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The peddler threw himself on the ground as they came near him, and was passed unseen.
Fifty pistols lighted the scene, and the bullets whistled in every direction round the head of the devoted peddler.
The heart of the peddler now beat high with hope, when the voice of Captain Lawton again rang in his ears, shouting to his men to make room.
The triumphant hurrahs of the men, and the thundering tread of the horse, too plainly assured the peddler of the emergency of his danger.
The horse of Lawton struck the prostrate peddler, and both steed and rider came violently to the earth.
All the wrongs of the peddler shone on his brain with a dazzling brightness.
The peddler vanished up the side of the friendly rock.
"Captain Lawton," said the orderly of his troop, riding to the side of his commanding officer, "we are now passing the house of the peddler spy; is it your pleasure that we burn it?"
And yet, notwithstanding all her sagacity, there were moments when the good woman had grievous doubts into which scale she ought to throw the weight of her eloquence, in order to be certain of supporting the cause favored by the peddler.
Most of the movements of the peddler were made at the hours which others allotted to repose.
Strong parties held the heights of Harlem, and the northern end of Manhattan Island was bristling with the bayonets of the English sentinels, yet the peddler glided among them unnoticed and uninjured.
Bribery and treason could not be imputed to men so well esteemed, and the opinion gained ground among the common soldiery, that the peddler had dealings with the dark one.
The command was rigidly obeyed, and during this long period the peddler was unseen; the detachment was withdrawn, and the following night Birch reentered his dwelling.
Can you tell me why honestly gotten gold should be hidden in the bowels of the earth?""Grach!- I t'ink it must be to keep t'e Skinner from findin' him; if he know where he be, why don't he dig him up?""There may be reasons not comprehensible to you," said Katy, moving her chair so that her clothes covered the charmed stone, underneath which lay the secret treasures of the peddler, unable to refrain from speaking of what she would have been very unwilling to reveal; "but a rough outside often holds a smooth inside."
The change in the countenance of the black was instantly perceived by Katy, and turning her face, she saw the peddler himself, standing within the door of the room.
Disregarding all but the fact that his father still lived, the peddler stole gently into the room of his dying parent.
The peddler gave a restorative he had brought with him to the parched lips of the sick man, and for a few minutes new vigor seemed imparted to his frame.
You have that within you, Harvey, that will guide you aright; persevere as you have begun, for the duties of life are never to be neglected and" - a noise in the adjoining room interrupted the dying man, and the impatient peddler hastened to learn the cause, followed by Katy and the black.
"Where is your pack?" was the first question to the peddler.
"Answer me as I put the questions, or this musket shall send you to keep the old driveler company: where is your pack?""I will tell you nothing, unless you let me go to my father," said the peddler, resolutely.
"Give us your gold," exclaimed the other, furiously, pricking the peddler with his bayonet until the blood followed his pushes in streams.
This unfeeling communication had no effect on the peddler, who listened with gasping breath to every sound from the room of his parent until he heard his own name spoken in the hollow, sepulchral tones of death.
"No, Mr. Birch," said the Skinner, "we know you too well to trust you out of sight - your gold, your gold!""You have it," said the peddler, writhing with agony.
"Remove the stone underneath the woman," cried the peddler, eagerly - "remove the stone."
"A peddler without goods and without money is sure to be despisable."
Delighted with a prize that greatly exceeded their expectations, the band prepared to depart, intending to take the peddler with them, in order to give him up to the American troops above, and to claim the reward offered for his apprehension.
The excitement which had given the sick man strength, soon vanished, and the peddler, lifting him in his arms, reconveyed him to his bed.
A life of privation, and of wrongs, embittered most of the future hours of the peddler.
She thought it not improbable that the prize had been forsaken in the confusion of the retreat; and after deliberating and reasoning for some time with Caesar, they determined to venture back, and ascertain this important fact, and, if possible, learn what had been the fate of the peddler.
Perceiving everything to be quiet within, Katy at length mustered resolution to enter the dwelling, where she found the peddler, with a heavy heart, performing the last sad offices for the dead.
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