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11*+. * Am HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY CHAPTER XXIX. | wa s entirely unknown. He did ixot .... i doubt that an appeal to the honor- WMliams Takes a Fancy to Fore8t J able feelings of that officer, with a Life.—Horse Shoe an d John Ram head,” cried John Ramsay, as he put spurs to blB horse and galloped up to the ruins; “the savgea have done their worst. But my father and mother, where are they?” he exclaim ed, ag the tears rolled down his cheeks. “Take heart, my brave boy!” said Robinson, in the kindliest tones. “There’s a reckoning to come for all thes e villaines—and It will go hard with many a Tory yet before this ac count is settled.” occasion to moralir* after his own fashion Blip by. “there’s a great dif ference between a hot field find a stale one. Your hot field makes a soldier, for there’s a sort of a stir in it that sets the blood to running merrily through a man, and that’s what I call pleasure. But when everything is festering like the in side of a hospital—or what's next door to it, a graveyard—it is mighty He asked me privately. If I had heard anything of you, Mr. Robinson: and when I told him what folks said about your being with the people that bead Colonel Innis, he smiled, and ssld If any man could get him free, R wan Horse Shoe Robinfcon.” “Do they allow you to see him of ten?” inquired the sergeant. "I Lave seen him only two or three times since he came to the house," answered the maiden. But -he of- i ftRAriEK. THE RIGHT MEDICINE POR PELVIC TROUBLES POUND IN PE RU NA. sa v Continue Active in the Service of Butler.—Mary | Musgrave Becomes a \ flKS.C ftRAflER. valuable Auxiliary. Williams had commenced his re treat before the dawn, as much with a view to accomplish a large portion of his journey before the heat of Lie day as to protect Iiii..self against M RS. CAROLINE KRAMER. Fort t j l(j p ro ij a ij] e pursuit of the rallied Collins, Col., writes: forces of the enemy. His destina- •‘Th« majority of women who arc snf-; tjon was towards the mountains on fering frjm disordered periods and the northwestern frontier. The over- other pelvic troubles, have such strong throw of Gates had left a large force faith in doctors that they allow them of Tory militia at the disposal of to experiment on them for kidney, liver , t’ernwallis, who. it was conjectuie , or stomach troubles until they become wou d use them to break up ^ completely discouraged and their money I u wtfs therefore a matter of great 18 gone- importance to Williams, to conduct ••This was my unfortunate expe- his little force into some place of Hence for nearly t wo years when , security against the attacks of the attention was called to Peruna. royalists. “1 hardly dared believe that at last I Colonel bad found the naht medicine, but as I kept on using it and was finally cured, apt to turn a dragoon’s stomach and. — — - „„ make a preacher of him. This here finer that has charge of him is noi I will carry a hot hand into the i dew falls tonight Hbe frost, and chills; oofttrary or ill-natured, and maksji first house that covers a Tory head,” me to the heart, which It wouldn’t do no objection to nr carrying him his i full disclosure of the facts, would, replied the young trooper, passion- if it didn’t freshen up the smell of: meals—though I am obliged to prw jinstantly be followed by an order ately; “this burning shall be paid dead men. And there’s the hogs, 1 ’t?nd to know lesg about Major But- that should put Butler under the pro- with ten like it.” 'busy as so manv sextons among In- ler than I do, for fear they might be ! tection of the rules of war. and in- “All in good time, John,” said nis s Tories; you may hear them teahms of my talking to him.” sure him all the rights that belong Robinso u coolly. “As for the burn- grunt over their suppers. Well, there ‘You ea n give him a letter.’ Ing, it is no great matter; a few is one man among them that I’ll “ f mink I can contrive it,’ replied good neighbors would soon set that make bold to say these swine hav’n’t' ^ ™aiden. to right, by building your father a i got the stomach to touch—’hat’s ‘ P Ve m y K 00 ^ gmb better house than the one he lias Hugh Habershaw: he sleeps in the said Robinson, taking Williams's ie<r Elijah Clarke had, ever since the fall of Charleston, been em ployed in keeping together the few to a mere prisoner taken i n arms in a lawful quarrel. A spirited remon strances was accordingly prepared to this effect. It detailed the circum- strance was accordingly prepared to lost. Besides, Congress will not for- mud in yonder fence-corner.” accompanied with a copy of the pro- get a true friend when the war is “If you had done nothing else in ceeding s 0 f the court, and it conclud-; well fought out. But it does go.ihe fight. Horse Shoe, but cleave that ed with a demand that such measures , against my grain, John Ramsay, to Rdlow’s skull,” said Ramsay, “the should he adopted by the head of the see a parcel of cowardly runaw ays I’lde we took would have been well armv. as comported —»th the rights! spitting their malice against women 1 paid for—it was worth the trouble.” the laws of war; : and children. The barn, likewise, 1 ter from his pocket and putting it In Mary’s hand. “R is a piece of writ ing he can use whenever he is much pressed. It may save him form harm. Now, I want you to do something more. You must find a chance just towhls- And the rapseallionly fellow to her in his ear that Horse Shoe Rol>- think,” added Horse Shoe, “that I in8 °n ^ J° hu Hamsay are i D th« was a going to save him from the neighborhood. Tell him, likewise, ruins a short distance off. “The vil- devil's clutches, when I had a broad that Colonel Williams has sent a lain*: whe n there’s foul work to be sword in my hand, and his bald, iF)® ssen S e r to Lord Cornwallis to lay done, they don’t go at it like appren tices. No matter—I have made one of humanity and “a course,” the writer suggested, j see i s gone,” continued the sergeant, “that he did not hesitate to believe; looking towards another pile of the his lordship w'ould feel belonged both ' to the honor and duty of his station’” This paper was consigned to the care of an officer, who was directed to proceed with it, under a flag of truce, to the headquarters of the ; ..„v vlltlL „ „ ,. „ British commander. ! old saying.” I have made an observation, John, all messenger, hoping that L/yrd Soon after this, Robinson appris- By degrees John Ramsay fell into l*I e on them foul-mouthed, swil- s - ** l 16 18 a n ra ve and a t-d Williams that Ramsay and him- a calmer temper, and now began to' Iin K braggers—that when there’s so v ^ lst J aa as they say he is •self had determined to venture hack cast about as to the course lit to be muc b cunn l n g and blood-thirstiness, i v “',. 3top t , u on 'n erc ‘[ u l persecution • i — - i lA ' 7 wu,B w 111 i . _ _ ....... . i n.f t.nn muinr nrHis>h ViqS CaUS© greasy pate in reach. His brain had ''’ s cas © before that officer, and to nothing in it hut deceit and lies, and ^t some order for hia better treats I meat. That the doings of that ras- obstervation; the darkest hour is just j ^ sor ts of cruel thoughts, enough to ,, 1 tiat „ , PL 0 * 8 v that ras- before day, and that’s a comfortable poison the air when I let them out. ,, d ly cour ' niart a , be ® n 8eQ t cattered families in that part of towards the Enoree, to learn some-j pursued in thei r present emergency, j there’s no room for a thimbleful of ^ “ a l° r , which has ^ no I could only thank God aud take cour ‘| Caro ji na i y i ng contiguous to the Sar thing of the state of affairs in that age hat About a quarter of a mile distant, ro,I *' a K e : their heart’s in their belly, (,„ *L r ci ,r th { a V.