Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 42: what you’re looking at

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44 THE TWIN sCOUTS. of the enemy’s cannon, with a determined’ bravery, that won respect, even from enemies. And when the brave two hun- dred had nearly all fallen, after five hours’ desperate battle, the French began to retreat. Then the English left their breastworks, and in turn became the pursuers. Dieskau had been twice wounded, but the brave man never left his post. His. soldiers, who loved him as a father, at- tempted to carry him from the field. While doing this, one of his bearers was struck down by a ball, and the baron beg- ged the other to fly, as he could be of no use to him. Through the remainder of the fight, he sat upon the stump of a tree, while the bullets flew thick about him, and waited for the end. It is said, but the story is not fully vouched for, that while in this position, the brave commander was seen and fired on by an English soldier, while feeling for his watch, the other sup- posing him to be in search of a pistol. Be that as it may, he was taken prisoner, and died in the hands of the English. Early in the fight, General Johnson was slightly wounded, and retired to a safe position, when the command devolved upon General Lyman. The work was left in good hands, and the victory, after all, was his. There are those who say that the actions of Johnson, in regard to Lyman, were ungenerous in the extreme, and that he was never mentioned in the dis- patches. General Johnson himself was knighted for this victory, and was known in colonial history as Sir William Johnson, and showed himself a cool, wary and subtle man, whom the Indians loyed. To him, more than any other, the friendship — of the Six Nations to the English is due. In the retreat, the French carried back their prisoner. From time to time he tried to escape, but the eyes of his captors were upon him, with a fierce determination that he should not elude them. The regular officers were gone, and , he was in the hands of the partisan leaders, more cruel, if such a thing could be, than. the savages themselves, They determined to be revenged upon him. At night they camped near a small lake, or pond, in the forest. A mock trial was given to Alph, and he was con- demned to die. He was asked to stand up and speak for himself, as he had but a few moments to live, Comic nookxs.CoOm