AT VALLEY^ FORGE.
AI.l.K V Forge i» •
rough piece of
ground on the
bank* of tba
Schuylkill, twenty
one mile from Phil
adelphia and six
from the naareat
large town. Aa
mere land, it la ot
worth much. But
If the Paaa of Ther
mopylae la ciaaatc ground, Valley Forge
la ctaaaic. If there la one *pot on this
continent more fit than any otbar for
a final and aufllclent monument to the
m. n .mt to the men of the American
Revolution, It le Valley Forge. I do
not referjnerely 10 the hunger, thlrat
and cold endured there by eleven tbou
aand aoldldra, after an exhausting cam
paign In the field. The worat of all
that misery was over In alx weeka. The
Buffering waa acute while It laated, but
It waa followed *oon by comparative
abundance; then by the cheering new*
of the French alliance; then by the
flight of the enemy from Philadelphia,
and the awift pursuit of them by Gen.
Washington. What the troop* endured
there wotfld alone make the place for
ever Hfcgreatlng to posterity. But Val
ley Forfe means more than that. It
witnessed tyomc of the moat important
and striking scenes In the war. It was
there, tin, through the constancy and
tireless eoergy of the commander-ln
chlef, that the cause was saved and final
victory made possible. The selection
of the ground was Itself a piece of no
table generalship, aa daring aa It watt
wise. The occupation of Philadelphia
by the British had filled every other
town of Pennsylvania with refugee*.
The middle ot December had passed
before the army had repulsed the last
demonstration of the Brltlah, and af
forded the American commander
breathing time to consider the ques
tion of his winter quarters. Then he
said. In substance, to the troops: Blnce
there l« no town for us to retire to.
VJUXKY KOHUB TO-DAY.
lot us wonla « toou for our»**lvm, ti«r«
uIinm to tba anauty, Untiling bla ran*.’
. ttrtalllng bla auppllna, protnetlni
Pennsylvania amt holding uitraalvai
randy to raaunia tba aggreaalv# aa aoot
aa ba ahandoua Hie Mty. In which hi
Will ba by na i»r«. tl. all> l.. »t. «.d it.
.tboaa Valloy Porga a daop Mi in .
lofty mil. with a alraam at tba button
of it ampiying Into tbo ihbuylhlH
Thar* waa nothin* in tbla vallay fui
human una aau*|M Iba prlmotral fares
that dauaat) auvarad It and tba slraau.i
„f a alar that Hutted by and tbruugt
II tlul Washington blmaotf «al
,ntll.nl |g wuoJnafl .nutmauds.l sul
glar* moat of whom bad built or latioh
I let |ug .abina Whan ba told thru
Ibat log bulo could ba gobbty mad.
•arm and dry. b* «•*** *b*l «*»*» al
baao la ba imm> lla also aura pro
«la*ly obsi «*a nammaory fur lbs .on
airurltoo of tba hula. *bal looii oan
* aaadotl ggd obai malar lata Ida or
Agp of (loaombor l« im, inUMfoima
lbs obol* arm) »•** • mbM-bnUdiai
ha*i Baory mao bad bla plw* **<
duty, from i»te major generals to the
drummers. All the tool* were fairly
divided; each regiment bad It* ground
a*signed ic; the street* and Interval*
were marked out, and when the work
wax begun the valley was alive with
i *y builders.
Ku<b colonel divided bis rsglment
Into partle* of twelve, gave them their
share of axes and shovels, and let them
know that they were building a home
for themselves. A cabin waa to be oc
cupied by twelve men. (Jen. Washing
ton added the atlmulant of a reward to
the party that should build the best
but. An order of the day had this In
teresting passage:
As an encouragement to Industry
and art, the general promises to reward
the party In each regiment which fin
ishes It* hut In the quickest and most
workmanlike manner with twelve dol
lars. And as there Is reason to believe
that boards for covering the huts may
be found scarce and difficult to be got,
be offers one hundred dollars to any
officer or soldier who. In the opinion
of three gentlemen (bat bn shall ap
point. as judges, shall substitute some
other covering that may be cheaper
and more quickly made, and will In
every respect answer the end."