- res two or thre e negro cabins were visi- which is as much as to signify that ’ a i of hie, and he could descry a few. child- w « ha d best choose a spot along up- ’ . J’ ’ he , ren near the doors. With an eager: on the river here, and leave our , 1 > j-ergeant obtained a letter from Wil- haste, therefore, he and the sergeant I b° rses - I think w e can manoeuvre n< 1 iams. the purport of which was to shaped their course across the field better on foot: the miller’s house isi, K ° .: inform the commandant of any post to this spot When they arrived -hoit of two miles, and we mought T ‘ „ t for it under heaven. Will you re responded Mary; ’ill tell it to my has more chance of Major Butler than I vannah, with a view to an organized J quarter, and to apply themselv “I have hnd most satisfying results pi an 0 j; resistance against the British more immediately to the service fiom the use of your medicine and have authorities; and he had so far ac- Butler. In aid of this design, the ren near the doors, advised dozens of women who were suf- complished his purpose as to have fering with woman’s ills to use Reruns procured some three or four hundred .nd let t hod«,or, alone. n.^.^ho ^ad^ agreed “Lteiit cZ UVuh.n flf'r’pacir’", 'JS i .“»?*".««, ««"» «**?”*» “Those who followed my advice are! whenever thQ occasjon offered These jcorn. that an application had been I hovel, the door was set ajar, and a 1 horseback.” elrUer th^tWs ^muf^’m^^ •n were to he mustered at any mo- <>n Butler’s behalf to Comwal- ride, thrust through the aperture, was This Proposal w-as adopted, and And ail V “f J ' visitor® the tw o friends, when they had rid- i . nri , 3ay tne P a J° r - “ n ® your lives'” shouted * ,f>n a s hort distance below the battle •’ , ’ y measag. ior us, be may send _ rf . _ ..n voice of David Ram- * ro ’ ,nfl - baited in a thicket, where by you Bu A be t c 1 ‘ u < tious ’ lolence that might be offered the I say. in the next instant the door ! the Y ^ a8tened 1 th ? Ir h<>‘;ses, and pro- p ri ^ on * t ° r u a e a tj]kin S with th« better today and many arc* fully restored to health.” Mrs. Wilda Mooers, R. F. I)., No. 1, lic-nts, Ore., w rites: “For the past four years I was a wretched woman, suffering with Severn backach's aud other pains, leaving mo men were to he mustered at any mo- ; ° uen.ur to uomwai- u jc- tnrust throi merit by a preconcerted signal: and, | ' s - and that the severest retaliation aimed at ihe vis in the meantime, they were instruct-' 1 ni1 ” he exercised upon the prison-j “Stand for yc ed. by confining themselves to their j' 1 ’ 8 111 Williams's custody, for any the well known fiivoiiinuv niirautncT tiidi* nrdinarv ■ loience that might be offered the s^tv. in the no dwellings, or pursuing their ordinary occupations, to keep as much as pos sible out of the way of the dominant officer. Rutting this let- wa 3 thrown wide open, the weapon to w ard s the mill on foot. Af- an „ authorities. A merican in iiis pocket, our man"of “mickle cas t aside, and the father rushed tc-r following the course n f the stream .m’gl't,” attended by his* good and , f<Jl ward a8 he exclaimed, -Gracious for nea , r b a,f bour, they perceived,, wa . lcarn ,, d hv th1a whence ; f : a!!v - John Ramsay, took his <*od. my boy and Hars© Shoe Robin- at a <Mttance ’ a light glimmering , jLk-I .. by thi s If they suspect you it will “Trust to me,” said the girl; “I <«# different remedies JSuf i of Augusta; and we have already, "” ar usgrov* s mill. better shelter to give you,*- ’"But the found no relief until! had tr,ed 1‘eruna. u a: " a lett fr in-in «’olouel (l ,.„ b, .;„ u , ad morning after their l good friend* of King George, you see, ! Pinckney, at Charleston, which Horse mom lie “AT • wa- a well and happ • nraise m due Pi l\ i FOR SALE. “There. John, ’ continued Horse I have said i and as you. so weak and weary that if was only Clark, resid'd in Georgia wnence iook ms my uuy amj norse snoe ho Din-1 “ “ ‘-ft i, ow tn », ehjlv . niV aplf o ' with dii .culty that I was able to attend ; i, e ha(J fled as . 