Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-04-06
SELEC TED STORY.
FLOR ENCE SEFTON:
OR, THE BORDER WARFARE.
LCon';auatioa of chapter VIII
, MISS B. GARrLAxo.

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It Is Colonel Sefim,' repeated Thornton =
lie jg, scIpei from de MelIct Al general, and is
come ober to dc English"
The report of the piece had raised an alarm,
and many now came running from the fort TO
know the cause, and among them was Sir Edgar
Lee himself, who, when he found it was Colonel
s-eigon, and that he was badly wounded, express
cd great anxiety and was all attention He had
hilh immediately removed into the fort; a
geou was soon Ia attendance, who extracted on
! i some oi the charge, for it a heavy one
I4Is opinion was that he might Inger some time,
hdt That ms recovery was impossible. The sen
t.nel, when examined, SAID " that he did hot
+ lear any reply 10 hls challenge" The fact was,
the wind was high, and IN contrary direction,
which might lave PrUEentet hIm from hearing
the reply, even had he not drank more than his
usual quanIur.
Sir l. !;ar Lee, though lie felt sincerely sorry
: lOl, aud 5ympathlzed deeply with his wounded
guest. vet could not help feeling pleasure in the
thought that the accident would be the means
OF bringing Florence 10 the fort, aS he could not
doubt but that, when she heard of her fathers
dangerous situation, she would come TO him
without delay. The Indian and Thornton re-
crossed the river as noiseless if possibly they
had crossed l., with orders not 10 20 where Miss
Seton woIld see them, or to let her know what
had occurred.
It was only an hour after Florence had reach
cd her home, under the protection of the minis
ter. when boat might have been seen, with a
white flag, crossing from the English to the
! American fort There was an officer seated in
! Il, beside tn two men WIZ rowed it He was
sent with information To General Van RensseI-
uT the dangerous condition of Colonel Seton.
and a request that he would permit his daugh-
Ter To cpmc TO him. OF course, humanity for
badc 4 refusal. The officer proceeded to Seton
Hail, and though the Intelligence was broken to
1 Florence by Miss Aylme.-to whom he first
Impaired lt-In the tendcrest manner, yet it was
T f-l, IA
I directly TO accompany him and, notwithstand-
! ing Nary's pressing eutreaty to be allowed to
| accompany her, she refused, telling her that
Henry, al his rcturn-wh!ch, not knowing OF
! the accident that had happened hIm they look
ed for Lourly-wouId only be the more distress
"a II she Vas thus 10 put herself in the pow
: or of the enemy that tue tIdIngs he would hear
/ would be sorrowlul enough, without having that
pang added to them. she would take only
her faithful Alice with her Aud, hearing that
/ Nuesto and Thornton had nolg come she thought
] thac Caleb, with them and three other men on
/ the place, would render 1t secure, more especi-
Ially as the American fort was 50 near Press
/ ing Mary to hei heart, and taking an affection
ate leave ot t-ie good housekeeper and servants,
she was assisted into the carriage with Alice by
! the officer and, in a brief time, was al the side
OF her fathers bed.
/ The meeting between Colonel Seton and his
daughter We shall not attempt to describe il
was painfully affecting. We will only say that
4 the most devoted and tender care was layishe d
! on him by Florence, who seldom left his ROOM
except to take the rest and lelexation that were
/ absolutely needed 20 support her strength. Il
was only on such occasions that Colonel Sir Ed
/ gar Lee had an opportunity of seeing her, as The
I surgeon had forbidden visitors, or anything thai
/ would cause excitement IN the room of the pa
! tieat. These occasions he would watch for un-
iii It became perfectly annoying. She could
not take 4 short walk, accompanied by Alice
/ which her father would insist upon her doing
without being intruded on by Sir Edgar. If
after leaving her apartment, she retired to I
small Isarlor which had been assigned to hel
/ use, he would tiud some excuse for entering
and almss; compel her to listen 10 his prOtesta-
tiouS of love aaI alteration. All this rendered
her life very wretched. Bat ray of hope now
! caeered the gloom which had surrounded hel
for the first two weeks of her residence at the
fort the surgeon thought it possible her father
might recover. This sssurence nerved Florence
to bear al her trials with more resignation anC
hopeiuIuess.
/ We must now return to Howell Meredith
he, with his trus.y follower, Gotlieb Pretz, has
arrived at Fort Detroit safely, by avoiding place:
where they thought 1t was likely they would
meet any party belonging to the enemy 1t wa
. on the niEAt of the fifteenth of August they
reached It. All dav the British under General
bFetk had opened a heavy cannonade upon the
toWn from the opposite bank of the river, but
WIN little execution. Captain Meredith report
ed ms return to General Hull, who ordered hin
to be admitted
q" We'll sir, said ne. very abruptly. wher
are the dispatches from headquarters in answer
70 my first which, suppose, must have arrived
at Lewistows about the same time you reache,
, there =
They had not yet arviv, d. your excellencv,
said Howell = But General Van Ranssalae
desired me to say he would forward them the
/ moment they came"
! And why did You not wait until they dio
come, a was your duty to do, Sir :! said the oil,
| officer, II 4 stern tone.
Because l knew We were on the eve OF
battle, aud hope glorious victory, your ex
cellency, and did not wish TO be absent from
my pest.