The huts were fourteen feet by six
teen, and six and a half feet high. The
officers’ huts were ranged In a line be
hind those of the soldiers, and only
generals were accorded the conven
ience of having a whole bouse to them
selves, (Jen. Washington Inhabited a
caom of one room until later In the
season, when a second was added for
the accommodation of Mrs. Washing
ton. He said. In another order of the
day, that “the general himself will
share In the hardships and partake of
every Inconvenience."
it does not appear that any one In
vented a better roofing than slabs, nor
has any one recorded what company of
soldleis won the twelve-dollar prtxe.
lit,. ..till* l.nou' (fill# I Im k'a lil n - I it i < 1,1 l at or I
was begun early In the morning of De
cember 19, and that moat of the army
, would have eaten their Christinas din
ner In their cabins if there had been
any Christmas dinner to eat. It was
Just then that the worst of the starv
ing time began. While the men were
building their cabin city they lived
chiefly upon cakes made of flour and
water, and there was a lamentable
scarcity of all the most necessary sup
plies shoes, clothes, blankets and '
straw, Nothing saved the army from
i sooliitlon hut the fiery remoustrallies
arid energetic action of tk” ••nruroandei
10 chief. There is preserved at Phila
delphia u hand-bill Issued by him while
the army was building Its huts. In
this he notlfleii the farmers to thrash
out their grata with sll convenient
,4 nod, on pstn of having the sheaves
seized by the commissaries and paid
for at the price of straw. The conduct
of the commander during these agonis
ing weeka can only be estimated aright
by persona familiarly acquainted with
the circumstances. No man ever gave
a higher example either of fortitude or
wisdom, aud It was directly through
i the exercise of those virtues by him
that the army was saved. W'hlle the
p»eii were busy building, news was
i brought tu the camp that a force of
the enemy was approaching The
; troop* were In eueh dire need of food
and shoes that they were unable to
stir Their wee not a pound of meet
In the ramp, and not a ration of rtuur
per man It was while he war con
tending with such'dfltlrultlee aa thsse
that the intrigue tu supplant the gen
eral was most active and lha clamor
| loo test for a winter campaign
I can aaaure those gentleman,*
• Mite the general, that II la a much
i su»ier and less dUliesalag thing to
i drew remunetraacea la a t out fur table
I room, by a good flreetde than In oe
. j cup) a >old. bleak hlU. and steep un
der float and enow without • lot has W
i uls n kata'*
t his dispatch la the prsetdaul of can
I gresa a boon da la f«w«# and pal baa, and
I thaw a baa much better a writer lie
I | author was than sat man wha erei
|
wrote tor him. If I were asked to men
tion the fluent exhibition that a com
mander has ever given of great quali
ties, both of heart and mind, I should
answer: Washington at Valley Forge.
One unexpected consolation that he en
Joyed at this period waa tbo affection
ate enthusiasm of Lafayette, then Just '
recovering from his wound received at
Brandywine. The young and ardent
Frenchman, In hla letters to his wife
and family, gives the warmest nxpres
slon to his love and admiration. He
speak* of Washington as a man ex
pressly "mad# for" the work be was
doing, he alone having the patience j
and tact to conciliate the discordant
elements,
"Every day," wrote the marqula, "I
admire more the beauty of his charsc- |
ter and of hi* soul. Jealous Intriguers
wish to tarnish his reputation, but his
name will be revered In all ages by
every one wbo love# liberty and bu- |
manlty."
Many such passages, written in on*
of the log-cabins of Valley Forge, I
notice in the family letters of th<
youthful enthusiast. In such clrcum
stances, the American army was recon
structed, reinforced, becomingly clad
well drilled, and at last abundantly
supplied, while the English were elr
cumscrlbed so closely that It required
two regiments to escort a foraging par
ty, If It went more than two miles Into
the country. Valley Forge It was that
rendered the possession of Philadelphia
a trap Instead of a capture. June 18.
1778, tlen. Washington received Infor
mation that the British had secretly
and suddenly evacuated Philadelphia
He wh In such perfect readiness for
the news, that, within an hour, six
brigades were on the march for the
Delaware river. The next day, he him- '
self Joined the advance. Ten day*
after the first troops left their cabin* '
In Pennsylvania, he fought the battle
of Monmouth, which turned their re- '
treat Into a flight and shut them up In |
New York. 'If neither congress nor
Pennsylvania shows an Inclination to 1
posses* the scene of so many memorable
events, then let some patriotic capital- !