0 on as the royalist; , : ' Ve or “The Fair Forest” towards i^on! Welcome, lads; a hundred through the window of Alien Mus- re d-coats ” 6 r ain0QSt tb0Se to my liMUs-liold duties. leader, Brown had taken possesion i ,loon of the fourth day after the hat- times more welcome than when I had dwelling. This induced a 1 e_near Musgrove’g mill. ! better shelter to give von*- an.t the ? econd , y suggested the propriety of j ’ 1 ,ia ' e , t . . .ir ♦ i , . .. - - . — de p a /* ture - tb e two companions “had- have bee^^klnd^as io^ve" me^a hi8 advaa cing alone to reconnoitre a,l( as you ’ 1 itV, ‘ Do doubt ’ have ithm twowe(-v» iiere a* fiaii.' ^) l0 e Robinson had been instructed the Enoree. not far from the ! ca ^* It is easy to tell when they take for tn- belt- i and ir. > s • Itn deliver had summoned Arthur !a bitation of David Ramsay it was! 1 *, in their heads to visit a Whig" j some speech with the inmates. He Vf> luir summer weather, and nature' “My mother!” exclaimed John ^ ccordingly left Lhe 8erBeaDl t0 amuse «sgay as in that piping time Ra, . nsa y- boy—she wants ■ i vv»/-»T»/i n r r\ ^ s\ n i s. r, e* lough “I must get home as fast as poa* im "in he district“ "at “"present!'‘"bf, country presented no signT°of; Before "tTikT^speech was uttered ,>asy - at ,ast ’ at John ’ s de,ay - he ‘‘ they w111 be look- uowu as Sullivan county iu Ten- ^ !1 fe: n o bands or armed men mo- John had disappeared. arose, and stole cautiously forward “Away Jo Vilt FOR SALE—Ten building lots, al so two houses and lots. J. J. Gaff ney. Aug. 23 tf. FOR SALE—Two valuable farm*, about 60 acres each, adjoining, part ly inside the incorporate limits, in high state of cultivation, splendid buildings, water, timber, etc., near graded school and churches, at reasonable prices and on easy terms. This is extra good property. Apply to J. Eh Jefferies. I Shoe Robinson had been instructed |to deliver, had summoned Arthur i Butler to this frontier to aid in ; Clarke’s enerprise. - e> •.***— Colonel Isaac Shelby, a resident of 1 'dori* the blast of war had blown “Ip and see her. Washington county in Virginia, 1 across her fields. All things, in the comfort from you. until the settlement of the south- j £ 0,ir8e of a few days, seemed to s he bears this bl< urn line of the State had l e it Pave undergone a sudden change. I thought she could h k pause in their march, when Ramsay suggested the propriety of l b , ‘’ a 1 ba ' e r Ha,d al1 1 ^ an L to , say * his advancing alone to reconnoitre ‘ ‘ J ' 0 , u ’, h ive no doubt, have the house, and attempting to gain a g ?° d deal tell, the girl, it U _ V h M 6 hut fair tljat you S } 10ul(1 ha76 So, do you walk back himself with his own thoughts. l®’’ a3 f;ir as ^ “ ill ’, and ^ Horse Shoe took his seat beneath j: bece for you. But don t forget But, thank God'lf, sycamore ' where he awaited aiong L,„n » f ,y OV6rstaym S Your fur- blow -i— i time in better than I anx t°u s expectation of the ! return of his comrade. Growing un- nessee, had been an efficient auxili ary in Clarke’s scheme, and was now r< idy to summon a respectable nura- hf-r of followers for the support of the wa r on the mountain border. He Jested the highways. An occasional 1 “And how came this mishao to fall UBtB be reached the mill, where he de ^ Hor , se JC Siloe^ aI “andMhft^ , vow husbandman was seen at his plough: I upon you. David?