The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-07-31

III ls PAINFUL 10 dwell OH the crtetieS heap
ed by lnglehardt on his helpless prisoners,
and their woeful interviews described by
Simms, with his accustomed relish foratro-
cities. Suslerting Dick, the tory had haee,ll
| The boy with another goaler, but tue scout
paid him stolen Visits, TO hear the book read
and bring him frod ~ Nelly still lowered
around the cuea,npment ut Inglehardt, inn
ploling her wayward brother in, vain. Mrs.
Travis and Bertha were unknown 10 the Sin,
CHAIRS AT their meeting but the secret Of her
name and betrotllaI 10 Willie, was revealed
hy Bertha, 20 Cairie, ltlle dreaming That
the discourse was overheard. Dick Of Tophet
WAS the cavesdrorpcr, and he, resolved, to
carry of MiSs Travis Knowing that her mar
riage TO his captain would end The miseii les
of her father aud the boy, i'll wir m he had
become interested. This ncf,rious design
he accomplished, after having captured
Bran, while lurking about the tavern, fire.
quented 10y his comrades. Another coil Was
wound up 10y the capture Of Mat. Eloyd,
willie on an expedition 10 rob an old gen
/ tlcnan in the neighborhood.
i The story now l:,Stens to its conclusion.
lIalloutuok Nelly Floyd prisoner and brought
her TO Sinclair's camp in the forest four
miles from Euiaw., She denied being asso
ciated with Ingehardts baud Of outlaws,
though found near their camp, and demand.
cd her instant release with such passionate
eage,uess that she was at once sci free. Life
and death, she said, were oilrher speed; the
vision Lad shown her the wre.ched Mat. in
mortal peril. ...,........ ....... ..s. .....
\ Sinclair visited his father and discovered
the abduction Of his lady love just OH the exc
of tlie battle Of Eutaw. His friend st. Ju.
lien saved him almost bv force from tlying
in search of her in his fian,ic anxiety, at the
cost Of Il soldiers honor. Nelly Floyd, mean
while, sped like an arrow through the forest
flying for more than life urging he, pan
+! ting horse-crying aloud In her agony, as
the SUI erpaturalteno wrought OH her soul
that she vas coming 20 save her brother
She was too late 1he stern sentence Of ,!e
! military tribunal had l,eemcxrrutcd without
a pause for mercy the Young British officer
had turned away from thcviciim's last plead
ing the spark Of life had fled, when the
! young girl staggered blindly among the
group Of the hill, and recognized in the oili
Ger Sherrod Nelson = The son of her early
bcnefIctrcss.
Tho iutrigues Of Ingchardt were worked
! up to n melodramiitc catastrophe. Bertha
\ Travis was delivered to him l,y her cal.or
he permitted the father and daughter To see
each other through hole in the log partition,
AMI went 10 bring u clergyman To perform
| the ceremony, threatening the most Horrible
and tiendish vengeance in case Of II refusal
l Nelly Floyd III the meantime, guided Sin
clair and his men into the Iahyiinth wl.erc
the prisoners were eomccalcd. They pcne
lratcd the fistrcss, and Dick Of TUphet, wl.c
7 guarded>the entrance, was slain, mortal,
wonnding the poor girl will his Inst shot,
/ lnglebardt Had lighted up the dungeon ot
Travis for his expected bridal, and sent the
10y TO mtiict fortunes on him that might
wiring consent from the bitlc. Tie old
mans hair was blanched To- snowy whitemess
and his mind had given way under The treat.
In,ent he had -eidufe,h lie WAS ndwaa gib.
'lgIing maniac. Butthe agony Of his tortured
4 boy, and tie shrieks Of his daughter reused
him into fierce insanity. lie iusled upon
I lnglehartlt, received his weapon in his body
: and in his last moments Of life beat cut the
! Tory's brains with his iron handouts. De
7" Young SincL.ir entered at the same mo.
inent, despatched the Trailer, and rescued
.Iihe prisoners. Nelly was borne with then,
4 and died At the Widow Avinger's The story
Terminates in the approved manner, with the
wedding and happiness, of tile lovers ;--,he
British power in Carolina having been bro.
,fken at Eutaw. 8