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r<jK : iA HORSE-SHOE R.OBINSON A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY CHAPTER XL. From Tarborough our travellers oontlnued their route towards the Peedee, by the main road which led through Cross creek, a small ham let on Cape Fear river, near the site of the present town of Fayetteville. The general features of the country ry, I have got conscience enough now for any He that can be invented. The major and me talked that thing over, and he’s of opinion that lying In an enemy’s country is not forbidden In the scriptures. And I have hearn the preacher say that Rahab, who was not a woman of good fame no b< were even more forbidding than those yet she was excused by the Lord for I have already described as charac- ; telling the king of Jericho a most teristic of this portion of North Car ^ olina. Even to the present day, culti vation has done but little to cheer up the natural desolation of those tracts of wilderness which lie between the rivers. But at the early period to which the events I have been detail ing have reference, the journey un dertaken by our little caravan might bo compared to that which Is now frequently made through the more southern extremity of the Union, from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, an attempt seldom essayed by a fe male, and sufficiently trying to the hardihood of the stoutest traveller*. The forethought and attention of Horse Shoe Robinson, however, con tributed to alleviate the pains of ‘he enterprise and to enable Mildred to overcome its difficulties. p, c lt- In the persent alarmed and exc ed state of this province, the party w^re less liable to Interruption in this secludpd and destitute section of the country than they might have oeeu bad they chosen a lower anjl more populous 5 district; and theaonacloM' ness that every day’s perseverance thumping lie, consarning her not knowing what had become or the two men that Joshua, the Judge of ] Israel, who was a general besides, had sent into the town to reconnoitre; j which was a strong case, Mr. Henry, seeing that Rahab, the harlot, was r } taking of sides against her own peo- | pie. So, I like vour plan and I’ll stick , by it.” This being agreed upon, It became , one of the amusements of the road side to put the sergeant through his catechism, which was designed to make him familiar with the traits of „ _ private history relating to the Dove ! rv>t P and its appurtenances, that he oabin . it was composed of a f. w ! might thereby maintain his Identity. | boughg Btacked agalnst the t , nnk (( f! in the event of a close investigation, j f ree sufficiently covered with Horse Shoe was hut an awkward ] eaves f 0 t, irn aside any rain that , For old people who suffer from rheumahsm.stiff joints, gout lumbago neuralgia,sciatica and paralysis Sloaa* s Liivinveivt gives quick relief. It penetrates through the nerves qnd tissues.relieves the inflammation and congestion.quickens the blood and gives a pleasant tingling sensation oLcomfort and warmth. Needs /^^very little rubbing. At all dealers PRICE 25*50* & $1.00 Dr.Earl 5.Sloan, Boston Mo: might happen to fall. Under this cover Horse Shoe appointed that h and his comrades should piMR night, enjoining them to beep a regu lar watch for the security of the ladv. whose welfare was now scholar in this school of disguise and gave Henry sufficient employ ment to keep him In the path of prob ability; and. Indeed, the young teach er himself found It difficult to main tain an exact verisimilitude in the part which it was his own province i object of his most sedu- ~ < ,i» i < .*>..1 «.j to play in this deception. lous attention. AH those preparations - ness —- - •. ittmntp l eveniu £ to which WF j were made with the exactness of mil brought them nearer to the v.ltlm j alluded, the sergeant, finding ; Itary rule, and with a skill that great- our young lady; the Lord protect term of their journey, gave new vigor, within a short distance of the district , dftl ,g htod Honry . for * m0 * t rin elegant and on com ftt least to Mildred’s capacity to eu-, of country in which he was almost • —- - •”-«* ‘ • ~»- thP privations to which she was! certain to encounter parties of both JJ.w.c* nut few vestiges of the war friends and foes, adopted a greater a 1 iJL#H c ac 1 ache % V, f* ■if' »V, .1. i L , C S - /' 1-’ V - ■ing of Kidney or B 1 r ’cr I> : t u.e ».ut o r •^ledicine. No medicine can do mo: j. r%r Aalt b> Ch*roke« Drug Co. 4r S»!e by Cherokee Drug Co. her, oncommon The long summer twilight had fad- j precious young creature! Fling your ed away. Mildred had b^en. from an great c«.a*t upon the leaves and go at early period, in the enjoyment of a it, my lad, like a good fellow.” exposed. Rut few vestiges yet occurred to their view. The gre, j degree of circumspection than he hao (profound slumber, and Henry and his j “if I was at home. Mr. Horse Shoe, wilderness, like the great ocean, re^ j .iitherto deemed it necessary