The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-14

den, though one c0uld not well strive for 1alr-
er-but from love for the manly sport in which
I saw you engaged. You are the victor, and
as such with the permission of this worthy AS
sembly you receive from my hand the prize
you have so well and so honorably won."
The youth sprang forward and grasped his
hand with gratitude, and the next moment An
nette was weeping from pure joy upon his
shoulders. The welkin rung with the acclama.
tons of the delighted villagers and amid ;iiiue
temporary excitement produced by this act, the
stranger withdrew from the crowd, mounted
his horse, and spurred at brisk trot through
the village.
That night Harry and Annette were married,
and the health of the mysterious and noble
hearted stanger was drunk in overhowing
bumpers of rustic beverage.
In process of time, there were born unto the
married pair, sons and daughters, and Harry
Carroll had become Col. Henry Carroll of the
revolutionary army.
One evening, having just returned home after
hard campaign he was sitting with his
family on the gally of his handsome coun-
try.house, when, an advance courier rode
up and announced the approach of General
Washington and suite, informing him that he
should crave his hospitality for the night
The necessary directions were given in re-.
verance to the household preparations, and Col
Carroll, ordering his horse, rode forward to
meet and escort to his house the distinguished
guest whom he had never yet seen although
serving in the same widely extended army.
That evening, at the table, Annette-now
become the dignifed, matronly, and still hand.
some Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her eyes
from the face of her visitor. Every moment or
two she would steal glance at his command
ing features and half doubtingly, half-assuredly,
shake her head and look again, to be still more
puzzled. Her absence of mind and embarras-
ment at length became evident to her husband,
who inquired affectionately if she were i'll !?
81 suspect Colonel" said the general who
had been some time, with quiet, meaning
smile, observing the lady's curious and puzzled
survey of his features-that Mrs. Carroll thinks
she recognizes in me an old acquaintance
And he smiled with q mysterious air as ne
gazed upon both alternately.
The Colonel started and in faint memory
of the past seemed to be revived Us he gazed,
while the lady rose impulsively from her chair,
bending eagerly forward over the tea-urn, with
clasped hands, and an eye OF intense eager i'll
quiry, fixed still upon him, stood for moment
with her lips parted as if she would speak.
"Pardon me, dear madam-pardon me Co
lionel, must put an end to this scene l have
become by dint of camp.fare and hard usage,
too'unwieldly to leap again twenty-five feet one
inch, even for so fair bride as onel wot OF"
The recognition, with the surprise, delight
and happiness that followed, are left to the I'M
aginatlon of the reader.
General Washington was indeed the hand
some young "leaper" whose mysterious ap-
pearance and disappearance in the native vii
iage of the lovers, is still traditionary-and
whose claim to substantial body of bona fde
flesh and blood was stoutly contested by the
village story tellers, until the happy denoue-
ment which took place at the hosPitable man.
sion of Col Carroll