Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-05-31
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fhung in her room.
Several weeks had passed.. since .Herbe
mont came to Fallview. he improved'hi
time assiduously, and waxed stronger in.th
affections of the household every day. Hi
was one of those natures-bold chivalric
candid, energetic-which need: only be ln
derstood, to be admired. IPwas q brigh
July morning, when Henry Herbemont
Harry &elby-the second child of 'Mothe
Shelby'-and George ,McMorris were t
have stag-hunt on the.hills beyond tn
river. Sarah was invited to ride out b.
noon, and meet them on the stage-road jus
faboye the Cascade Her health was better
and she was in the habit of riding daily 70
its continued improvement. She compiled
with the invitation.
The instincts of deer in billy countries
lead them to seek the levelest road they cal
find, in passing from one feeding ground tt
another. They always go the same way
and in process of time form trails, or paths
over the forests and mountains. They ar
hunted with hounds thus huntsmen ar
placed at important points, where trail
cross each other and elsewhere and one O.
two drivers take the dogs and scour tn
feeding grounds to rouse the game. Th'
deer is like the hare; it will not leave th'
neighborhood of the place where it is start
ed, till hard pressed then it will bound off
along the trails, in search of river or otheI
place of refuge. The huntsmen take thi'
opportune time to fire; and very often a
the first or second shot, make the flying stag
bite the dust
The hunt was soon up. A deer was start
ed. The stirring music of the hounds cir
cled the hills to the westward. Now it il
faint in the distance now louder and loud
er, as the chase draws near. Every hunte,
stands in 'make.ready' attitude. Now the
direction of the chase changes; they are
running the circuit again. But the pur
suit is too hot. The 'six-prong buck make!
for the river. Click! Bang Ia miss !
Click Bang! The stag tosses his antlers
wildly in the air. He is 'grazed' with {
slight flesh wound; but he flies on. Click
Bang! Herbemont fires, scaling the barl
off a sapling twenty or thirty feet behinc
the deer.
"Splendid, Cousin Diana or Nimro:
could not have made braver shot!" !"
He turned, surprised, and saw Sarah in
riding habit, sitting at ease on splendid
black gelding. She had ridden up few
minutes before, and observing the anima
ted state of the chase, had stopped without
speaking to Henry, and was quietly enjoy.
ing the scene. His attention being eager.
ly drawn to the hunt in the opposite direc.
ton, her approach was unheeded. He
thought he had never before seen her look
so fresh, rosy and beautiful A quick thrill
of Joy shot through his heart.
"And Juno could not look more beauti
full" he replied; Cor give a more crueI
comment on my unlucky delay. A moment
sooner, and my shot would have been Deaths
messenger. You are venturesome; you
would make a good heroine"
"Not so, by any means only knew the
nature of the case. I knew the deer, when
it scented you would dash to the right, as
it did; cross Silver-brook at the beech
stand; and seek the river below the Falls
1 have stood here with father often, and
seen the game go BY"
"There Did you hear the crack of Nc
Morris rife ?"
"The hounds have silenced, too. The
chase is over. The stag lies gasping his
last breath"
"We will go to them, and return home
by the Falls, if the ride will not fatigue you
l have never been there yet ; and I am anx.
ious to look on the scene you praise so ar.
IDENTIFY"
"Oh, sir! you need your dinner and an
hours rest, after the mornings excitement
Then it will not be too far to be embraced
in my usual ride this evening"
every we'll Will you go with me then ?''
"With pleasure. I never grow tired Of
the Cascade, especially when it sleeps in the
shadow of the sunset hills"
"Have you ever visited it by moonlight?
1 imagine it would then be most beautiful. "
awe frequently get up small parties and
90 there at nights, in the summer season.
We always choose the second or third night
before full-moon; as then the moon is some
distance up the sky at sunset, and begins to
shine on the Cascade Immediately. There
is large fiat rock, some thirty yards below,
where we assemble. The moonlight, re.
hected to that spot most wildly by the fal.
ling water, makes it appear wonderfully
snowy and brilliant"
"Well! We shall have party to night,
as her Lunar majesty is favorable. What
say you ?'
MIet's consult Harry and George first
Yonder they come, with the stag, which
escaped your erratic bullet" There was a
naive pleasantly in Sarah's voice and man.
ner, which delighted Henry, both as an in.
dication of her improving health and spir.
its, and of the trusting regard in which she
held him.
The hunters came up; and after short
consultation, the party was agreed upon and
the arrangements were made McMorris
went home with his hunting g-gear, and re.
turned with his sister Ellen. Harry Shelby
went after his cousin, Mary Wilson, (the
oldest sister of the then unborn Nellie) a
bright-eyed, happy hearted creature, over.