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cals ; but were the patriots all saints ? At all 

 events, Apollo Woodward was loyal to the 

 king, and had as good a right to prefer Corn- 

 wallis to Washington as his neighbors had to 

 think otherwise. But the story : Woodward 

 and his black horse and Timothy Pagan with 

 his wall-eyed sorrel were the only characters. 

 " D'ye know, boys, what I see in the town 

 that day was nothin* to the ride Tolly Wood- 

 ward and Tim Fagan took one winter night. 

 They know'd aforehand what was goin' to 

 be after the scrimmage at the bridge, and 

 slunk out o* the village towards Pond Run, and 

 then made for Princeton way on horseback. 

 When in the saddle there was nothin' could 

 stop 'em. They rid through the woods at a 

 dead run where none could 'a* follered, and 

 when they got to Stony Brook, Tim gave his 

 horse a kickin' on the ribs to go over at a 

 jump. The old wall-eyed sorrel did, but 

 landed with a stake clean through its breast, 

 and Tim went on till his head landed on a 

 stone and his neck broke. 'Polly Woodward 

 went on without knowin' what had happened, 

 it was that dark. He turned when he missed 

 Tim, and lost time in lookin', and when the 

 light favored a bit it was too late to be in 



