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Page 41
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
Page 41
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
... horse fell . He was on his feet in an instant . " Men , " he cried , " cease firing - charge , for God's sake , charge ! " The next instant he fell dead - not twenty yards from the concealed marksman who had killed him . To the sketch ...
Page 46
... horse- man induced the British commandant of the post to secure his services as bearer of dispatches to the vice - royal governor at Williamsburg . Ashby at once proceeded on his mission , and in an incredibly short time presented ...
... horse- man induced the British commandant of the post to secure his services as bearer of dispatches to the vice - royal governor at Williamsburg . Ashby at once proceeded on his mission , and in an incredibly short time presented ...
Page 47
... horse was trained for tournaments and fox - hunting , and it is said to have been a common pastime of Ashby to take him into the meadow and jump him over hay - cocks and stone fences . Some of his feats of horsemanship are memorable ...
... horse was trained for tournaments and fox - hunting , and it is said to have been a common pastime of Ashby to take him into the meadow and jump him over hay - cocks and stone fences . Some of his feats of horsemanship are memorable ...
Page 48
... horse , then called " The Mountain Rangers , " did service on that oc- casion . He appeared to have felt and known the consequences which were to ensue from this frightful crusade . Thencefor- ward his physical and intellectual powers ...
... horse , then called " The Mountain Rangers , " did service on that oc- casion . He appeared to have felt and known the consequences which were to ensue from this frightful crusade . Thencefor- ward his physical and intellectual powers ...
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