1st convert It Into a summer re*ort.
M AHIIINtlTUN’H HKAlXjl AKTKItH
AT VAI.I.KY KOROl
cntolully teaUrrlug Ul« old camp road*,
marking all the alt** nod making the
pluc« tin obJe<st-la**on In lilatury.
Jhiihhi I'arton In N*"v York ledger
\t >«nIuni,mi*« partuiu* ItperatlcMM
Waablngtuu Inhrrllwl Mmnil Vermin
In 1759 from III* hat ('brother, laiwieme
Waehlngton, who tlle<| In I?&T Thl*
lirolher had a daughter Mwah who waa
lielrea* lo the eatme, but the died IWo
year* later and the property then rr
i varied lo tlrorge, wbo wa* then ju*t HI
j year* old The relate then eoioprleei)
lee* than J.twb acre*, but amm alter ha
i came Into pooaeaelon be added I,mm
airee by pureha**. whnh gat* him tea
mllee ol rltO (tuoi Then began th*
• tern uf Ittiproveiuenia aad cnlMva*
lion which *ube*i|uetilly Hind* Mount
Vemiiii the urns* rntt»v*ile lauded p«up
*riy la Vlrglata II* dralaed (be Und
w b<-rv ter needed, be rotated crupa got
ih* boat farm implement* then In eetat
erne, built attd repaired leluee. bad hie
grl*4 wilt, hi* owa diet tilery, had hla
oaa emit by for repairing luni*. hla own
carpealer ahop, btbme and ho butll
More* oI huueaa aad cabin* lor hi*
elate* Ilia •«* larrna tanged Itom
l.tHW iw J.umu HIM each, and each larm
had It* ateteaof and Ha altolwwal #t
H eg root aad elm k
I
f
I
(CIIArTKR IX.-Coimi'VtD). ;
There wm ao algnature. Nona wm
needed. Ralph Trenbolin* wae deapar
ataly angry. Ha chafed Ilka a caged
lion. Tbla woman whom ha did not lova,
whom ha married eolaly to plaaae an
other, wm diehonoring hie proud name,
and making him merely a tool to play
upon with her eubtle wit, at her own
pleaeiire. He ehut hie hand like a vlee.
Time would ha cruah her power to die
grace him further, he eald, hoareely.
When ehe did return, ehe ahould give
an account to him for theee myeterloue
abeencea, or he would make her a prla- ,
oner to tha Roek.
On the night of the third day he
found her eewlng quietly In her little
private anting room. She looked up
coolly m he entered.
"It la a fine evening, Mr, Tren
bolme," ehe remarked, Indifferently,
He laid a heavy band on her ahoulder
and bent hie dark, fiery eyee upon here.
She met the gfi/.<- wlthoul flinching.
"Madam, where bMve you been?" he
aeked. In a voice lioaree with anger.
She ahook hereeif looee from hie
graep.
"You hurt my ahoulder," eh* eald,
quietly,
"I oak you, where you have been?"
“And I don't chooee to tell you."
"You muat tell me, 1 will take no cold
i.i.talnnul 'T..II nr t.V t H hl<H VC11M
aboy# ua. you will repent It!”
The red leaped Into her cheek.
“Do you command?"
“Ay, I command! and the sooner you
obey the better!”
“And I ahall not obey. There la the
bell; I am going down.”
Hhe rose, lifted her arm to put her
work into a hanging baaket. In so doing
her aleeve fell away from the wrlat and
her husband noticed that the heavy
garnet bracelet ahe had always worn
was missing.
"I don't see you bracelet?" he aald,
half inquiringly.
T have laid it aside. Oarnete are not
eo becoming to me aa they were before
I lost my color."
He detained her a moment to say, in
a voice low and deep with stern deter
mination:
“Imogens, you will consider yourself
an Inmate of the llock for the remain
der of the winter for all time, until
you explain to me this mystery. I leave
It with you to decide, whether I ahall
confine you to a single room with bolts
and bars, or give you the liberty of the
whole place, and let your word of bouor
be the chain that keeps you here. De
cide!"
Hhe looked up Into Ills hard face, and
her own set lineaments softened. Hhe
remembered how she loved him. It
made her a simple woman, ready to
obey the man she loved.
"I will remain here. I will not go
away. I give you my word, and It shall
be a chain.”