- i„nul“ H,“" P«««l himself a position from rom Hie deer sprang up from the brush-' s h°c wood and fied into the forest, as if ! inviting again the pastime of the which he was able to see and hear ^with 'this 7 command John Ramsay I suppose some of your prison-, w bat was going on at the mi lers and miller’s daughter hastily replied Ramsay, “must have bpus °- _b° rc b ^ pap ^ d ir ) >y withdrew, and were soon out of the k ear j njf After an Interval, which doubtleas office, 10c & hundred. and Clarke had accidently arrived at j‘■• lii8e : a nd even when the wo sol-: informed upon Andy and me; for In three or four P er8ons . whose conver- Be Williams’s camp a day or two before ‘ 1< ' ls encountered a chance wayfarer the retreat of Innis’s runaways a 6a B° n . a s it came to the sergeants the attack upon Innis. with a view to ! u IJp u the road, each party passed the party came through my farm They c ' ar - Proved them to be strangers to ; ge a consultation us to the general in-|°' ner unquestioned—there was all i stayed only long enough to *nsack the f ami, y; and a ray of light from he ^ ^ r terests of the meditated campaign; | Ih o seeming quiet of a pacified coun-i the house, and to steal whatever waa !1 ,a P er within after a while made fwo get out rapldl y ln queg ^ Qf g^j,. jand they had only tarried to take, rY. Phe truth was, the war had! worth taking; and then to set fire to this more manifest, by revealing the horses; and once more having got - a part in the engagement from a ’ or hwards and all behind it the dwelling and all the out-buildings scarlet uniform of the enemy. Horse ^eir saddles, they retraced their .g wu_:_ nan submitted since the disastrous Both Andy and myself, by good luck, Sh o« was thus confirmed in the truth steps at a brisk speed to Ramsay’s Horv,* r™rn ! seemed 8 bort to the gallant dragoon, ngnt rrom he re t ur ned to his comrade, and the FOR SALE—Old newspaper* at this | natural concern for the fate of their FOR SALE—First class babbit met al Appiv at Ledger office. FOR RENT. TO RENT—Office rooms over The Ledger. Apply to Ed. H. DeCamp. Nov. 2-tf. WANTED. WANTED—To rent a house con veniently situated to Central school Address Box 244, city. 8-20 tf. fight at Camden. - The lusty and hot- perhaps, were absent, or they would , of the report that Butler had been ca bin 'rained portions Q f the population , have made us prisoners: so they bought ^ 11118 P lace under a mill- (CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.) escort. With this conviction he 0>e I turned my wife and children out of intended comrade, Butler. Having no further motive for remaining with Williams, they were both intent up- „ . ,, u „ ulDU UUL on reluming to their respective du- ‘"^ combatants only, or those wear- doors to shift for themselves and returned to the sycamore, where he ties, aud, accordingly, during the re- , ' ,<l with arms, were all that were to scamped off as fast as if Wiillams treat of the following day, they took ! »e seen this region. ’ was still at their heels. All that was their leave “° r f® ,, oe ’ after rldln S a long left for u3 wa s to crowd into this The vigilance with which these f lp ‘ e »n silence, a g these images of cabin, where, considering all things, partisans wer e watched by their ene- tranquillity occupied hie thoughts, we ar e no* so badly off But thines mies, almost forbade the present maa c a simple remark that srxike a are taking a n ill turn for the coun hope of successful combination. From Yohirae of truth in a few homely!try. Horse — — — — a consciousness of the hazard of at- wp rds al j g(JleB „ tempting to concentrate their forces! Jhis is a a onnatural sort of still- “Not so bad, David, as to be fiaet 8to ^ bcside worst of them. We always keep a j a t this juncture, tney had determin- Pe8S . John. Men may call this peace, righting yet,” replied the sergeant. , kept you till this time of ^ttie in tho, house. I believe R to - eel still to pursue their separate but I cal1 11 fear. If there is a poor “What have they done with Major n|f ?b t? 41l was the sergeants accost. (> be the mog »- valuab i e prescription j schemes of annoyance, until a more | w re tch of a Whig in this district, it’s Butler?” Softly, man. I have news for you, k nown f or Lung and Throat dla* “He was carried, as I learned, up d Bamsay. “Here is Mary her- ea j e8 •. Guaranteed to never dlsnp- the taker, by Cherokee Drug Price 60c and $1.00. Trial botr . . Endorsed by the Country. again sat down to_ wait for the com- “The most popular remedy in in ? of his companion Otsego county, and the best friend of It was after ten o clock, and the f am iiy,” writes Wm. M. Diets, s^rgeai.t was casting over in his editor publlsher of 0 Uego thoughts the long absence of John, joyma^ CHlbertsville, N. Y„ “Is Dr. , —- -r—- - -u ... turn xur uiy ' v . hf ‘ n h,s attention was aroused by King’s New Discovery. It has proved words 6 0t lrUth 0 a few bomely try, Horse Shoe. We are beaten on ^®._^ ,u l d . 