Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-12
A TALE on THE REVOLUTION.
By WILLIAM NASH.


for liberty. In South Carolina affairs were
then in u critical situation. General Greene
made an unsuccessful attack OH the British
post OF Ninety,Six, and withdrew his men be-
yond the Tiger and Broad Rivers. Lord
I Rawdon Followed him, but could not draw
the patriot general into an cngagoment
At that period there stood in South Carroll
ia a pluin and nnassuming house it was a
Que story building neatly whitewashctl, and
surrounded hy Il tcncc. The garden contained
many choice flowers and the beautiful, honey
sucklc shaded the doors aud windows. 1t
was the houc OF Mrs. Heath, who lived with
her two daughters, white her son George was
in Wnshinetrns army, fighting for freedom.
Kate, the eldest OF the daughters. was u
beautiful girl of sixteen summers her au-
burn hair hung in graceful curls down to her
shoulders, and her face bcamcd with k,ndmcss,
while her eycs'shonc like the stars that light
up the azure vault OF heaven.
One evening, as Kate was standing at the
cottage door, she bchcld two mounted officers
.appro,chiug. They we're richly dressed, and
one Of them she recognized rs Lord Rawdnn
the commander Of the British forces in that
section of the country. They rode up TO her
and Rnwdon leaned over in lis saddle and
said, in kind voice:
"Wcll. Miss, can You let me have the use
of room ror few minutes p
+" Yes, Sir, cur house is open to you"
Come Colonel, let us hurry up business" !"
said Raw,,on, dsmounting, while the Colonel
did tho sane, the latter leading the horses to
the stable
I.url ia,wo advanced to where Kate Was
st>nding and said:
"V hose house is this, Miss ?"
Mrs lIcati,'s, sir
w -" ~ ~ -. y, - "''''' ''''''
Washington, Is ne not:
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ny n'o'"er !? ~ r''pc' >, ''o'o A''"oo"
he IS lighting 10y his county
am sorry 10Y .N"t nc IS ~, nT'yS m.:,:, 10y
ana w",'a' nv u""n', u MAKE soou l'f'''S''
so','I' 'Vu'''n,' i'"Nuo''. :.
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mo"'n so1:'' .c' WIN ~ q Ivy o',.''
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hc'ao'' III poS','on 10 oVerhear tue bfitoh
P'"ns.
IL w1s h. = en"2cr""' "nd'rtnkins' and she ,
knc" t'a'' she was caught in the act Of lis
t'n,ns Snn ti'I "nnIa 'ne treated rs a spy and
pe'nopS' N.,,.;'nr eI,, Lord Rawdon knew no
and ,,cl ! thronnh cIopp npproacned inc door
his r,l,>no, ,rnrr sn,toa l,ofnro hawann ana
on which l. n,ns Thcv wore ',Mni. ,,xa,. tnoe
them closely ,s,i,n v,,wdnn w,s eyrn;,;n%S 2
them to the ColonSl
fInrc is ;:raaYr's .ay, ;, s,;J bo u,nd
boro ;s onrs wnnn,. 80 ~ ~" NV
and If i, bn scessfn Trno mr.o, 'u;u ;, I','S h
strnro1,, 0'''''"' N'tcene WIN % oc
n do,,t g., v,,v = xbor,, -, e,..,
do ,o,, NV ~, -, - s"occ''
1No. If onr troons s,ht ,s .ys,l q. 49,.
have heretofore wc sh,lI succncd F" sa;d Ra,..
don. his ncn ossumin,. tr;u,nnh,nt ~ oxnros
4 sion.
"I shall feel bonnv when thc curscd ro>o,s
are driven oy,v from, C,,rol;n, and thon ~
rule will lie ever" said Colonel Roberts
eve must crush Greene, Colonel; Id,
not wnnt to 80 back TO llnyhnd and let i. be
said t|t | was out, generated bya,'l No,
never" exclaimed Rawdon, rising t. his feet
"Thcn, we make the attack ut daybrcak,
do We not = asked the Colonel.
q NN"> = y, ''''''a your roGtIlncnt rnady and