Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-04-05
DIZZY LANGSTON.

South Carolina, during tho revolution,
were frequently indebted for impor.
tant Information to ono young giil,
fifteen or sixteen years old at the
commencement of the war. Atlcngth
suspicion Of tho active aid sho ron
d,red was excited among the Tory
| ncighbors. Mr.. Llrgston was i'll
: formed that he would be held rrspon-
sib!c thcnceforwald with his proper
~, for tho conduct Of his daughter.
/ The young girl was rcprovcd Sc
vcrciy, and commanded to d"sist
For 4. time she obeycd Tut having
heard by accident that company OF
loyalists, who on account Of their
ruthless cruelty had been called the
"Bloody Scout" intent on their work
OF death, were about to visit the " El
der settlement" whcro her brother
aud some friends were living, she DE-
;ci ahmed 4: all t:azard= to warh them
.! tElc intended expeditions. She had
none in whom to coniidc; but WAS
,Ili,..d "a / nv, ,o. .,>.
siHti;h, and ut the dead hour ut the
night. Many miles were t. b, ira
v,rscd. and the r,,:,d l.v ,h,..n,h ill.,.
woO':S, and crossed marshs 5 and
c,,,lis. where tLc co,vc,;,,c.s r.
lni,.cs and r.ol-,ors were w,u,iu.,
She v,,:;cl r,,,i..Iv on hord,,s, -,
,li"hl difficulties. bu. '.,r hc,r, nj
,n,,st f,;,,d ror vL., ,h, ,,r,, =, ,;,,
banks OF the Tv.cr-, dec, o,.d r.,r;d.
stream. which ,hv,e va, NO ro,.u.il,v
ofc,o.,i;,.r ry,,nt h,. wodin., ,hr,u.
the ford ,rh;s sho Is,cw Lo d..o,
at ordinary times. md i, had d. u:,
lc S been rendered more d;,u,.,r,u, b>
the rains tha, had lately fallen.
She entered ,ne water: rut whc.
in tho middle of tho ford. became he.
camo b, wiIderc !, :.a.u knew no, wLa,
direction to take. The hoa,sc rusn
Of the waters, which were up to- her
neck the b;acLness Of tho III sh,-.he
utter solitude around hGr-thc unccr
lan,y les: tic next stcp should i. ,.u;I
her past relief cont ..scd her; :,nJ los
in. in q degree he: self 20. session, she
wandered for some time in the chon
mel without l1no:ing whi,Lcr to lur,.
hur steps. Having with difficulty
reached the other side, ehc last no
time in Fastening to her brother. in
formed him a'.d hi, friends Of the pre-
parations made TO surprise aill de
stroy them, and ur:se'! hin to send his
men Instantly in 4 ifarent dir. c,:onS
to arouse and warn the nci.- h5orhood.
The soldiers had inst returned from u
fatiSling excursion, and complained
that th.y wcre faint from want Of
food. The noble girl, not satisfied
with what she had done at such risk
TO herself, was ready TO help them still
furLhcr by providing rcfre>h hments i'm
medlatcly. Though wcaried, wet, and
!shivoring with c.ld, she at once set
about her preparations. a few boards
were taken from the roof If tie house,
4 fire kindlcd with them, and in a few
minutes hoe cake, partly Bak.d, was
brolson into pieces, ard thrus, nto the
sho.-p pouches Of the men. Thus pro-
visioned, the little company has,cucd
TO give the alarm to their ncighbors.
ard did so in time for all to max.
their escape. Tho ncx. day, when
tho "scouL" visited tho place, thoy
found 10 living chcmy on whom to
wro;,k their vongea"ce.
Al a la!cr poriod 6f tho war, q party
came 20 his house with the desperate
design of putting to death all tho men
OF tho family. The sons were absent !;
i,.. l. 4 1900, l.