The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-05-04

'""e 80, wien sue hcard Npit" pro-
nouuce her name She sr,aur up with q.
CRY Of terror. a large rough hand WAS
laid rudcIy over her mouth; it WAS the
hanl Of Martin Nautassle.
Come, Miss, don't be frightened, for |
am neither wolf nor pau'her, bu,
plain Martin Nantass'c-as goo! a man
as YOU can find atwccu here aul the
mouth OF the Sautee. What's better.
I'm kings man, aud the king, men
have it all their own way now
you are rude and uumpnuerlv, sir =
cried Jessie, pushing him from her indrg.
nau,Iv. If you have business with me,
speak it, and hcgone 4"
Well, Mistress, have matter Of
business with ye, reckon, which shaj.
last for life, il You Ike it. amt "a person
that can talk much, and hrhv"n't great
doa' OF time /" spend ia tina, soft pn.aye-
they cali love making bu, want wife
right hard, and you're the gal I've kin.
der fixed my mud on
oh, this is your wooiug " SAID Jessie.
contemptuou,Ir. 'Le, me tell YOU. Mar
tin Na~tassl", that your woirg is oLjous.
You are a hctr y
That's night, Miss call me pet names.
You can make me the best uatured bear
IN the world, il YOU will
''''INS'e ""Ii'P''L I" zap h'r pay
'".,i ","'' '"@ c"'" ",'h MS clumsy hand.
''' 'o"e' me there Is c""ia'nir"'
ton in the touch Of one who turns traitor.
and Hctrays his own coun,rvmeu TO for
,''',',''.'S' ''.''' u" P",'"'e WIN
,c '"' 'T, ,I..,. i'',' ., "'r '"'r'c''r %; nAn
- '.''N'"N, WHO arc ">,"','''' WIN
ynn.t r.! D'' ,'I,.' ""'' SF,'.''''"' ne
""'' l''! '''"'H I've Sn"Du'' !""r pre-,
,''' "'''e your "ee"' III
'"I ID" "'''"'
!, ''''' ,.''u |" escape from ,"e summer
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This j. rr,hrn,r o.s,.l J...;. q
shall die with ,cyrori HIpE,' Erpl,o
urIu-hrlp y
4, mar momcu, ,L. Lo,rI ,L,. ,.n,r,
of a r,I. M, f,r,T
Did yn,r hear thu, > asked the Tory
with a triumph. 1T va, f.r pnuk,. I'll
be sworn, left y nmsn on his track tina,
can knock over a dollar at huul,.,
yards
spare me, Have We no, been neigh
hor. /. Were We not friendly before tn,
terrible war Rrmcmhcr. ( cntre,, -
YOU, that an poor, trembling gir. viii
no protector
4 shall have no trouG!r in remember
inG he last, Ill warrant. shouldn't t trus
ted myself here if v0u'd been surrounded
hy the cursed rebels. Come, gal, our
home is in Laurel Sw amp
With "A quick, unexpected movement
Nautasslc drew her to him. lifted her il
his arms, and moved toward the dark anG
tangled mass Q! wood living in the rear o
the mansion a: the distance of hundred
rods, and covering An area Of ten miles IL
circumference.
Bv this time Ruth and Judith har
missed her, and came runnin, 10 the sn,,
as he wa. bearing her away, Tbrv erie.
loudly for assistance, while terror uc.,I,
deprived them of sense md y,li,inn 4
the moment whrn he cnla,trnphe sc.m
eI complete, a tail man. wiki = LARGE
black patch over his left eve, and a lone
rifle in his hand, spranQ from a cIump o
shruhberv, seized Vanlass!e 10y the throa,
wrrstel Jes,i. from his orasn and choE
ing hin I'LL he WAS black in the f""e,hur
od hlm to the ground. While Nanla-~i,
lay stunned upon :hc earth, hi, vauqgish
er took his musk"t from his uuOerv"C
nand, discharged 1t into the ajrand brok,
the stock against the trunk Of IL tree. II,
then drew tie pistols from the Tory's be-
and thrust them int" his own, from whirl
already ProtruIed the butts Of :our. Tn,
blade OF NantassIc's knife he snapped b,
thrusilng it into the cleft Of rock, bu
the hea'y S''Ic he bnck"I"d to his side
''"v'0R Tue ,"illan entirely nnar'ne!.
IN, gas. IN Crled the TcSCurvr. va