“Very well,” he said, "so be It." Then
in a gentler tone, aa If suddenly recol
lecting that she was a woman "Any j
time when you deign to explain this
mystery, 1 will listen gladly, for It goes
against my will to use this semblance
npiittlt V.**
Mr*. Trenholme bowed loftily, and
went up to her chamber. After that, she
spent most of her time in her room. In
vain her husband's mother urged her
to come out of her retirement. She al
ways had some reasonable excuse for
her conduct and after a while she wa* (
left to herself. Ralph she scarcely saw
now. ssve at meal time. He never came
to her; never spoke a soft word to her. !
He never looked at her. even when she
bad spent long hours in making herself
beautiful, hoping to attract hla atten
tion.
Business called him to Boston for a
week. He merely announced the fact at
table, and went away without any
leave-taking. He did not *«* the ghast
ly pal* face that front her window j
watched him rid* away; he did not
know that for hour* after hi* depart- ;
ure hie wife lay In a heap upon the Hour,
| not weeping women like her seldom
weep but breathing great shuddering
| cries.
«0 heaves!" she moaned, "fur hla
| late I have risked every thing and be
hold h« hate# me!"
Hall'it returned home about tl oue
cold stormy, bight, II* took kls horse
to Ike elald* himself, without dls
I turblng the homier, and tame to the,
bouse by a path through the garden
! Th# sound of Ms wife's vole# from
behind * * ump of evergreen* arrested
blm. The bight was dark and he mop
ped sad Balaam! Me was a man of th#
strlvlsst sene* of honor, but under the
i clr. oeisian.ee he felt no scruples about
hearing what •*• «ot Intended for hi*
i Hr
l i*il ifeftl !**•*
I *g*l*r *k* Mid. la a low Una tub*. If
It dt«* '* Th* remainder of th* *ea
; ler « ta spohea la a whisper
It*ear* how you threat**!' fcl***d
the vote* of a *»**, "I have the po«*r
y*tf sad tf yoa do *ot deal *oftl> mad
am, I will not h**ttato to "
[by cl Am
"Hush!" she Mid, quickly; "the very
air baa ears. Do not coma If you need j
mora. Writ* to me. You know the place
where letter* reach me. Take tbla, and
v>:’
Hhe put something Into bla hand.
Kalph pressed forward, and peered |
through the buehee, but It waa so dark ,
he could discern nothing beyond th*
outline* of a tall, dark figure, heavily
bearded and wrapped In an Immense
shawl. For a moment be was tempted
to rush forth and annihilate them both
on the spot,' hut prudence held him
back. He would watt and watch. Ho he
stood quietly In the shaduw, while Imo
gen* returned to the bouse, and her
companion went down the path lead
ing to the shore. Kalph Trenholme
ground his teeth In rage. He was a
proud man, and lie did not love this
woman who was hi* wife lie had no
love to wound, hut she hurt his pride,
lie could not bear a dishonored name,
CHAPTER X
T THK close of a j
boisterous day In
March, a traveling |
carriage stopped j
before Trenholme
house, and a little |
figure wrapped In '
furs alighted, Hhe :
Inquired for Mias
Trenbolmeand Ag
nea went down to
find Helen Fulton
waiting In the parlor. The girls em
braced cordially.
"Hometblug sent me here, Agnes!”
<ald Helen. "OoodUSM knows 1 didn’t
wnut to come! fot there was Hal How
ard Just ready to pop the question to
me, and Ham Jenkins wanting to aw
fully and I hadn't my pluk Thlblt dress
rmir nounced and papa • oiildn t very
well apart* ma, but I had to come! I^ertl- i
Ha waa crow. Just between you and me
iha'a half In love with Hal Howard her
•elf, and lie’s got the sweetest mous
tache! And how do you do, dear? and
bow did you get through that awful
lourney?
"I am very well, and 1 was In time,"
returned Agnes. "f’ome Into the sitting
room now, and let me present you to
the family."
"Are there any gentlemen?”
“None except my brother."
Helen made a comical wry face.
"Then f needn't brush my hair, nor
put on any of my sweet things, nor any j
if my nice litttle smiles, need 1? Worn !
in never notice such trifles, and as for 1
»ld married men- hah!"