to °b- | n pjT ro a j] v W p r e seated at the front at the Dove Vote, I could sit up all traces of the pas-age of j serve. His purpose w as to halt upon VALUABLE hostile bodies. Sometimes, indeed, j the borders of the forests and en *b,‘ dome; of woodland encampment deavo r to obtain accurate Informa- .. . . . ... along; the upon this ttu* FiCTl^ f*’ WOOuiann , uut.uii aL.LUirttc were visible In the midst of the for-: tinn 0 f the state of affair* e^t fn the margin of some sluggish river, before he entered brook or around a sylvan fountain, ■where the recent impressions of dangerous ground. Like a soldier who had a rich treasure to guard, he hoof prints, the scattered fragments determined to run no hazard that of brushwood cut for tempora-y - Hot ter and the still smouldering ashes Of camp fires, showed tltat masses .'f men had been In motion. Tim de< r fled too. with a more frightened bound towards their coverts as jr lately alarmed hv the pursuit of the huntsman; but Me images of devas tation which are os=oclnted with the V> r r‘d front of war in the mind or all familiar with Its ravages, were ab sent. Tim eternal, leafy shade ugh arching over the heads of the way farer?, furnished no object fo- hw mar vengeance: and H still signed in the fanning of thr breeze ns 1 f old It siglmd befor< man claimed, do minion in the sou it sheltered A fn*- different sc* nr wa* shortly to oc looked upon by our venturesome friends. S«*v^ra1 «invs had nscain passed ny. f»,r the journo* through the wilder- n< ss had boon slowly prosecuted, whoa Robinson towards tbo approach of evening, announced to Mildred his conjecture that t m,- were not far off the Peedee The banks of this river •night be avoided, in the safe conduct of the lady in whose service he vas enlisted. In accordance with thi? caution, he directed th< cavalcade to door of their sylvan tent. The ser- night listening to your stories; but I grant had lighted his pipe, and now. believe I am bewitched tonight, for taking his seat upon a log that lay my eyelids this hour past have been near his post, he began to smoke in snapping like rat traps. So I’ll just rood earnest, with a mind as free stretch out for an hour or so, and from c^Kiety a? if universal neace then get up and take niy turn at the prevail™ fn the sedate enjoyment guard.” of this luxury, he fell into a descant “Don’t trouble your head about on matters and things, interlarded watching.’ replied Horse Shoe, “you with long and strange stories of his are not. old enough for that yet. At own singular adventures, which he your time of life. Lindsay, a good told to the no small edification and night’s rest Is the best part of a ra- move onward at a moderate walk, in I amusement of Henrv and the negro, tion. aVv1 tomorrow, if I’m not mis- orde r that they might not reach the limit of the woodland before the dusk of the evening; and also in the hope of finding sumo habitation where th n y might pass the night. They had not, advanced far in this manner be fore the* sergeant described at some distance ahead a small log hut stand ing by tho road side, which by the smoke that issued from the chimney, he perceived to he inhabited Upon tills discover * he ordered the party to stop and await, his return. Then giv- 'ng spurs to his horse he galloped The habits of the experienced so!- taken, yo i will have need of all the die r were curiously illustrated in the strength you can muster tonight. As thoughtful and sober foresight with for me, it isn’t much account whether which Robinson adapted his plans to p n , asleep or awa^e.’’ the exigencies of his condition, and „ Nf)t s0 fast ,p r£; p an t“ rejoined then in the importurable light heart- the yonth . Tm an 0 i d p,. geidie r than • ■dnegs with which, after bis m ® aF ' you tah-e me for; Stephen and I have ires of safety were taken he waited wa f C j jed many a night for raccoons, t ne progress of events. His watchful- No no n] have my turn towa-ds negs seemed to be an ’nstineb en- c> 0 y 0ll f S aao take the gendered by a familiarity with danc drgt rt 0 j, tnf between you er, whilst, the steady and mirthful - tone of his mind was an attribute that never gave way to the inroads and if anything should happen call me; I’m one of your minute men. So good night. My horse trots harder forward, and. after a short Interval cf , re . pje waF tjm same composed _ f . tb ’ ht ‘ hr , ,.' d ' of absence, retunif'd. made a favor able r n port of his reconnoissance, ana conducted his companions to the house. The little cabin to which Mildred was thus Introduced was the home stead of an honest Whig soldier, by the name of Wingate, who was now had been the scene of ‘’requent hrs- i!n Sf>rv j f .p ,,nder the command of one tilitms. and tlv v-nr that had been | n f most gallant partisans that any carried on here was of the most ruth* ; country ever produced, Francis Mar- less kind The river is characterized ; ; nn r e r p n t]v promoted to the by a broad deep and quiet stream. ; _ aT)k