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A SHAM BATTLE AND A REAL HERO. 17

times he was called the “Rebel High
Priest.” His wife had been shot by a
Hessian soldier, and the terrible news of
her death was brought to him while
the battle was in progress and at a
time when the want of wadding was
discovered. Mr. Dinwiddie said that
the good man did not stop for a mo-
ment to vent his grief. He did his duty
first. A poem by Bret Harte tells ex§
actly what he did: 4

AS .‘* They were left in the lurch

For the want of more wadding. He ran to the
church, |

Broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed out
in the road =

With his arms full gf hymn books, and threw down
his load .

At their feet. Then above all the shouting and
shots

Rang his voice: ‘Put Watts into’em. Boys, give
’em Watts!’”