Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-14
CHAPTER III.-coNT1NUED.


Come, Bessie said Bowen, this is n,
place for you; where are you going, child 7
as she turned weeping down, the road.
i must go back to father she sobbed
her face turned from him.
you are not fit yet, Bessie; sit down ant
rest. sisgone don't beafraid.' Ant
he drew her to the bank. Still she wep
bitterly. - .,
BE calm, Bessie; you have no fartbe
cause for fear. I will see you safe home
and you must promise me not to venture
out alone again."
sOh! Ellick,' she sobbed, sit is not s.
much that I'm afraid, as I'm afraid you'll
think i'll of me- And still the flushed fac
was hid from him.
Ill of you, Bessis* Never" said th'
soldier with warmth, as he took her hand
With sudden impulse she turned, anc
looking up at him in mingled JOY and love
threw herself into hisarms.
Tell me again; Ellick,' she whispered
sfor, oh 1 feared you would be vexed a
my treatment yesterday at the Church
though it was both pride and shame made
me do it, and I feared you might think m,
silly words then, had made Ferris meet mt
here. And, oh ! if you hadn't come,' aut
she shuddered.
Il was at the minister's, and felt uneas.
for you, Bessie, fearing you might be 81
thoughtless as to come alone dreading
scarcely know what, 1 came out to you
1T was Gods care of me, father will say,
said the maiden reverently. 'Aud Ellick
will you forgive me for yesterday, she sale
submissively, as she timidly raised her head
Who could look in those blue eyes, still
swimming in tears, and not forgive her?
Indeed, will, dear Bessie, he said, a
he foudly kissed her, 'if you promise neve
to venture out alone again.
i can easily promise that she said smi
ling in perfect reinsurance, 'for doubt i
father will ever trust me and as he'll b.
uneasy now, we had better be going on
sAnd what will you do with your bucket
Bessie?'
sOh you can put it in the shade of the
branch there; it will keep cool in the water
and put the basket under yon thicket, and
when you come back, you can carry them
1 promised them this evening, and l like t
be as good as my word
That's right, Bessie! I shan't object tc
your being always as good as your word
but what sort of soldiers wife will you
make if you scream as loud when the Brit
ish are on you, as you did this EVENING" he
said, as he drew her hand through his arm
and, clasping it, walked leisurely on.
oh but III do better, when Pm
well! When what, Bessie?' he laugh
ingly said.
when Pm your wife, Ellick,' she brave
ly spoke, though her face was crimsoued.
sI'll never be ashamed of it again, and il
any one asks me who love best in all the
world, I'll say Ellick Bowen; ) and though
her voice trembled as well as the hand that
rested in his, and though she could moi
look at him, she persevered in finishing
He threw his arms around her and she
went on,
I'll be afraid now of nothing, Ellick, thai
I know you don't think i'll of me; and III
never give you cause again. would rather
meet whole army of British, than Reuber
Ferris. Oh!I hate him and dread hin
so; and when he looks at me- and she shud
dered and turned pale.
Never mind him, Bessie, let us talk O
something else. Did you see Miss Ellen
this morning?
Yes; we were up at the Mansion anc
Miss Ellen is trying hard to get the ole
gentleman to provide means for the outfit
of those troopers. know She has deprived
herself of good deal to furnish the boys
that joined some time ago, and has ne
means of her own or she would not wait OIL
the old man. It's strange she can get al
she wants from him but that, and he grow:
so fre.ful and impatient, and so frightened
too, that she is afraid to press it. Wher
will Major Davie be down.
Il don't know, Bessie why do you ask
Is Miss Ellen wanting to know
sShe did notsask me, said Bessie, too
honest to betray secret that was not her
own, and discovered only by her woman:
intuition.
dts hard to tell where Major Davie vii
be; he's here, there and away. We've 60
a great troop, Bessie. The boys have neve
been beat yet, and 1 don't believe woule
know when they are whipped. If it were
not that I thought I could take twenty fel
lows with me when I 60, l would not b
tagging here. The most of them [ have
have only been waiting for leader
will Ferris 60, now"
Il don't think he had ever much notion
of it; if there was Tory clan about here
I would suspect him but he's as cunning
as the savage, he is
Don't trust him, Ellick father never pu
confidence in him, and now he'll not like
him any better
sHe'll not give us the chance I'm think
ing and I want no such-well, I won't say
bad words before you, Bessie, but I'll mo-
have him in my company. Your father
would say such a wretch would bring
curse upon our arms-but here we are at th'
homestead. 1t looks like Bessie's home
and that says more than anything else
How sweet and dear it is he said, as hi
eye sought hers.