guns of the rest of them were stacked in one corner of the room some of them were smoking others drinking and all of them listening to a long yam told by one of i the party of certain exploit sot himself personally performed at the battle of plattsburg Platts burg on edwards entranced entrance the landlord first noticed him ah so you can enter a tavern on a training day mr 0 lvie glad to see you though you are not much of a fighting man I 1 like you yon for your c ur brothers lu sake who are serving their country but t there must be parsons as well as soldiers and every man to h his a trade 1 all eyes wee now turned upon the young man advancing a attle way nto into the floor he said with a fi m atone tone 1 41 I am glad to find so many of you lere here assembled it the brave men among you are willing to place yourselves sev dundei my direct on for the next two hours joulev jou 1 w 11 ll lead X yoi voi where you can win both honor and prize money P shoken 48 Sl with spirit exclaimed several 16 griat rin ains rs like your brother george 1 17 exclaimed the landlord landlord but what is it cried all crowding round will you be led by me there is danger to life and person perso n but I 1 ask no man to follow me where I 1 fear to lead the man has courage if he is a student remarked one to the other with surprise se what have yoi dise discovered pa demanded two or three of the most mo at forward of the men 14 will you mow follow me and obey my orders if I 1 can place in your hands as prisoners twenty english seamen i and an officer who have hav ejust just landed I 1 yes tyes lead on I 1 was the general response and the men commenced armin arming themselves briefly edward boll told them all he had haa witnessed all was enthusiasm among the militiamen militia men was a young man whom he to S squire tte tire harwood in twenty minutes the squire was on the spot mounted I 1 on his norse and armed with his aroid bro id sword five of his farm men had followed him others came in in from all sides edward with great coolness and sall sk 11 ll took upon himself the the whole affair fie he gugg suggested ested that the S squire with thirty men hould cut off t the le retreat of the foraging party and take them prisoners piso ners and what will you do 11 asked the squire t you yon are not going to keep out of the danger no sir air I 1 if there are twenty brave men here who will volunteer to go with me I 1 will proceed to 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