0 f iloteteps^ and^ iiext l0 bQ an infallible cure for coughs instant John Ramsay and Mary Mus- and c0 ] ( j 8( making short work of the favorable moment for joint action as good as Ws life is worth to own „„„ 0 a . . should arise; a nd, in tha Interval, to | himself. How far off mought we be to Blackstock’s, the evening of the . , . . . . point — hide themselves as much as possible from your father’s?” fight- and yesterday it was reoorted And 80 she ls - indeoul exclaim- ^ Ltd in t Vi/%, frvvxiof 11 xi r o C T’hxx vmiD rr f mnrtnr — a, ’ , ^ 0/1 tVt O ROTfrOJln t Q t fhrx C m A . WANTED—Second _hand for card i n the forest. It was consequently The young trooper heaved a deep that a Party has*taken hTm back ^to ° d rbe 8er g ea nt, at the same time tie free* inde-jsiKb. “I knew you were thinking of Musgrove’s. I believe he la now 8 b al<ln ^ ber hand, “this is my petti- room in cotton mill. We have plenty of work for all if yon have a family. Ap^ly to T. A. Sizemore. Supt Green ville, 8. C. Aug. 13 Imo np. LOST. LOST—Gold medal between Dr. Garrett’s and E. H. Gaines’ residence. Name on back Alice L. Brown. Re ward If delivered to E. H. Gaines. Aug. 20 tf np. in the hope of preserving his pendence at least, if not of aiding my poor father when you spoke your kepT close' prisoneT’in ^fen’s house. | c V a , t ^ odf?er: how goes 11 wltb you ’ thoughts. Horse Shoe. This ia a rviriRt«n>,o.- 1—^ Kirl?“ Clarke, that Williams now moved with so much despatch to the mountains. His course lay towards the head This is a heavy day for him. But he could hear it: he’s a ma n who thinks little waters of the Fair Forest river, in 1 of hardships. There are the helpless the present region of Spartanburg, i women. Galbraith Robinson," he con- 1 in tied, as he shook his head with MltCELVICOUfc This district was inhabited only by a few hunters, and some scattered Indians of an inoffensive character; ^ it abounded i n game, and promised home one thinks of them first to afford an easy subsistence to men ; whos e habits were simple, and who I were accustomed to rely upon the chase for support. The second day brought our hardv soldiers into the sojourn they sought. It was a wil derness broken by mountains, and Christopher Shaw was here two days , ^ „ since, and told us that (frders had ro J, b ® come to occupy the miller’s dwelling- f t ep " ed th ® T house for that nnrnoae” 4 la ^e greatest of good luck that I house for that purpose. 1 Horse Shoe had now entered the cabin with David Ramsay, and In the f?r,t eXpr ilf ion SOrr ?,« lba t alm0Bl course of the hous that followed, broke into tears. Getting near during which the family had prepar- FOR SERVICE—8t. Lambert Jer ,, _ . *ey bull; reglster3d; fee $2. Apply at c«ecte,i by streams of surpassing t H R. Cash. transparently^ whilst Its elevated April ID 1 a. w. tt p<ipition and southern latitude con ferred upon it a climate that was then, as well as now, remarked for its delicious temperature in summer, and its exemption from the rigors of NOTICE. NOTICE—Hats of all kinds clean- winter. My good and kind mother—God knows how she would bear any heaw acci dent. I am always afraid to ash questionb in these times about the ..