Agnes conducted her Into the sitting
room. Irnogene was there with Mrs,
frenholrne. Hhe did not look up a* they
entered. Hhe seemed absorbed in
thought. Hhe sat silent a great deal
now, Her white hands were crossed on
tier lap, her great eyes fixed on the
•now-covered landscape without, Hhe
was dressed In heavy black silk, and
wore no ornaments. The elder Mrs,
Trenholme kissed the young guest, and
hade her welcome. Then Agnes led her
up to Irnogene and named them to each
pther.
it was a decided case of mutual an
tagonism. Both were repelled strongly,
though both refused to let It be known
by word or gesture. Their hands met,
hut the touch was like ice and snow.
Th" moment Helen and Agnes were j
alone the former said:
"Wflfl Its t hilt U/fitll II fl **'*
"My mother, ami —"
"I mean the one with the eye*,'*
"She I* my brother’* wife."
"Doe* he love her?"
"He married her," replied Agnes, a
little proudly. "Men do not uMually
marry women for whom they do not
care.”
"O, I don’t know about thatf’ *ald
Helen, gravely ”1 think they do. Men
are nutaance*. Did you know It, dear?
Hut then they are nice to help you out
of carriage* anil put on your shawl and
pick up yo»r arlattom, and spool cotton,
when you drop them on purpose. Some
time* I think I wish there hadn't been
any men. but theu when 1 want to talk
nonaense to aomebody, und have some
body (o tell me how pretty I am, I'm
right glad there was a masi'Ullne gen
der In Murray'# grammar. Where wai
that queenly Imngeiie when your broth
er* first love wa* murdered?"
"Ithe wa* here. She wa* to have been
one of the bridesmaid*.”
"Ah! What a delightful tea rose you |
have!" she rattled on; and looking at
her gay. card#*# face, an Indifferent ob
server would not have believed that *h*
ever had a serious thought In her life.
Helen had noi been long at the ttoek
before ahe got a bint of the haunted
chamber and »he at one# made frleuda
with the servant and obtained ike
wrhule stoty. Instantly she made a re»
solve. She meant to sleep In that room
and fathom the mystery Hhe waa a girl
of atroug nerve nud undaunted cour
age. and not by any means inclined to
superstition During the day eh* made
the chamber a vtalt without the knowl
edge of any of the household
It waa a Urge lofty room, with white
celling# and pap»r hanging* of a pale
rune color and white It had hewn aump
tonsly furnished, but Uuw the dust 1st
thick and dark over everything The
great windows were hung with cob
Weha and the tlsesl blind* gave wd
mtltance to no ray of sunshine There
qpe the ted enow wed, where
•he bed last slept tit Malph's order* It
had remained uttdieiurt*ed ever slave
Helen touched the corn y trinket* on
cbo table with somethin* 11ke*hwe—re
membering who had need them laat
Tb«*r#» waj a knot of ribbon that the
murdered girl had worn on her bosom,
there, too. was the little gold brooch
that had fastened her collar. In a closet
hung the bridal dr***. spotted with
blood, aide by side with the stiffened
and stained veil, to which the dead
orange flowers yet clung. Their pet*.a
crunfbled to dust beneath the touch of
Helen, and emitted a faint, sickly
sweetness
"Helen Kulton, are you afraid?
asked the girl of heraelf, putting her
hand on her heart to aee If It heat
quicker than Its wont. "No," ahe said
"Helen Is not afraid. Not at all. Won't
It be aplendld to tell grandchildren,
that their courageous grandmother
slept In a genuine haunted chamber?
Won't the little darlings creep Into bed
In a hurry and wrap their head* up
under the coverlet?"
When night arrived, Helen excused
heraelf early and went up to her chain
bar. Hha dresaed heraelf in a thick
warm dress, put a heavy shawl ov<<
her shoulders and making sure that tb"
lamp waa full of oil, she made her
noiseless way to the haunted chamber
entered, and. locking the door behind
her, put the key In her pocket. Ht»
meant to be secure from all Intrusion
Ohoats, she agreed would not need to
open the door to get In, If they were
orthodox one*. The lamp burned bright
ly and lighted up every nook and cor
ner of the apartment, Helen did not
m<an to go to bed, she sal on me sofa
and crochatfad, laughing a lit tin to her
aelf, at the Idea of watching a gboai
and croc batting a aoniag at the Mine
time. A dead alienee reigned. The wind
which had blown through Ibe day aub
aided and not even a deaihwaleh ticked
In the walnacot. The old clock cblmed
10, then It Holen'a bright eyea be,gun
to droop. Hhe waa growing decidedly
alecpy, and before aba knew It her head
hud aunk to the arm of the aofu and ahe
wii* acleep!
