Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-21
CHAPTER V.

There happen sometimes, accidents in life iron
which it requires degree ofmadness to extri
cate ourselves we'll. p.
La RocHEFeUcALD.
Long and lingeringly did little Bessi
Craig look out into the moonlight sadl
and almost tearfully she watched the waninI
moon, and felt he;would not come. Yet
still she paced the little walk. and softl.
she would open the gate and peel. anxious
ly out. At length, weary with hope defer
red, she ran for a little distance down tn
road. Suddenly her eye brighteus and he
form grows more Greco; surely she heart
voices. Then a.shade of disappointment
steals over her pretty. FACET could not b.
Bowen-he would come alone, and she wan
ders on N thoughtless. dreaminess, wonder
ing what delays him. Ere she was aware
the voices approach a turn of the road viii
bring the speakers into sight, and for the
first time, she feels she has gone too far
The road, straight now. as an arrow, and the
bright moonlight, Ral~surely discover her
She hesitates but moment, when plunging
into the bushes which line either side Of
the road, she hastily concealed herself.
sHap said one, what is that? Isurely J
heard rustlingH They stoppedand listen
ed, and Bessie feared the beating of hel
heart would betray her. :,
1T was only a squirrel, replied the other
Ihear nothing -
There It'll again. said his ,comrade, as
cracking brauch. broke beneath her.
Again they listened
sPshawv replied the other, you would
be frightened at your own shadow-itis is a
squirrel in the trees. I'll swear you expect
to see the Wing cavalry burst on you as
they did this morning; come on man and
don't be such coward :
sNop replied the first speaker, still listen,
ing, Diet us wait while aud see what'll
come Of it'll do no harm to watch
watch away then, Pm going for water
I'm most dead with thirst. That house
ought to be about here somewhere. Where
in the mischief has it gone to?
Don't be in such confounded hurry,
Tom; I'll 60 in minute--lets see if any,
thing turns up. If Ferris thought We had
let any one slip past us to the Wing camp,
he would think nothing of striDgiug us both
up
whats got into Ferris anyhow, lately
He was bully enough before, but he's q
perfect bull dog now,' replied his comrade.
Why he's got hold of some cock and bull
story about the Wings rising in the upper
part of the State, beating CORVALLIS with
one hand and Ferguson with the other, and
with one foot in Charleston and the other
in the mountains, making clear sweep of
the State. He's such a cursed braggart
nobody believes him, and his temper never
very sweet, is now worse than the DEVILS.
well, [ hope to nights work will put
him in better humor. They say the Cap
tain is to pay him handsomely if they catch
the Wing trooper
yes, to the tune of FIVE hundred, ormore.
Ferris would sell his soul for gold. You
know he was bought out of the Wing ranks,
aud if they catch him, it will go hard with
him-traitor and spy both -. 49,.
The Captains mighty anxious about
Davie. If it was Marion himself, he could
not run more risk. Why, he's almost in
the hornets nest. don't see the use OF
running ones neck in halter for paltry
Whig major .,..
you don't! I reckon if you saw girl
with land and niggers and gold, more than
you could count, in the case, and nothing
between you and her but 'paltry Wing
major you would understand it,
'Phew! That's the waythe wind blows,
does it? No wonder he's anxious to trap
him. Well, reckon he's got him hard
and fast to night
sYes, Ferris has worked like seven DEVILS
He's got some private spite to settle in the
matter, too. Ellick Bowen, the Majors
Captain, has got the better of Ferris two
or three times in a fight; and not only that,
but he blames Bowen with taking his girl
from him, and he hates him like thunder.
Now, Ferris knows it will most kill Bowen
for anything to happen to the Major; so as
he can't reach Bowen, he'll have his ven-
geance out of whatever will hurt him worst
sHow did Ferris know Davie would be
there to night?'
HE didn't know it at all; but after we
got whipped to day, he re-crossed the river
and lodged after the Wings, thinking Bow
en- would stop to see his sweetheart, who
lives about here somewhere, and I heard
him say he would shoot him if the ball pass
ed through the girls heart. But Bowen
didn't stop, and while Ferris was still dodg-
ing for him, who should ride past but Ma
jor Davie. Ferris says he had his finger
on the trigger to pull when he stopped
thinking it would hurt Bowen worse to find
him hung-so he won an hour or two's
respite, and exchanged bullet for halter.
'Well, come on, let's 60. don't care
ifthey hang him as high as Haman. Where
is that house! I'm most famished for wa
ter and the parties moved on.
Bessie waited until after their footsteps
had died away. Then pluusing into the
woods, she hastily ran under their shades,
and reaching the back door of this cottage,
found she had outrun the Tory seutines.
1t was the work of moment to empty every
drop of water from the pail, while in breath
less haste, she detailed to her father the
events We have just recorded.