n f a p r ig a dier. The inmates begirt with a vegetation of exceeding I WPr p the poldier’g family, consisting of a young woman and a number oi small children, all demonstrating by their anpea-ance a condition of ex- and self-nossessed being in a hes -ig ed garrison. In the moment of a threatened escalade, as amongst h's cronies by a winter fireside. “In this here starlight. Mister Hen- It was not long before our boasted minute man was locked up in a spell apparently ag profound as that which the legend affirms assailed the seven ry.” he 'said after , 'ne > had'puffed out sleepers; and Isaac not even waiting two or three charges of his pipe, “1 ' or go°d example of his master, can’t see your eyes, hut hv your yawn- hr |'l already sunk upon the ground, incr 1 judee you are a little sleepy, w’tm that facility which distinguishes ^ Take my advice and turn In. A l ’ s race, the most uncaring and happi- >-odepr ought to snatch his rest when mortals, he can get it. I’ll keep guard over ICON’TINUFD NUXT URI )\Y , luxuriance Its nerlodicai overflow seems to have poured out upon its margin a soil of inexhaustible rich ness that, for a mile or two or either si(M form c a striking contrast, with the low. barren sand hills that hern In the river plain. Along this tract of level border. ; J1 the way to the Atlantic, are found, as is usually the case throughout the Carolinas. lb p ^ large plant inr * f opulent gentle- don or ^pjrp^hie men. who, by the cultivation oi rice and cotton turn the fertility of the soil to the best account. These pos- essions presenting the most assail able points to an enemy, and, indeed almost the only ones in which the gre; t interests f the province might he wounded, were, during the whole of that bloody struggle which dis tinguished the days of the “Tory As cendency.” the constant objects of attack; and here the war was wag“d with a vindictive malignity, on th<* part of the British and Tory parti sans. that is scarcely surpassed in the history of civil broils. The finest estates were sucked, the dwellings burnt, and the property destroyed with unsparing rage. The men were dragged from their houses and hung, the women and children turned with out food or raiment into the wilder-,.. . ... ... . . ne*-’ and political vengeance seemed . .1. . ... to gorge itself to glutkony upon its * ceedingly limited comfort. The hut contained no more than two rooms, which exhibited hut a scanty supply of the meanest furniture. The forest hid been cleared for the space of a few acres around the dwelHng and |thoce were occunled hv a smaH gar- patch. meagerly stocked with scattered and half uarched plants- and hv a cornfield ; along th<* skirts of which some lean hoes were gpen -rroplng with a fe lonious stealthinegg. \ shed, in the same 1nr*1osiire foiuned a rendezvous , for a few half-starved cattle, that urobably obtained their urfralnal hut slender sum r t from the neighboring* *vood Add to these a troop of fowls, that were nen- at m^st upon one of i the trees bar 1 hv. and we 1 a V e. prob ably a tolerably correct ’nventory of the worldly goods of this little family The woman of the hou c e was kin- 1 erd hecpitahle. and her attentions were in no small degrpo qulpker^d i v the apolfeation of a few nieces of w*>ney which Mildred in s Isted unon iir.r reeejylng—much to the disefim- fitnr* f the dame’s self-noss*---dnri YOUNG MAN HAS NEW THEORY Human Life Seems Centered In Stomach. AH Lise Is Secondary. own -anine Tb‘' t'nrng'it' of Robinson had been f<.r some (p’ rast running upon die whole probable difficulties that, might attend the guise In which he was now about to return to his native prov ince. This was a subject of some con n amount of which perhaps, the had ’ever before been mistress. MHdred was exceedingly fatigu’d rnd It was an object of early c- r id oration to furnish her the mean ’ • ■ rest. Our hostess assisted hv old T sa>c. and officiously h-i+ awkwa-H' superintended hv Horse shoe v-an com. since he ran a risk of being! ^ . li . _ \ j A , , . |ahundance of whlcn the r’-r , :d at sergeant was enabled to oont-Rmte eomnelled elthe- t 0 desert his chare* or to bring his companions Into Jeon-, . , , ardv. amongst the many persons of ^ 'c > wa’ both armies who were, at least hv re- ^ J? '*1 ** ^ f rf nort. acquainted with Ms name and ^ Z ^ l'" fcia military connections. He had ex-1 f l *^ ^ ^ " plained to' Mildred the necessity of vol u n ^ ' hi? appearing In some definite char Tin 1 d . 1 bnpn ^ acter. assoc!?.* 1 wHh the object 0 f! ^ veiling P^r. she was -innli’ d he r Journey. an d of which upon cmer-; tMt ' u ; ’ , " gency. he migbt claim the benefit to ^ v^aHnes. m . long retain hla post near her. This matter j iTlb ' ,b tr ’ d T ^ ; r was summarily settled by Henry. 