The conoclotianeoa of Nome praatnee
bealde her own woke her auddeiily. Hhe
aiarted up and rubbed her eyea, A cold
rurrrent of air awept. over her, chilling
her from head to foot. The door Into the
puaxage afood wide open and her lamp
awayed In the bluet of air Ilka a willow
loaned by autumn galea; and Juat he
hind the great arm chair where Marina
bad aat when the fatal blow waa atruck
otood a tall figure enveloped In gauzy
white, and upon ber head and over bar
face waa the bridal, blood atalnod veil
Helen could have oworn it! The right
hand of the gpectro, the long, delicate,
marble-white hand waa extended to
ward the chair; tbc other waa tightly
preaaed agalnat her heart,
Helen took a atep forward, but before
ahe could lay a hand upon the atrange
preoence It returned, dropped the veil
upon the floor and vanlahed through the
open door. Helen gave purault, but. the
long corridor waa empty there did not
linger behind even eo much aa the echo
of a foot. For tbia time the girl wu <
baffle I. But one thing ahe remembered.
The door of that chamber hud bean un
locked and the phantom had forgotten
to lock It after her; ahe waa unable, It
appeared, to paua through keyhole*
Ike the aplrlta Helen felt acquainted
with, through the medium of various
novel* ahe bad read aurreptltloualy,
ito au coariaiimt.i
THE PALL OP BOGU.
He r*e<l to He » Hlrlnlty, tint He I*
Plain "Hug” New.
Contact with the Aryan raw bar
played the rntacblef with the Indiana,
but It brought other* low, alao, aaya the
New York I’rea*. l,ong ago there waa a
divinity called Bogu or lloghu, ar Hu
gaioa. Hy and by Hugaola aunk to a
apook. He became a pooka to acara
irivii pmiutuir/ wmi, <» uiimuir
that came at night to auck blood from _
the living. He turned Into a bogy
man. or, aa It la aomeLlmea pronounce*.
In the we*t, "boager-man.” That If
nearer to what the original wound mum
have been. Note alao In tbla eonnec
tIon that fine-tooth comba are uaed li
order to catch "boagera.” Poor Bogi,
took two or three putha, all downward
Not only did he turn into a common
terror but he became a aort of bogUf
terror. In fad the word"bogua” Itaelf
came from lila name. He lu a ware
with nothing hack of him, a ghoat that
turnu out to be a white atump. He la u
bugaboo, a bugbear, an Imaginary dim
cully. lie degenerate* tutu a aprltc
that play* trick* on a|c«pera, knot,
their hair, upaeta the mllkpana and tlx
like. He la Puck, the Joker, and no- '
body reapeeta the Je*ier. Hut worue I,
yet to folow. Ill one edition of the
hible It read* "The unit ahull not
hurt thee by day, nor the hug by night.'
It read* now, "The terror by night,"
but the word ha* goue out aud now the
deapalr of rleanly houaewlvea, the t»
caalun of the aule of »o much "tuff war
runted death to every clme*, bear* the
limin' of the deity lu wlioae honor altar,
uiuokad.
tl I voal
Ht Paler Are they ail burnt
tlabriel AH but New York am.
Philadelphia
Ht Peter Whale tile matter With
1 beta t
tint,ltd | ,mil,In t wake Philadel
phia ana New York had lo gel b«r burn
out of pawn Judge
itfiwaa* i It* vv itr
“Hid you a* Jwbheieoa law aigbi
•pending mon* i Hbe a prince?”
I.Ike a I lie ■ Itn blew in .vtro.it |t
I Hi y ou vail tbal Hbe a pilme?"
■ I HI ' t It* ll,mn » W ,» blw W He *
ItullanapnlM Juatual
t he dreae lo be worn by ibe Mtwpreaa
ul Itaeala at ibe I'orntMIloa rereinoalea
ae»l year bin Juai been nrdered in
Pall* ll la lo be de* Wialevt a lib pewrla
and gold, and wilt «TW IJOO.IWMI
