Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05
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d prince. Physical activity and strengths
were the old leaper's true patents Of moi

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a prince. Physical activity and strength
sWerest the old leaper's true patents of no
8b1itY.
= Resdming his; coat, the victor sough
with his ethe far prize he had, although
$nameless and unknown, so fairly won
aShe leaned upon her faiher7s arm, pale :al6
adistressed. 's;:' =. 3
q Her lover stood aloof, gloomy andInor-
gifted, admiring the superiority of the
astranger in an exercise which he prided
Nhimself as unrivalled, while he hated him
flor his success.
q Annette, my pretty prizc," said the
8victor, taking her passive hand, 81 have
awon you fairly" Annette's cheek became
8paler than marble; she trembled like an
daspen leaf, and clung closer to her father,
while the dropping eye sought the form Of
aher lover His brow grew dark at the
astranger's language.
q aI have won you, my pretty flower, to
amake you my bride!-tremble not SO vio-
alently-I mean notmyself, however proud
II might be," /" he added with gallantry, ito
5wear sofair gem next to my heart. Per
ahaps," and he cast his eyes inquiringly,
while the current of life leaped joyfnlly
Ito her brow, and murmur of surprise
sran through the crowd, "perhaps there
Ills some favored youth among the competi-
ators who has a higher claim to this Jewel
Young sir," he continued, turning to the
asurprised Harry, methinks you were vic;
ator in the list before mel strove not for
1.-THE maiden, though no one could not well
astriye fora fairer-but from love for the
amanly sport in which saw YOU engaged.
You are the evictor, and as such, with the
apermission Of this worthy assembly, you
receive from my hand the prize you have
SO wellandhonorably won."
The youth sprang forward and grasped
! ibis hand with gratitude, and the next mo.
5ment Annette was weeping from pure Joy
aupon his shoulders. The welkin rung
! with the acclamations of the delighted vii.
sslaggers, and amid the temporary excitement
sproduccd by this act, the stranger with.
sdrew from the crowd, mounted his horse,
sand spurred at a brisk ,trot through the
Village.
That night Harry and Annette were
married, and the health Of the mysterious
sand noble hearted stranger was drunk id
sover-fowing bumpers of rustic beverage.
In the process of time, there were born
unto the married pair sons and daughters,
and Harry Carroll had become Colonel
Henry Carroll of the revolutionary army.
One evening, having just returned home
safter hard campaign, he was sitting with
3his family on the gallery of his handsome
scountry-house, when an advance courier
rode up and announced the approach of
aGen. Washington and suite. Informing that
Che should crave his J, hospitality for the
might. The necessary directions were
agiven in reference to the household prep
aarations, and Col. Carroll, ordering his
shorse, rode forward to meet and escort to
5his house the distinguished guest, whom he
4had never yet seen, although serving in
athe same widely extended army.
Thatevening, at the table, Annette
snow become the dignifed, matronly, and
sshll handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not
5keep her eyes from the face of her illustri-
aous visitor. Every moment or two she
aWoutd steal glance at his commanding
Features, and half. lf.doubtingly, half:assured-
aly, shake her head and look again, to be
ssstill more puzzled. Her absence of mind
gand embarrassment at length became evi-
adent to her husband, who inquired afec-
aionately " if she were ill.,"
a I suspect COLI said the general, who
chad for some time with quiet, meaning
aasmilc, observed the lady's curious and
spuzzled survey of his features that Mrs,
aCarroll thinks she recognizesin in me an old
And he smiled with a
amysterious air, ashe gazed upon both al.
aternately.
j The Col. started, and faint memory of
Atbe past seemed to be revived as he gazed,
Awhle the lady rose impulsively from her
achair, and bending eagerly forward over
athe tea-urn, with clasped hands, and-an eye
Aofsintense, eager, inquiry, fixed still upon
ahim, stood for moment with her lips
Sparted as if she would speak.
q .Pardon me, dear madam-pardon me,
Hcolonel-I must put an end to this scene
81 have become, by dint of campfire and
3hard usage, too unyieldly to leap again
$twenty.two feet one inch, even for so fan
3a bride as one | wot of"
4 The recognition, with the surprise, de.
flight and happiness that followed, are left
Htothe Imagination of the reader.
q Gen. Washington was indeed the hand:
sssome young leaper," whose mysterious
#appearapce and disappearance. in the ma,
4tiye village of the lovers, is still tradition.
8ary-and whose claim to substantial
body Of bona fde flesh and blood, was
zstoutly contested by the village story-tel
Slers, until the happy denouement which
took place at the hospitable mansion Of
aColonel Carroll
d A MATTER OF TASTE Two abolition
#editors contendinga about the amount Of
Ia sYs Z H. b.