Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-22
" Yantee I. away!"

Iallte. AWAY
The girl silently departed but after pro
ceeding few steps, turned about, and glar
ing upon Mary. exclaimed.
Daughter of the pale face, beware" ant
the boughs soon hid her from sight.
Segard, finding Mary insensible, turned t.
his antagonist.
"Grayson, we shall meet again
Whenever you please" VII, the laconic
but bitter reply, and he strobe firmly away
Mary, in few minutes having recovered
slowly and painfully answered the question.
of her lover When she finished, lIenr,
arose from the spot where he had been kneel
ing over her, and said in low, but firm
voice, 4" He dies The death 2"
"No! no stain not your hand, ;Segard, th.
hand betrothed TO me, with blood"
81 have said it," was his reply.
Silently they pursued their way home.
ward. Neither spoke. Thoughts of sad
ness with her-thoughts ofrevenge with him
were too busy for any conversation.
And Yantee still ministered to the wants
of her failhless lord. But there was set.
tied ficrccness in her dark eye, at once strange
and dreadful. Grayson. however, did not
observe it, Like many others he underated
woman's heart, mind and courage.
Brave men are two often imprudcnt, and
Henry, Notwithstanding his marriage should
have produced caution, where it never before
exisicd-was one of the number He rela-
ted the transaction, which we have described,
to several of his companions; swearing re-
vengc against Grayson. They, as usual ur-
ging him on.
A few evenings after the scene in the for
rest, he carefully examined his hunting knife
and gun, and informing Mary and the family
Che resided with his tathcr,) that he should
be absent for some time on 4 night hunt,
with some comrades, left the house.
But murder was in his heart, and he di-
rccted his course to Grayson's lodgc.-\Vhen
about half way he was met by Yantcc. who
uttered an exclamation of surprise and de-
light ut the encounter.
"The brave of pale face carcsses tain
ted fawn," she said. Segard felt the sarcasm,
and replied in her own style.
"Thc fawn is rs pure rs the snow on The
and she srorns the Black Eagle"
Such was the subriquet of Grayson.
"Ha, how knowest the brave that ? A
lie is on the pale faces lips, and his heart
nurses the serpent Of deceit.
Fire flashed from the eyes Of Scgard, bnt
remcm bering, that the speaker was i woman,
he scornfulIy smiled and replied
"Would the iawn mate for life with the
ba5re axpressioH I i tfa7sed over the face 6i
Yantee, and she asked in lalfjuyful, half
sorrowful tone.
HAS she!''
"Yesr'
"Will the brave swear it ?"
al do"
"Tel her then that Yantcc burics the
,nife. The white bosom of the fawn shall
not bleed. The information of Scgard rcla-
i've to his marriage was u conclusive argu-
rent to the simple child Of the woods that
Mary did not love her husband. The Indian
woman of those days never dreamed Of inii-
1clity in her sex.
"'rhc Black Eagle shall no longer reposc
in the bosom of the bird. The blood Of but
one and here checking herself, she after
few moments, continue" Let the brave long
nurse his fawn." And then dashed of into
the forest toward ner nOlle'
Scgard slowly followed.
A week has rolled by since that night
dreadful wcck--and the court room of the
settlement is filled with Il dense throng.-
There congrcgated together, you might have
seen the stalwart hunter in his picturesque
dress-thc merchant from the far, far East
the Indian in his sweeping blanket and
braided moccasins; and the attorney, who
even there, assumed the knowing look and
professional swaggcr. Nor should we forget
to mention the Judge in his leggins and hun
ting shirt.
Suddenly a silence rs of death fell upon
the molly throng. The clerk arose and read
an indictment for murder, closing with these
words, which have struck terror TO the hearts
Of thousands" Guilty or not gullty!"
The prisoner calmly arose, and in deep,
clear, unfaltering voice, answered " mol gull
y"
Courage still sat on the brow of Henry
Segard-pale as it WAS with mental suffer-
ing.
The trial commenced. The states attor-
ney opened by informing the jury Ohough
they knew it before) that they were to try
the prisoner at the bar for murder Oh the
body of one Charles Grayson. He then
went on to give the usual recital of facts
connected with the affair, and wound up with
the stereotyped philippe of almost all gen.
tlemen, holding his legal situation against
crime.
The witness were then called: and The
testimony was in substance, thus:
Scgard Lad left his home on the night of
the murder, saying that he was to join 4
hunt-that no hunt took place, nor had any
been contemplated-that the prisoner had
been seen going in the direction of Gray
sons lodge--that Grayson had been found
stabbed and dcad-that Scgard had often
been heard to threaten the deceased's life
that his wife had refused to speak on the
subject, and was unable to attend the trial,
owing to illness produced by gricf-and that
Yantce, the wife of Grayson, had not been
seen or heard of since the night of the mur-
der.
The cross-cxamination produced nothing
worthy of mention, and the case here rested.
After the argument of counsel, Scgard at
tempted to rise and address the jury, but
was dissuaded by his advocate.
And Henry Scgard was found guilty of
murder in the first degree.
Oh! those awful thirty days! one by one
the doomed wretch sees them glide away
he counts every sun--he numbers every
hour--ho sees the eternity gradually ap-