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HARPER'S ROUND TABLE

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. All Rights Reserved.


published weekly.NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1896.five cents a copy.
vol. xviii.—no. 888.two dollars a year.

ONE PORTRAIT BEFORE WHICH MY MOTHER USED TO STAND AND WEEP.

A LOYAL TRAITOR.

A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND.

BY JAMES BARNES.

Memories of John Hurdiss, of Stonington, Connecticut, written byhimself, in order to ease his mind and, incidentally, to interestany one who might enjoy an unembellished narrative, told by a penuntried but truthful. It represents the labor of spare momentstaken from a busy life, and is dedicated to those who may bear thewriter's name. He therefore craves a kind indulgence.—J. H.

Editor's Note.—The manuscript from which the followingauto-biographical story is printed was found in an old desk thathad been hidden away in the garret of a shipping-office in the townof Stonington, Connecticut. It narrowly escaped being destro

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