The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 08, 1907, Image 2
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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 ,
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inflammation and congestion.quickens
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Needs /^^very little rubbing.
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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
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of Kidney or B 1 r ’cr I> : t u.e
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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
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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
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di.it
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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
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I oi.rin;'. ( .r on us when
in np«<i oi building mate
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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.
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Real Estate Agents.
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