„„ L uo ttUII t|uuu auwj , uiw - family, for fear of hearing something main in“ their “present” concealmenT Fif-in Ansi t h 1 (4 f 1 ** ir.. ~ x 11 . ed refreshment for the travelers, the sergeant haff fully canvassed all the particulars necessary to be known for his future guidance, it was de thought of coming out; for John gave me a signal, which I was sti pld | enough not to understand at first But, after a while, I thought it could i»e no one but John Ramsay; and that, partly, because I expected he 1 would be coming into the neighbor-! hood ever since I heard of his being t^rmine^ at bis father’s, after the ensign was! rcrmined that he and John should re- ma( j e a nrisone,-.” had. And there’s little Mary Mu* until night, and^hen endeavor f to 1 Bam say, “to Krove over at the mill”— reach the mill under cover of the !; be ftirt b. er 8id ® 01 4116 bo'isc, where j “You have good reason to be proud darkness, and open some means of J * e t to whistling an old-fa.?nloned of that girl, John Ramsay,” Interrupt- communication with the familv of Mary w £ 8 ac( l ua,nt ® d ed Robinson. “So speak out, man, ! tt” miliar. ’ -walking away all the time j n an and none of vour stammering. Hoot! The rest of the day was spent In ,f ther6 Waa —she told me she was your sweet- anxious thought TTio sitnAttnn nf no '-n* n R meant heart! You bav’n’t half the tongue the adventurers was one of great q h '^, d l *o r ew t ^? e ’ ^ r - ^ or , ae of that wench. Why. sir, If I was a personal peril, as they were now im- 1 Ijl ®’ iS-VJhIP 1 ! a,? ^ ^ lovable, man, haw, haw!-which. I’m mediately wRhin the circle of opera- I eagerly, i prao-; ed and blocked. Clothes cleaned and The spot at which Williams rested ; not—I’ll be cursed if I wouldn’t tions of the on£m£ and likely to he ,8ed ,hat tr,ck once before 10 8ho,r pressed. Satisfaction guaranteed. wa s a sequestered valley deep hidden I spark that little fusee myself.” observed and challenged the first me how 10 fl ? d my way 10 h,m - ^ Office over R. A. Jones’ store. Brown in the original woods, and watered , “This fence,” said Ramsay, un- moment thev ventured nnm, the " n that - 1 »n ad » an excuse to leave the & Riley. 1 aw Imo np. by the Fair Forest, whose stream,!heeding the sergeant's banter, "be- road. room, and slipped out, through the so near its fountain, scarcely exceed-1 longs to our farm, and perhaps we Tlie hour of dusk had scarcely ar- 2rard ®°—/ben I followed t ed tne dimensions of a little brook, had better let down the rails and ap- rived before they were again mount-1 8ay they fo low Insurance! H * re b e determined form a cam P-! proarh the house aCToss the field: if ed on horseback. They proceeded Ja, ;? t A 0, ; laateT ?• ,, „ rirv to which in times of emergency he the Tories should be there we might cautiously upon the road that led „ A !i d ./ 0 ’ by a c°« nterm f rc b. «>n- migiit safely retreat. With a view find the road dn-zerous. This gives through the wood until it intersect- ’"'ll 1 y0 l,/ drag ^ >n ’ we . ca ^f to render it easy of access as a ren-j ns a chance of retreat.” ed the highway and having attain- ro,ind tbe meadow and through the dezyous, he caused landmarks to be “That’s both scrupulous and wise, ed this point, John Ramsay, who was wood8, ‘ ieTe - made, hv cutting notches on the trees John.” renlfed aa-o-oan* wt oil a alvi+xv/l vwiA.'V We '^ nt some o # the in rarest and most sut/stant'a! cooipunlek ami would like to write your businet. s-u-tf. [ Dj adc by cutting notches on the trees John.”- replied the sergeant "So well acquainted with event avenue "Now that you’ve got here at last,” i ——d t r r. I a rv i m m i e V. — 1 t-. A it n .lx.