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miM mm ^ j % ^ , ^ mm ^ M mmm p F mpm mmk I mm # « f > * s w S JftNgTOOT om of Lincoln . happened to pc ? on sentry , wMn 1 saw mtn bap i little to iny right * and just afterwards heard 9 $ ho | Jired . Iii &n nst ^ nt I g | tw Lon ^ Top i ; rua over to the mace wher ^ he had ipt ^ nie pf the Frfcpjjii seiatri ^ but notliay ^ time p > p lirn c ^ f | p lest the enemy should coiae ti ^ j li £ ^ elflb ^ ra te ly * ck ^ c t ^ e ody up on his back and . was dragging * It 6 vet ' to . ' our ljn ^ , ^ hen , oefore he tad got half way across , tip other French bptries advanced ^ nd tired on him . I wps myself ' compelled tp jre io keep them tack , and Long Tom was in the end compelled di drop his prize . At thk time we we ? e comm ^ Aded by Colonel Jeckwitli , who , paving heard tlie firing , rQjfe &p to know tl ^ e kfiBe of ft . He f ^ s no sooner told ; , than he looked At this l on ^ ^ I pw , and asked angrily " What be me ^ nt ? \ yhy he l ^ id done ffi Upon whiph Lpng Tom , scmtchirig his heaii , y ^ ry cpplly ? plied , < fcI went to kill a man for myself ^ sir ! I ^ wdi sent tp ^ rry Major Stewart to the rear , and hgd not before an opporinijy ? f doing so" AH of us who heard him > laughed heartily , l ^ ugl &e Colonel was at firs t very angry ) , and \ he was , that a ^ admitted as an honourable meniier to the me |^ . - ' G ^ i ^ ome ccfasions the booty was of considerable value . At Vitobia 1 got
bssession of " two large bag ? of doubloons mh&aA witlidollars , nSifixw ^ re so'lieavy # at I could not myself raise them to swing y $ x tie back of a mule ^ I recollebt bein ^ engaged in tli 0 itempt , when three of the 10 th Hupiars coming up , I asked lem to assist me , and at the same time , gave each of them p Lpdfui of dojl ^ rs , wbwh coin , by the w $ y , I had placed at ' the ra pit itip gold wijh the view of concealing the more yrecioiis i ^ JEtih ^ Iniafeitig ft , however , from the weig ht $ nd dh ^ in ^ % y ip ^ cfe d ^ e ptQt t and , dropping down th ^ e bpgs , s ^ bre th ey iist have som p gold . This I resolutely refused . They dejjtedL sejeinff the eaxnestness of my manner , djecjared they were
fly In j ^> ? P ^ i a ^^ r giving them a few inore dollars ^ they l ^ t ^ p ^ i psUflgipg me bags , tine two being tied tp ^ et | ier , ros ? pm ^ shoil ^ er ^ of the inule . At the b ^ ttile of Vitpri ^ t ifo p : ench icist ^ e ^ rfy everything they possessed . That # y wp |^ pin th ^ rjfght of the maip rbacjl , and th . en pt ^ seil throii ^ h ftie pjrp feut not without figttjng with the $ npffty from stteet t , o wj |^/ " Without the wall ?; of the toWp , Jfc is for app > e distance ^ pn | at poultry , a « 4 ^ f ^ ? W ^ nJtion-w » # Pppi gun ^ i a ^ d UM $ ^ cfip ^ ri of vehicles jbejioi ^ ging t ^ th ^ ¥ reijph , ^ $ ce { ^| | ! together that the ep # mf '* equld j ^ p ly malk f a p ^ r % m $ t [ imm \ $ m www * ; % &l # . 1 * 'i ? ^ Pffira ^ w , ^^ ^? M ^ p ^^ ^^ te ^ ^ » i $ ^ ws ^ . ^ fe ^ te ^ , wlw # mwim #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/32/
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