New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . on,to the man in the auger hole, to keep very cpiiet,wished to gain as much time as possible, and exclaimed. i;: Bless me ! I hope you are not Hessians. Do we look like Hessians ? asked one of themrudely. Indeed, I dont know. * Did you ever see a Hessian ? Xo, never in my life; but they are men, and youare men, and may be Hessians, for an)-thing I I will go with you intoColonel Coxs houstthough indeed it wasmy son at the mill;he is but a boy, andmeant no harm ; hewanted to see thetroops. So she took of the emptyhous
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . on,to the man in the auger hole, to keep very cpiiet,wished to gain as much time as possible, and exclaimed. i;: Bless me ! I hope you are not Hessians. Do we look like Hessians ? asked one of themrudely. Indeed, I dont know. * Did you ever see a Hessian ? Xo, never in my life; but they are men, and youare men, and may be Hessians, for an)-thing I I will go with you intoColonel Coxs houstthough indeed it wasmy son at the mill;he is but a boy, andmeant no harm ; hewanted to see thetroops. So she took of the emptyhouse referred went in aheadof the men, whosearched the placethorouo^hly, finding r\u ,.. place where anybody ?could be, they searched one or two of the houses acljuiiuiij;; but for somereason they did not think it worth while to go throughMrs. Morriss own house. Had they done so, it is notprobable that the good lady could have retained hercomposure, especially if they had entered the room inwhich was the linen el.)set: for. even had thjv been. 136 completely deceived by the piles of sheets and pillow-cases, there is no knowing but that the unfortunateman in the auger hole might have been inclinedto sneeze. But although she was a brave woman, and veryhumanely inclined, Mrs. Morris felt she could not anylonger take the risk of a refugee in her house. Andso that night, after dark, she went up to the parsonin the auger hole, and made him come out; andshe took him into the town, where he was concealedby some of the Tory citizens, who were better adaptedto take care of the refugee than this lone Quakerwoman with her two inquisitive boys. It is believedthat soon after this he took refuge in New York,which was then in the hands of the British. Further on in the journal, Mrs. Morris indulges insome moral reflections in regard to the war in whichher countrymen were engaged, and no one of rightfeeling will object to her sentiments. Jan. 14. I hear Gen. Howe .sent a request t
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