« — % ....... • _ _ I i » tv i < ^ .11 9* -or blazing them, in the woodman's Smith & Lipscomb, Agents, pb™ 8 ®—^ several directions. lead- mg towards the principal highways down with the pannel: we will steal through the country, now led the sa id Horse Shoe, “tell me the news. 1 upon the jjood folks. If they are at way, by a private and scarcely dl»- “Major Butler Is in the house,” - - ^ h°nie, and take them by surplse. But cernlble path Into the adjacent for- sald Mary and John, both speaking that penetrated the country. The mind you, my lad, see that your pis- est, and thence, by a tedious and al once - “He was brought yester- BURNETT C. BLACK. I [ etrtat ^. hus ® 8ta bllsbed is famaliar, tolg are primed; we mought onawares prolonged route, directed his com- ' da Y ,rom Blaokstock’s,” continued * ^ history of the wror tha get im^ . panion to the ban^s of the Enoree. th ® •URQEON-DENTirr. Hickory Qrovo, . . - . / I n Sharon on Thurodays and Frl d^ys. 7 24-lmo FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing:, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. to the history of the war, under the get into a wasp’g nest.” ' panlon' to the ban kb or the*" Enoree. tho ma,deD - "Orders came from name of the Fair Forest camp. The fence was lowered, and the ; Thl s course of tra el took them Im- somebody that he was to be kept at These arrangements being com- horsemen cautiously entered the uiediately to the plain on which In-|° ur house until they had fixed up*; C. pleted i n the course of the first day field. After passing a nanw dell ( ° is . b®®® encamped—the late afu-r his arrival, Williams now ap- plied himself to the adoption of mc-asures for the safety of Arthur Butler. Amongst the spoils’ that had 1 i fallen into his hands, after the vic tory over Innis, was the document containing the proceedings of the court-martial. The perusal of this paper, together with the comments afforded by Robinson, convinced him of the maJlgnity of ths persecution which had aimed at the life of the prisoner. It occurred to him, there fore, to submit the whole proceed ing to Lord Cornwallis, to whom, he was persuaded. It either had been misrepresented, or, most probably, and rising to the crest of the oppo- flfdd of battle. All here was still and site hill, they obtained a position but desolate. The shot s and other vee- a short distance in the rear of the Bscs of the recent bivouac were yet on what was to be done with him. Colonel Innis was too 111 to think of j such matters, and has been carried out of the neighborhood—and It is homestead. From this point a mol* vi8l ble, but not evjn the farm-house ^JJ^bt he will^ die. ^ ancholy prospect broke upon their that had coestl right The dwelling-house had die- ‘ appeared, and In its place was s heap only of smouldering ashes. A few of the upright frame-posts, scorched black and a stone chimney with Its ample fire-place, were all that re mained of what, but a few days be fore, was the happy shod# of the family of a brave end worthy man. “Mr God! my thouithts were ran- ning upon this! I feared their spite would break at lest upon mgr father's quarters was nal inhabitants, over the plain, over the plait from the -nc air still bodies w exposed, earth as. Innis’s head- led by Its origl- bat whirred <e scest of dead owl hooted trees. The t of dead been left with with How many men are there to guard, the prisoner?" asked the sergeant. “There are more than twenty, with a lieutenant from Ninety-Six. who hag the charge of them.” "And how does the major bear his troubles?** “He seen* to be heavy at heart,’ 1 replied the maiden. "But that may be because he la away from his friends. Though my father, who le a food Judge of aueh things, aaysha suffers tribulatkh like a Christian Advertising is celled by some an art. If it be an art it is the ait of telling a story simply end convincingly. ** Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment then the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being •quel, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers for sale. In g itnri where ue employer eefis goods side by u .e with hie clerks it is rare that the employer will not be the best Skiffs 3} an The reason is simple. He knuvs the goods from A to Z. probably has pur chased them. 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