Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05
EDGEF1ELD, s. G., JUNE 5, 1850.

@sald he felt prouder OF him than If he wer,
Va prince. Physical activity and strength
Hwere the old leapers true patents of no
@bility.
81 Resuming his coat, the victor sough
kwithshis eyethe fair prize he had, although
#nameless and unknown, so fairly won
EShe leanedupo her fathers arm, pale ant
Hdistressed.
q Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and NOR
Etihed, admiring the superiority of the
Hstranger in an exercise which he pridec
Whimself as unrivalled, while he hated hin
Hfor his success.
3 Annette, my pretty prize" said the
& victor, taking her passive hand, 81 have
Hwon you fairly" Annette's cheek became
spaler than marble; she trcmbled like an
Haspen leaf, and chung closer to her father
& while the dropping eye sought the form Of
Mher lover. His brow grew dark at the
s strangers language.
M "l have won "on, my pretty flower, to
amake you my = !!-tremble not so VIC.
Mlently- mean not myself, however proud
HI might be" he added with gallantry, "to
Awear so fair gem next to my heart. Per-
Ahaps," and he cast his eyes inquiringly,
9wilile the current of life leaped ioyfully
@to her brow, and a murmur of surprise
Gran through the crowd, "perlaps there
Dis some favored youth among the compet-
ators who has higher claim to this Jewel.
q Young sir," he continued, turning to the
Ssurprised Harry, methinks you were VIC
Ator in the list before mel strove not for
@the maiden, though no one could not well
astrive for fairer-but from love for the
Amanly sport in which I saw YOU engaged.
{ You are the victor, and as such, with the
apermission of this worthy assembly, you
& receive from my hand the prize you have
& so welland honorably wou."
q The youth sprang forward and grasped
ahis hand with gratitude, and the next mo-.
ament Annette was weeping from pure Joy
Aupon his shoulders. The welkin rung
Awith the acclamations of the delighted vii
$Slagcrs, and amid the temporary excitement
aproduccd by this act, the stranger with
Hdrew from the crowd, mounted his horse,
aand spuued at brisk trot through the
Hvillage.
a That night Harry and Annette were
amarried, and the health of the mysterious
Sand noble hearted stranger was drunk. in
&over-fowing bumpers Of rustic beverage.
q In the process of time, there Were born
aunto the married pair sons and daughters,
Eand Harry Carroll had become Colonel
aHenry Carroll of the revolutionary army.
a One evening, having just returned home
aafter hard campaign, he was sitting with
shis family on the gallery Of his handsome
Hcountry.house, when an advance courier
81 rode up and announced the approach of
aGen. Washington and suite. informing that
CHE should crave his hospitality for the
Snight. The necessary directions were
given in reference to the household prep
aarations, and Col. Carroll, ordering his
&horse, rode forward to meet and escort to
#his house the distinguished guest, whom he
CHAD never yet seen, although serving in
&the same widely extended army.
u That evening, at the table, Annette
8now become the dignifed, matronly, and
Sstill handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not
Hkeep her eyes from the face of her illustri.
aous visitor. Every moment or two she
Awoutd steal a glance at his commanding
Hfeatures, and half.doubtingly, half-assured.
Hly, shake her head and look again, to be
Ssstill more puzzled. Her absence of mind
Aand embarrassment at length became evi.
Sdent to her husband, who inquired affec.
Ationately if she were i'll 2"
4 al suspect COLI said the general, who
chad for some time with quiet, meaning
Msnlilc, observed the lady's curious and
Hpuzzlcd survey of his FEATURES that Mrs
@Carroll thinks she recognizes in me an old
Macquaintance." And he smiled with a
Hmysterious air, as he gazed upon both al
Mtenately.
n The Col. started, and faint memory OF
Htbe past seemed to be revived as he gazed
Hwhile the lady rose impulsively from hel
'Schair, and bending eagerly forward over
Hthe tea-urn, with clasped hands, and.an eye
g of intense, eager, inquiry, fixed still upon
Nhim, stood for moment with her lips
@parted as if she would speak.
q "Pardon me, dear madam-pardon me
Ecolonel-I must put an end to this scene
@I have become, by dint of campfire ant
Ehard usage, too unyieldly to leap again
Etwenty-two feet one inch, even for so fail
ia Bride as one wot Of"
q The recognition, with the surprise, de-
Elight and happiness that followed, are lef
Eto the Imagination Of the reader.
N Gen. Washington was indeed the hand
b some young "lcaper," whose mysteriou!
appearance and disappearance in the ma
Htive village of the lovers, is still tradition
whose claim to a substantial
Ebody of bona fde flesh and blood, was
Mstouay contested by the village story-tel
Mlcrs, until the happy denouemcnt which
Mtook place at the hospitable mansion Of
EColonel Carroll.
sH A MATTER OF TAsrE.-Two abolition
Meditors contending about the amount o.
,Hhumility which they possess, the ont
@boasts that he never passed a negro with