The Colonel extricated himself from his perilous plight, by dint of herculean strength, and started to pursue them, but they had disappeared from sight in the vicinity of Crowder & Fancett's lumber yard.

In the yard next to Solon's, Tobin Crowder, of Crowder & Fancett, Lumber, Coal and Building Supplies, had left a magnificent green wagon-box flat upon the ground, a thing so fine that it was almost a game of itself.

In the yard next to Solon's, Tobin Crowder, of Crowder & Fancett, Lumber, Coal and Building Supplies, had left a magnificent green wagon-box flat upon the ground, a thing so fine that it was almost a game of itself.

That was the evening when the Crowders, living next door, had rushed over in the belief that my woman child was being murdered.

] I was entertained very handsomely by the Crowders.

"And a thousand times better," said Mrs. Crowder, earnestly.

I don't approve of that matrimonial alliance at all," said Mrs. Crowder.

" Crowder laughed.

" "If I had been in thy place," said Mrs. Crowder, reflectively, "sometimes I would have enjoyed a long rest of bachelordom; it would have been a variety.

" "No wonder," said Mrs. Crowder, "as thee intended to take out of it its principal attraction.

" "I suppose thee never met Delilah?" asked Mrs. Crowder.

" "I am glad thee never met Delilah," said Mrs. Crowder, reflectively; "for thee, too, was possessed of a great secret, and she might have gained it from thee.

" IV "I think thee was in great danger," continued Mrs. Crowder, "in that Samson business.

As there was no opportunity of teaching school on that desolate mountain" "And marrying one of thy scholars," interpolated Mrs. Crowder.

"No, I never saw her again," said Mr. Crowder; "I was careful not to do that: but I did not neglect her; I caused good care to be taken of her until she died.

V "Now, my dear," said Mrs. Crowder, the moment we had finished dinner on the next evening, "I want thee to tell us immediately what thee did with the jewels.

But perhaps thee got them again?" "No," said Mr. Crowder; "I never saw them again, nor ever heard of them.

" "What was there startling in that little speech?" asked Mrs. Crowder.

" "Ruler!" exclaimed Mrs. Crowder and I, almost in the same breath.

" The next day I was obliged to bid farewell to the Crowders, and my business arrangements made it improbable that I should see them again for a long timeI could not say how long.

of foot, committed July 29, 1817, charged on suspicion of having feloniously broken into the dwelling house of James Crowder at Barton, no person being therein, and stealing 1 bottle green coat, 1 velveteen jacket, 3 waistcoats, &c. GuiltyDeath.

" "Rev. Mr. Crowder, of Virginia, at the Annual Conference in Baltimore, 1840'In its moral aspect, slavery was not only countenanced, permitted, and regulated by the Bible, but it was positively instituted by GOD HIMSELFhe had, in so many words, ENJOINED IT.'

CROWDER, WILLIAM.

William Crowder (A); 2Jul59; R239393. CROWELL (THOMAS Y.)

E.H. Crowder, Lieutenant-Colonel and Judge-Advocate.