Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-12-30
A rnrtilirg Revolutionary Tale.

To live u cuntentcd old Eald.
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A Thrilling Revolutionary Tale.
God is everywhere. His words are in the
hsurt. lie 10 on the battle field. Or IN our
percetut home. PrsMe be To Lis holy named
It was IN the wild of. Wissahicon, on the
day OF the battle, as the MONDAY sun came
The thick cluotsi ed leaves, that Two men met
ia a deadly ~conlIlGt near the reel which rose,
ike soule p-imeyal world, At least + thou'-
aud feet above the dark waters OF the VISA
hicon,
The man With dard bsowu face, and darker
or y eve, flashing with deadly light, and .
muscular form, clad ina blue frock OF the
Revelation, is a. Continental named Warren.
Tbs plher m.n, with hong black hair droop'
irr along his csdsvsfeus isce, is clad In the
half mill al y costume Of the lhs lory Refugee.
This is u MURDER OF Paoli, named Dehaney.
Ih,y met by accident. and now they fought,
moi With sword aid rifle, but with long and
dsadl, hunting kniie Ley strug glod, twisting
on tue green sward,.
At last lbe tory is do~n-on The turn, Will
the knee of the Continental on MS trtast-
the upra,sed knife flashed death i'll his face.
..Quarterl l yield , gaspre the tory, as
the knee as pressed On his breast. !'Spare
1ne-l yield"
NV brother said the patriot, in a ton
of deadly hate, my BROTHER cried for quarter
IN the night oil P4Vh, ard even US he chung
tu y,ur knee vcu struck that kuife into his
heart. 0, | will give you the quarter OF Pa
OIL"
And as bis hand was raised for the blow.
and his teeth were ~clenci.cd with deadly hate,
he pausei for q moment. and then pinioned
ia. 10. VS. arms, aad with 4 rapid stride drag
gcd him to tue verge of the rock, and -:
Lin aliyrring over the abyss.
"Mercy r' gasped the tory, turning ashy
pale oy turns, rs that awful quit yn~n ID be-
i,w, Mercy / I have have a wiie aud CHILD
u, hohe-spare me-"
The Continental, with q muscular strength
gathered for the etl,'rt, shook the murderer
once mdre over the abyss, Aid then Kissed III:
bitter snrc. in hls iSre.
:. ijy. brother mad a wife and tw> children;
ihp morning alter the nigh; oi Poli that wiie
WAS a widow, those Children orphans! ASK
mercy Of them !
The proposal made BY the Continental IN
,nockery and bitter hate WAS taken IN .scf.-
GU. earnest By the terror 'trickcn soy. t'
be. ped TO tie taken to the widow snd NE!
children, and To have the privilege OF begging
his life.t After q moment vi serious thought
The ~patriotic soldier consented. lie bound
the tory's arm still tighter, placed him ON
hi, isct, and led him through the Wu"us. a
ouict cottage embossed aiaong the tree: broke
On their eyes. They entered the cottage. There.
beside. the desolate hearthstunc. sat a widow
aud her children.
She sat there, a ,uatroalv woman OF about
es years. with q face faded by care; u deep,
dark eve, ,s,d long black hair, hanging in d
disheveled state abuut her shoulders. o.
one side was a dark haired 10y, OF some six
,ear,; on the other side, a girl ore year youn
yer, With light blue eyes. The Blble-an OLD
Aud venerable voluine-lay OPEN upon the
n,o.h.r's knee. Aad the pale farcd tory
flung himself upoa his knees, en-: confessed
that he had .butuheded her husband oi the
night of Paoll aud begged As life at her
hands.
aSpare me-, fr the sake Of my wife and
childfi :,
lie had exoected this pitiful IN ian would
touch tho widows. heart, but rot one reieht'
lug slsam %.ottened her face.
The Lord shall judge between Us" She
said ina cold, icy tone, thac irpze the muir
d.rcr's heart. "Look,' tta Bible IN n my
Ian. I will close the volums.- aud let my lit
tie sou place his fl gers at radon upon a line,
and by that you shall 1.-Two or die"
This " ss 3 strange proposal, made in good
faith, of u mild and dark superstition OF olieii
times. Fur a moment the tory, pale as ashes,
was wrapped in deep thought-then in a faint
voice he siyniticd his consent.
Raising her dark eyes 10 heaven, the moth
or PRAYED to the Great Father To dIect the
finger Of her son. She closed the bcok-she
handed it to tho by. whose check Redeemed
With loatLinp as he eazci ppm his ialber's
murdered. lie took the Bible and opened.its
holy pages at random, aid placed his hnger'
upon y verse.
'.iTusrc was a silence. 4t'he .Cohtin ,ntal. sol.
!: die.3who had sworn 10 avenge his brothers.
death, stood with dilatiDg eyes AID parted
lips. The culprit, kneel'ag upon the door,
Nth his face like discolured clay, felt his
heart lesp to bis throat. +,
Then in a clear, bold voice, the widow read
this lin. from the Old Tsstamen it was
short, yet terrible.
"TiA. tnan shall surely die.".
Look the brother springs forward to plunge
the sniie into the mnrdrrer's heart but the
tory. pinioned As h. is, clings 10 the widows
Knees. He brss that one more trial may he
made by the li:ile girl. that child OF five years
,ia, with goldYl hair AID laughing EYES.
Inc widow Consents. There is an awful
n.,s.. With a smile in her eve, and q .thout
knn~ing what she was doing, the little girl
opened tire Bible As it lny ON her mothers
Lee s.e turned her fuce away aud placed
her iinger ,n,on u line. m
Tn. awful silence grows 1eeper. The dsep
dr,wu breath vi the brother, aud the broken
,nsp of t..e murderer, alone DISTURB the sa l.
r,s widow and dark haired. boy were
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