"Quad's odds"; . y cents when youknow nothing of the history of this spot ? Waal, all I know is that this is the spot where GineralWarren fell, he replied, and it was useless to ask himfurther questions. I dont wonder that it killed the General—the stack wastorn up in an awful manner. Two or three days after that I crossed the fields with afarmers son to look upon the spot where Colonel Blighfell. Never having read that Colonel Bligh took any partin the Patriot war, I should have missed the historic spothad I not halted at the farm-house to get a drink of young man said that his grea
"Quad's odds"; . y cents when youknow nothing of the history of this spot ? Waal, all I know is that this is the spot where GineralWarren fell, he replied, and it was useless to ask himfurther questions. I dont wonder that it killed the General—the stack wastorn up in an awful manner. Two or three days after that I crossed the fields with afarmers son to look upon the spot where Colonel Blighfell. Never having read that Colonel Bligh took any partin the Patriot war, I should have missed the historic spothad I not halted at the farm-house to get a drink of young man said that his great grandfather was a cap-tain in the- Patriot army, but was in poor health a greatshare of the time and only killed six hundred and twenty-eight Britishers during the seven years, averaging buteighty-nine soldiers and five-eighths of another per year. Theres the spot, said the young man as we weremounting a five-rail fence. Where V Right over around here somewhere, he answered,waving his hand. THE THIRD FALL. 37. Was it on the marsh, under it, or around that sheep-pen ? I inquired, giving him a severe look. Yes, I guess it was, he stood there and sighed and feltsad. It is a hard thing to have amusket-ball bore a tunnel througha Colonel while lighting for libertyand a fat salary, and more melan-choly still to have straw-stacks andsheep-pens erected over the spotwhere he poured out his blood forhis country. Were you here when the battlethe colonels fall. occurred ? I asked of the young manas I handed him the fifty cents fee. Yes—hoeing corn over in that lot! he promptlyreplied. And did the fighting disturb you any ? Nawt much. I put in a usual days looked at him and longed to call him a stupendousliar, but I reflected that he lied in the cause of liberty andunity, and therefore held my peace. When we reachedthe house I asked the young mans mother what the nameof the battle-field was, and she replied that she couldntexactly remember, but thought it was Astronom
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