Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-08-09

haps disgraced P said Hardy.
Not Greham-the generous-the noble? ?
Oh. do not tell me this = and her bowed
head was hid in her hands. .,-
'Ha p thought Hardy, lis this the lover
after all? But no, it cannot be. His dis
honor grieves you worse than Davies death,
Miss Ellen. Can the high born English
officer have stolen the heart so lately wed
ded to patriotism p
She did not notice the taunt, but said
without needing him,
There is sorrow worse than death.
Oh! Graham, from my soul I pity you.
Suddenly turning she said, 'what refinement
of cruelty is this that would sacrifice such a
noble spirit7 What is his crime?'
You, Miss Ellen, I have no doubt have
been the chief cause he replied, mocking-
| ly.
H. said she increduously. you are
enigmatical sir. 1 Icannot understand you.
You cannot! Then you are not as keen
as I gave you credit for Graham's offence
is grave and serious, and his punishment
will be what generally befalls traitors to
their king and country. How much your
charms may have tempted to neglect Of
duty, you can best tell
This sterrible, said Ellen, pale as death.
Terrible, indeed. Not much to be hoped
in that quarter
MY uncle will 60. He will plead for
the life that is so dear to him. He can
confute al. your evidence. Let me pass this
instant. will entreat him to leave all, for
Graham's sake
1T is needless, Miss Ellen replied Har-
dy, without moving. your uncle goes, it
is true, but goes as my prisoner
Ellen gave a startled scream.
sDavie-Graham-my uncle-all sacri.
feed? Oh! dear-bought freedom, when such
spirits are martyred Stand aside, releut-
less and cruel man let me 20 to those your
malice and hate have condemned
NAY, Ellen said he, catching her hand
as she would have passed him, sit rests
with you, whether such sacrifice shall be
made. Hear me but moment, said be,
as she wrested her hand from him. BY
the heaven above US, I will save them if
you let me-
She turned her flushed face to him )
tears hot and burning trembled in her eye
Niobe herself was not a truer picture Of
despair.
ELLEN, your hand can buy your uncle's
life, and with that life, all that he holds
most dear. He has come under suspicion,
and these broad lands must be the forfeit
You know his devotion to the home of his
fathers; you know he cannot survive the
loss of his heritage; answer me-will you
redeem tbem?'
~And be partaker in your perjury?-
Never Such threats are idle. What pow.
er can you have to give or withhold my
uncle's possessions.
The power the law gives me. The pow
er right gives me. Foolish girl l.! they are
not idle hold even now in my hand a
grant for the estate. Think we'll ere you
decide
Il want no time for decision. Take the
hearts FROM my home and you destroy it
no longer value the gemless casket.-
Your i'll gotten. wealth may serve you for 6
little while, but God of justice will never
let you enjoy it. do not fear your boast
full threats
This is your decision is it? Your un
Gle turned out in his old age to life of pen
ury and hardships. Graham disgraced
seeking it may be, the death by his own
hand, that honor and glory forbid him.
Davie suffering the laws EXTREMIST penalty
and ending his life on a gibbet, and each
doom sealed by Ellen Campbell. I thought
woman was generous. Are you, fair eusla
yer, the only exception p said he with de-
liberate calmness, marking every word, as
it entered like an arrow, her struggling
breast.
God help me then, SO let it be; and
know that Ellen Campbell would weep more
over dishonor that would sacrifice every
holy principle of her nature, than over the
blighted prospects and ruined hopes of bel
own house. The famine-the distress,
could endure; but never the calamity and
woe by which you would relieve me. You
speak of Graham. His generous love would
loathe a life bought at the sacrifice Of wo
man. truth. Would to God, he had died
in noble cause! Murder by sword o'
gibbet, the oppression and robbery of pri
vate family, are actious that must sully all
connected with them, and | mourn that one
so formed to defend, to enlighten, to bless
cause, should be the companion and broth
er in arms of unprincipled and profligatt
men. But God only can judge the heart
Your malice may condcm the brave spirit
but never disgrace it. And Henry Davie
he too! said she, clasp;ng her hands ane
, raising her uudimmed eyes to heaven, while
a heavenly smile irradiated her face
know that I glory in the death of e marty
patriot, and he is worthy of the high hon
or. Que in whose scale few are fit to b'
weighed, and whel you launch him frou
, time to eternity, tell him that Ellen Camp
bell gives him joy and mourns; her wo
mans nature forbids her sharing his glorl
ous crown. I welcome the fate that link
/ my unworthy name with the pure faith, tn
| warm affections, the noble spirit of such
man. And in later times, when God spare
my life to see this fair land the home
$ freedom, I will bless the fortitude tina
gives me strength in this trying hour to re
e fuse to purchase, by perjury and co"ar'