Identifier: throughswampglad00munrrich (find matches)
Title: Through swamp and glade : a tale of the Seminole war
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930
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Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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r,Ralph Boyd gave a dinner in celebration of theevent, at which, among other guests present, wereGeneral Worth, as he must now be called, andLieutenant Douglass. The occasion was one of unrestrained happiness,for all believed that the tedious war must now cometo a speedy close. Frequent blushes were broughtto the cheeks of both Anstice and Nita, by sly allu-sions to the rapid approach of a certain doublewedding that now appeared among the probabili-ties of the immediate future. When the festivities were at their height, and allwere in the gayest of spirits, there came a clatter ofhorses hoofs, and a rattle of arms, from outside.The next moment a travel-stained courier entered,saluted, and handed the general a despatch marked44 urgent. The commander tore it open, glanced with palingcheeks at its contents, and sprang to his feet, ex-claiming : My God, gentlemen! all is lost, and the war isabout to break forth with greater fury than ever !In violation of our plighted word, Coacoochee and
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ALL IS LOST AND THE WAR IS ABOUT TO BREAK FORTH WITHGREATER FURY THAN EVER. COACOOCHEE IS AGAIN MADE PRISONER 325 fifteen of his followers have been treacherouslyseized at Fort Pierce, sent in irons to Tampa, anddespatched in cruel haste to the west. A transporteven now bears them toward New Orleans. In thisemergency there is, to my mind, but one thing to bedone. Coacoochee must be brought back. With-out his aid to end it, this wretched war will continueindefinitely. Lieutenant Douglass, within fifteenminutes I shall want you to start on an overlandride to New Orleans. Intercept Coacoochee andbring him back to Tampa. For so doing you shallhave my written authority. Boyd, pen and paper,if you please, and quickly. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Douglass,splendidly mounted, armed with all requisite author-ity, and followed by but two troopers, dashed awaydown the long avenue, fairly started on his mo-mentous mission. As Anstice bade him farewell, she whispered inhis ear: Remember,

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