There lived in Bedford in the Revo- -lutionary war a woman named Worden and a man named Daniels. They were cousins. Mrs. Worden had two or three sons who had gone below. She had a dispute one day with her cousin on the politics of the times - Whig and Tory. On parting, Daniels said to her: "If you say that again I'll shoot you!" She, supposing he wouldn't do it, and that is was a mere threat repeated the offensive words whereupon
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he fired and the ball passed between her legs through her petticoat. They were thirty or forty yards apart, and Daniels an excellent shot. He fired too low. It was conjectured that Mrs. Worden's sons of came up, took him to the woods and killed him.
On parting, Daniels said to her: "If you say that again I'll shoot you!" She, supposing he wouldn't do it, and that is was a mere threat repeated the offensive words whereupon - Hufeland Index Page 790 - he fired and the ball passed between her legs through her petticoat. They were thirty or forty yards apart, and Daniels an excellent shot. He fired too low. It was conjectured that Mrs. Worden's sons of came up, took him to the woods and killed him.