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your father again, AMI obtained renewal of
his consent. There is my message already
written, but in case you should lose it by
any means, will relate its conten,s.-
Shonld you lose this dispatch, and after
wards succeed in reaching the camp, tell
General Sumptcr that Lord Rawdon is mo-
wing towards CRANKY, and he must hasten
To throw his division in advance of,he en-
cmy and defeat his object. General Mcr-
on and Col. Lee will br at hand 10 assist
linn. Remember these words, my brave
girl, and depart us speedily rs YOU NAV
God bless you! CO. With these words
he pressed her hand heartily. She seized
the precious packet, saying eagerly:
"l"u shall soon hear from me, General"
and hastily quitting the camp, she returned
to the house of her father. In less than half
an hour this noble girl was on the back of
fleet horse, and with the dispatch care
fully concealed in her dress, she dashed
down the road along the banks of the S..-
luda. 1t was not long before circumstances
was noi>cd through the camp. and many Il
brave fellow who had never feared to face
death on the battle field hung his head in
very shame that a Young girl should have
seized upon the glory Of such IN intcrprisr
Volunteers were now offered us thick as
black5e,r!cs. only one of whom was acccp
ted, and lie was dispatched to General Ma
rion. 1t WAS urged by some that the GIRL
could not possibly reach Sumpter's camp,
and hence it would be Necessary to send
some one else i'll the same direction, but the
General settled that 10y saying she was Il $
good as any two men in the army, and
| whether she reached her destination or not
nobody should share her laurlcls
The first day Of l:mily's Journey passed
away without any incident Of moment and
the nigh: she passed at the house Of :,
planter. But before the close Of the second
day, while passing through, a wood, She fell
suddenly on aparty Of armed tories. Com
! ing from the direction Of General Grecnc's
camp, their suspicious were excited, and lev
cling their muskcts at her, they command
ell her TO bait. This she did without hcsi-
tation, Or any Embarrassment, when one OF
the fellows, SEEING the ricns Of her horse de-
; manded whence she came and whether She
was going.
81 came from my fathers, Hans Griecr,
and 70 10 my brother, who is near Orange.
burg" was her brief response.
"bctore you proceed, you will 60 with IL,
tom my house. am sure my wife will be
glad to see you" said the tory.
Assured by their manner that they in.
tended no personal harm to her, she con.
scn,el with apparent cheerfulness. The
house to which they led her lay about hall
mile distant, and, having arrived there, she
was Immediately locked up alone in a room
Arprehen'iing that she might be subjected
to search, the qnick.mindcd girl ate,
piece by piece, the dispatch that had been
entrusted to her by General Greene, and
scarcely had she completed the dry and
unsavory repast, when the expected wife
of the tory entered the apartmct, and com
menced Il close and prying scrutiny Of her
clothes, hair and person. Thus much We
must place to the credit Of the tories, who
with all their brutality towards the patriots
had the delicacy to leave the examination
Of the person Of this girl to female hands.
Finding nothing Of a suspicious charac
ter upon her, she WAS at length permitted
to depart, and on the following day she
arrived safely at the camp of General Sump
ter, and delivered to the officer word 70,
word the message with which she had been
entrusted. That message had mucl, to dc
i'll breaking the power Of tile British, and
closing the account of the Revolution in
South Carolina. The plans of the enemy
were frustrated the forces in the province
were concentrated, and tho battle Of the
Euiaw Springs followed. Emily Griger was
for a long time the toast Of the patriot ar.
my in the South and the Heroine Of the
Sanla' was never forgotten by that brave
and faithful patriot. General Nathaniel
Greene. -"