2 rP k,nd T1 ’ ir?,,n 7 ^ othp j;\, tr ' °” r I nn - “in general; Mr. Horae Shoe, von t,,ro ai1d dn T,ot ,,fton to • The immense success v hich has fol lowed L. T. Cooi>er during the past year wilff his new i*repaiation has ex ceeded anything of the kind ever be fore witnessed in moi-.t of the leading cities where the young man has intro* duced ne medicine. Cooper has a novel theory. L believes that the hu* man stomach i> d f ully responsible for most dtsea... jo tiaote his own words from an inter- ; ow u; on his ar rival in an ••f’ -u* u city: “li e average man <-r womau cannot be sick it the . tom; < h Is wori ing proiierly. To be sure, there are diseases of a virulent ■ M ; • i :or, t : , diai> tea, etc., v/hich are organic, and are not traceable to tho stomach, but even fevers can. In nine cases out of ten, 1; traced to something taken into the stomach. All of this half-sick, nervous exhaustion that is now so common, is caused by the stomachic conditions, and it Is because my rem edy will and does regulate the stom ach that I am meeting with such suc- CChS. “To sum the matter ujp— sound Ui* can call vourfdf Stephen Foster: h 1 *" * T 1 J you know Steve* and v 0 „ can say *”*""'* f n;v for .i« *.- that yon ere Mr. Phillip TJnusay » !^ T r, gardener Isaac here. C an let you a ?iuce ,-he had left enough Into the croft to nast muater. njanesJ.Darbv 'V I 0 gestivc apparatus that is doing its full uuty, getting every particle of vitality out of ail food by transferring it to tha bowels in a perfectly digested state— this above all else brings health.” Mr. A. C. Brock, chef of the Brock Restaur; nt. Market District, Boston* Mass., who is a staunch believer In Mr. Cooper’s theory and medicine, has this to say: “I Lad chronic indigestion for over tnree years. I suffered terribly* and lo; t about thl r ty pounds. I was a physical wi ck when I started this Cooper medicine, a month or so ago. Today 1 am as well as I ever was in my life. I am no longer nervous, my food does not distress me in the least; and I have a splendid appetite. I an gaining f. *sh very rapidly—in fact, at the rate of a pound a day. I would not believe ary medicine on earth could nave done for me what this haa done. It Is a remarkable preparation and Mr. Cooper deserves all his suc cess.” We recommend the Cooper prepara** Uons us being remarkable medicines. —Gaffney Drug Co. Just Received » •j i! ! 1 Farm Lands For Sale We have 410 acres of the most valuable farm iantl iu Cherokee county which we offer for sale. This land lies within one mile of Grassy Pond and within half a mile of Beulah church and is best known as the Ross and Walker tract. It is well timbered, plenty of £ood running water; several nice small streams and plenty of fine bottom land. Two dwell ings and several outhouses on the tract. We are now having the property sur veyed and will cut it up into fifty acre tracts; or sell as a whole. This proper ty adjoins lands of A. J. McCraw, J. J. Magness, P. W. Humphries and others. This is truly the chance of a lifetime for young farmers to get a start in life, as this is one of the best communities in the county. The best roads in the coun ty lead to this property. It is within fifty minutes drive of Gaffney. See either of the undersigned. D. G. Ross or B, L Homes Oct ii-im Ci ar • a hi; i i. hea; di.it <* if any of them should tnk« it into their beads to examine yon. Mind that. Isaac: and recollect, old fellow, you are only sister Mildred’s waiting mas.’* “flartinly.’’ Master.’’ replied Isaac. “And sergeant, 111 tell you all about Steve; so that you can get vour les son by hoart Yon have a wife and fire children--remember that. I’ll zive yon all their names by and by” “Thanks to the mnreies of God. that ar’n’t my misfortune yet.” said Horse Shoe, laughing; “but, Mr. Hen- tho Dove Cote- and as arlvatjon and toll have a faculty to convert the rousrh pallet of the peasant ’nto a bed of dowp. «ho baile,] the nresenf prosueet of r^st with a <*on*en*“'i -nd ! grateful spirit. ; The supper bein’* dispatched our ladv was left alone with her host* ss. to see^ the repose of whjeb she stood so mnch In need. The sergeant now set about mak luo* provision for the rest of Ms par ty. This was done by erecting a sh”’ ter beneath fine of the trees of the forest, opposite to the door of th< illii 1 ’• ! 1 i:; ” IMl I oi.rin;'. ( .r on us when in np«<i oi building mate rial. : ; : : FA RM AND TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE In Old Virginia. Do you want a grass, grain, stock, cotton, tobacco or combination farm? If so, we have it. We have the chocolate, re*l and gray soil with red day subsoil. No land in the South is naturally belter or more easily improved than the land around Chase City in MeckleubuYg and adjoining counties. It can be bought at from $7 oo to #15 00 per acre. Why continue to work poor, small, high priced farms when we are offering for sale such laud at such prices? Come to see us at once or write for land and timber circular. Oct. z^ataw-.vns. JEFFREYS, HESTER & CO., Ino. Real Estate Agents. Chase City, - Mecklenburg Co., - Virginia. UT.ce Star Tinalre Building; 11)3 Builders Supply Co. 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