Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-02-15

| I love you too well to do SO myself
! sYou love me, George Lee!' sh
repeated with scorn, 'yon love me
when you are ready to- draw you
weapon. and aim your rifle at th'
hearts Of my father and. brother, VIII
}are ia the ranks of Washington
ready to do and die for their country
Out upon such love! Twill have nom
of it'll Go, traitor, 10 henor-fgh
for thy tyrant, King George. and b
his slave as be is thy masterF Isn3
4 81 With these spirited words, tn
| young girl entered the house, ant
Eelosed the inner door, thus shutting
off all further speech with her ie
creant and unworthy lover.
l5i The young volunteer of toryisn
stood for a moment looking bott
mortified and angry, and happening
to see the ring a. his feet, in the sud
den and bitter feeling Of the moment
he ground it into the earth with bis
iron heel asd ssa!sT Is G
Yes, let it and her perish, if they
will. / am a fool to love q rebers $
daughter andaa rebels sister. 4
I Thus speaking he strode moodily
to the elm before the door where his
caparisoned horse was standing, and
vaulting into the saddle, spared in
full speed in. the direction of the
British army. ia 8aj e 8Abas !.
aa The following day, the country
for miles around the cottage was
echoing with artillery and the roar
of musketry. Two contesting arm
les we're engaged in deadly conflict,
close at hand,anfd the scene Of death
and horror. Annette had a father,
IA brother and--shall we say it!-a
lover, for though her patriotic feel
ings made her cast him of, her al.
lection still retained bis image in her
heart. . On all sides columns we're
charging, engaging, retreating, and
the tide of battle, now rolled this
way and that, and still came in the
direction of the road that led past
the cottage. so fssgl g s9
Annette was part Of the time fear
fully waiting the clouds of smoke
that marked the progress of the COM
batants, and part Of the time on her
knees for those she loved, and was
George Lee excluded from the petit
ton! Let each maiden's own heart
answer. - 'tTsii, - t7'.ss
Nearer and nearer came the sound
Of artillery and the roar Of battle.
She stood with her aged mother and
gathered neighbors, upon the green
boneath the elm, in painful expecta-
ton. The smoke of the battle rolled
onward, and now they could hear the
shouts Of the soldiers in the fght.-
Their position commanded a view Of
a mile along the road, and soon they
beheld scattering troops flying across
it a. it's extremity, and disappearing
in the woods. Then came squadron
of horses, broken and refreshing, and
then artillery drawn in full gallop
came into the road. alIaff si.as 70 z
y The American flag few from the
stats stuck on the gun carriages,and
Annet.e knew that her country men
we're defeated. Louder and more
fearful grew the uproar Of the battle
beyond the wood and regiment after
regiment broken and terrified, filed
the road, and were retreating along
It towards Chester and past the cot
'tage. Annetts's anxiety for her
countrymen, and for her father and
brother, would not let her quit her
post, and the tide Of battle came
rolling past her a terrible spectacle.
The Dragons galloped by, each
'horseman riding by himself, with bis
reins thrown upon his saddle bow;
then came the artillery laundering
along followed by multitude Of sol.
diers, without order or discipline,
flying at the top Of their speed:
ssOh, shame!' She cried, with hot
tears in her eyes, 'oh! that I were a
1 man, and in the saddle, methinks
nv single arm could retrieve the
dayl Where is Washington! He
certainly cannot fly.' - s,',.'
AS she spoke, she heard on her
right, down the road, a loud; COM
iinanding yoice, calling on the retreat
ING men to rally. She turned and
beheld Washington himself, who hear
ing of the giving way Of the right
wing. had come op at: the head of. a
regiment to sustain it.. His voice
and presence now instilled new lie