Part 46 (1/2)

I have sworn to return It is my duty Let the Gods take care of the rest”

The courage which Cranave way the moment his final doom was announced The moral cowardice which had displayed itself in his miserable compliance with the lust and despotisain in six successive recantations by which he hoped to purchase pardon But pardon was iled nature found a power in its very weakness when he was brought into the church of St Mary at Oxford on the 21st of March, to repeat his recantation on the way to the stake ”Now,” ended his address to the hushed congregation before hi that troubleththat ever I said or did in s contrary to the truth; which here I now renounce and refuse as things written by a hand contrary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and written for fear of death, to save ht be And, foras contrary to my heart, my hand therefore shall be the first punished; for if I come to the fire it shall be the first burned” ”This was the hand that wrote it,” he again exclaimed at the stake, ”therefore it shall suffer first punish it steadily in the flaone”

A wo shriek suddenly startled a party of surveyors at dinner in a forest of northern Virginia on a calm, sunny day in 1750

The cries were repeated in quick succession, and the rowth to learn their cause ”Oh, sir,” exclaihteen, but afor me! Make these friends release , and they will not let o!” ”It would be madness; she will ju her; ”and the rapids would dash her to pieces in a e of the bank, scanned for a ht of part of the boy's dress, plunged into the roaring rapids ”Thank God, he will save my child!” cried the mother, and all rushed to the brink of the precipice; ”there he is! Oh,boy! How could I leave you?”

But all eyes were bent upon the youth struggling with strong heart and hope a currents far belo it see rock, over which the water flew in foarasp escape would seeht, but he had reappeared the second tierous part of the river The rush of waters here was tremendous, and no one had ever dared to approach it, even in a canoe, lest he should be dashed to pieces The youth redoubled his exertions

Three tier eddy would toss it from him One final effort he ht arm; but a cry of horror bursts from the lips of every spectator as boy andwaters below

”There they are!” shouted the mother a moment later, in a delirium of joy ”See! they are safe! Great God, I thank Thee!” And sure enough, they e vortex, and in a few minutes reached a low place in the bank and were drawn up by their friends, the boy senseless, but still alive, and the youth alive you a reward,” soles for you in return for this day's work, and the blessings of thousands besides ton

”Your Grace has not the organ of aniist, as exaht,” replied the Iron Duke, ”and but for ht” That first fight, on an Indian field, was one of the e and was holding court in a small settlement, a border ruffian, a murderer and desperado, came into the court-rooe ordered him to be arrested The officer did not dare to approach hie, ”and arrest him” But they also shrank in fear from the ruffian ”Call me, then,” said Jackson; ”this court is adjourned for five ht up to the le eye actually cowed the ruffian, who dropped his weapons, afterwards saying, ”There was so in his eye I could not resist”

One of the last official acts of President Carnot, of France, was the sending of a irl who lives in Indiana While a train on the Pan Handle Railroad, having on board several distinguished Frencho and the World's Fair, Jennie Carey, as then ten years old, discovered that a trestle was on fire, and that if the train, which was nearly due, entered it a dreadful wreck would take place Thereupon she ran out upon the track to a place where she could be seen from some little distance Then she took off her red flannel skirt and, when the train came in vieaved it back and forth across the track It was seen, and the train stopped On board of it were seven hundred people, e and presence of ht the occurrence to the notice of President Carnot, and the result was the sending of the medal of this fa of bravery and merit, wherever they irl that saved the life of Captain John S Powhatan had decreed his death Ill could the struggling colony spare him at that tie at Lodi, in the face of the Austrian batteries Fourteen cannon--some accounts say thirty--were trained upon the French end of the structure Behind therenadiers at the head of the bridge, with a battalion of three hundred carbineers in front At the tap of the drum the foremost assailants wheeled frorape and canister, and attee The front ranks went down like stalks of grain before a reaper; the colurenadiers were appalled by the task before them Without a word or a look of reproach, Napoleon placed hienerals rushed to his side

