Colonial Echo, 1899 . ?^?^,. In Time of War. CHAPTER I. CI 1E sun was slowly sinking in the western sky on a warm June day, inthe year 1775, when a young man. handsomely mounted, mighthave been seen galloping along the dusty highway, leading to thecolonial capital of Williamsburg. The rays of the descending sun threw a mellow radiance over the sur-rounding landscape, and our traveler with hat in hand was cooling hisheated brow. Coming to a slight rise in the country, he lessened his pace,glanced back and motioned commandingly to a negro servant who rodesome distance in the rear. While the negr
Colonial Echo, 1899 . ?^?^,. In Time of War. CHAPTER I. CI 1E sun was slowly sinking in the western sky on a warm June day, inthe year 1775, when a young man. handsomely mounted, mighthave been seen galloping along the dusty highway, leading to thecolonial capital of Williamsburg. The rays of the descending sun threw a mellow radiance over the sur-rounding landscape, and our traveler with hat in hand was cooling hisheated brow. Coming to a slight rise in the country, he lessened his pace,glanced back and motioned commandingly to a negro servant who rodesome distance in the rear. While the negro is riding up, let us look more closely at the figurebefore us and see what it is that gives him such a striking appearance. Hisface is round and ruddy with the hue of perfect health, and his long curlyhair falls back in graceful confusion upon his shoulders. His figure is talland erect, and he sits his horse as if his place had been in the saddle fromchildhood. It is a youthful face. and. perhaps, three and twenty summersh
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