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CHAPTER V.-THE SPY.

The daring eat Of Sergeant Jasper was still
ringing in mems ears when the gallant fellow per.
lShed IN the combined attack made by the French
aud American forces OH Savannah, a fatal balte
which cost the cause Of buny the lives of lwo
men equally daring and chivaric, though Of wide.
! Iy different ranks in life, Pulaski and our humble
sergeant.
The good deeds Of men live after them! Asa
proof OF this our hero found that neither the res.
cued prisoner nor his w,o forgot their debt OF
gratitude even after the galan, Jasper was in his
grave. On The contrary they took every occasion
of showing il 10 LrrnoX, as The commander Of
him 10 whom they owed their lives. AT length
however, our h r" lost sight OF them, and lhpy
were last passing from his mind in lhs absorbing
Incidents thai now rapidly followed each Other,
bcgnnlng with the invasion of South Carolina
and terminating with the fall Of Charleston. AT.
ter that melancholy event the patriot force. rs is
well known, was, for II time, entirely dissipatcd.
One day, sad aud diSpiriled our hero sal in his
deSoate mansion. Fortune had, in one sense.
smiled on him since we last beheId him; for bv
the death of his elder brother he had succeeded
to the palnmona estate. Indeed, but for his
presence al the bedside of the dying, he would
have been among the prisoners taken at Charles.
ton. But this accession of wealth brouphl no
JOY to his heart. Bankrupt in love- bereaved of
a brother he had loved dearly, and seeing scarce.
ly any hope of his country freedom, no wonder
he sat there, in that deserted old mansion, punp.
ed in the gloomiesl despair.
Suddenly servant entered and announced a
visitor. L3nnoX raised his head, which had been
sunk III broodng melancholy on his breast, and
desired that the stranger might be shown in. A
man IN an ordinary dress entered; his attire soil
ed as if by travel; but in the gathering twilight
Lennox did not recognise the face as that of anv
one he had ever seen.
"You do not know me, sir see" said the
man, bowling, bul declining The offered seat. 81
am the prisoner whom Sergeant Jasper-God
bless him!-rescued near Savannah"
"Ah! Mr.. Stewart, remember you now, said
Lennox. But pray be seated"
81 have come, sir" said the man, entering at
once on the subiecr of his journey, "o sec if you
are not going to raise company to fight the Bri-
,ISh' Says | to my wife, the good cause is not
lost yei' desperate as seems: itonIy wants some
one to begin the battle over again; and, as owe
to my country my life ever since Sergeant Jasper
saved me irom the gallows, will be one Of the
tirS'to enlist And then my wife spoke up, and
she said, said she, there's no gentleman will be
SO ready TO risk his life and lands as Major Len.
nox!" And with that came here to offer 10 fol.
low you TO death, if needs be-"
"And your confidence shall not be misplaced
my good fellow, said Lennox, grarifed bv the
mans homely, but eloquent expression of palri.
osm, "pease God, we will shake out the o ID en-.
sign again, and try once more TO drive these in.
vadsrs from our soil"
AYE! knew you would say So" replied the
VISITOR And so told my wife to go at once INTO
Charleston; she has friends there, for mayhap