Forward again, this tie, and a quick run, counted by seconds only, carried the column across two hundred yards of clear space, scarcely a shot fro effect beyond the point where the platoons wheeled for the first leap

So sudden and so miraculous was it all that the Austrian artillerists abandoned their guns instantly, and instead of rushi+ng to the front and ht, their supports fled in a panic This Napoleon had counted on in ht figure and the ested the nickname ”Little Corporal”

When Stephen of Colonna fell into the hands of base assailants, they asked him in derision, ”Where is now your fortress?” ”Here,” was his bold reply, placing his hand upon his heart

After the Mexican War General McClellan was e the Pacific coast Fro expedition with two co he received word that the chiefs of the Coluer's manner he suspected that the Indians meant mischief, and so he warned his companions that they must be ready to leave ca his horse, he rode boldly into the Indian village About thirty chiefs were holding council McClellan was led into the circle, and placed at the right hand of Saltese He was faon, and could understand every word spoken in the council

Saltese rievance of the tribes Two Indians had been captured by a party of white pioneers and hanged for theft

Retaliation for this outrage see, but had little to say McClellan had been on friendly terms with them, and was not responsible for the forest executions, but still, he was a white ainst the race

The council was prolonged for hours before sentence was passed, and then Saltese, in the name of the head men of the tribes, decreed that McClellan should i He had known that argument and pleas for justice or mercy would be of no avail He sat motionless, apparently indifferent to his fate By his listlessness he had thrown his captors off their guard When the sentence was passed he acted like a flash

Flinging his left arm around the neck of Saltese, he whipped out his revolver and held it close to the chief's temple ”Revoke that sentence, or I shall kill you this instant!” he cried, with his fingers clicking the trigger ”I revoke it!” exclaimed Saltese, fairly livid from fear ”I must have your word that I can leave this council in safety” ”You have the word of Saltese,” was the quick response

McClellan kne sacred was the pledge which he had received The revolver was lowered Saltese was released fro arm McClellan strode out of the tent with his revolver in his hand Not a hand was raised against him He mounted his horse and rode to his ca into the saddle and to escape froes He owed his life to his quickness of perception, his courage, and to his accurate knowledge of Indian character

In 1856, Rufus Choate spoke to an audience of nearly five thousand in Lowell, Mass, in favor of the candidacy of Jareat hall began to sink, settling more and more as he proceeded with his address, until a sound of cracking timber beloould have precipitated a stampede with fatal results but for the coolness of B F Butler, who presided Telling the people to remain quiet, he said that he would see if there were any cause for alarm He found the supports of the floor in so bad a condition that the slightest applause would be likely to bury the audience in the ruins of the building Returning rather leisurely to the platform, he whispered to Choate as he passed, ”We shall all be in ---- in five minutes”; then he told the crowd that there was no ier if they would slowly disperse The post of danger, he added, was on the platform, which was most weakly supported, therefore he and those with him would be the last to leave No doubt uished foreign and American statesmen were present at a fashi+onable dinner party where as freely poured, but Schuyler Colfax, then vice-president of the United States, declined to drink from a proffered cup ”Colfax dares not drink,” sneered a Senator who had already taken too ht,” said the Vice-President, ”I dare not”

When Grant was in Houstonreception Naturally hospitable, and naturally inclined to like a o beyond any other Southern city in the way of a banquet and other ood-will and hospitality Theygreat pains to have the finest wines that could be procured for the table that night When the time came to serve the wine, the headwaiter went first to Grant Without a word the general quietly turned down all the glasses at his plate This reat surprise to the Texans, but they were equal to the occasion Without a single word being spoken, every lasses down, and there was not a drop of wine taken that night

Two French officers at Waterloo were advancing to charge a greatly superior force One, observing that the other showed signs of fear, said, ”Sir, I believe you are frightened” ”Yes, I ahtened, you would run away”