Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-08-06

i WAS under the impression that was speaking to
Miss Danvers" eds s. a =. ,..., : a.ns
aAnd you are right, replied the old gentleman,
with paternal air ''that is my daughter, Miss
Susan Danvers." a
Victor bowed low to the young lady.
'You will excuse me, Miss Danyers," said he,
81 happened to meet q Miss Nellie Danyers, in
Charleston, few days since, and the likeness be-
tween you and herself is so strong that it led me
into error. /" 4 j. y.g.s al ST E
81 aAhl you met Nellie-that was poor Toms
daughter" sighed the old gentleman; ''she is very
much like Sne. They are often mistaken, one for
the other."a a,i - ss s. - IS
; And Col Danyers ?" asked Victor. "fheard
he was severely wounded. ''',e.sst2
"Yes; Tom has a wound that will keep him to
his bed some auonths, " replied the old gentleman
Iwould have moved; him into the city as soon as
i heard Of the advance Of the enemy, but his
wound was toopaiuful to permit it. !" :e+l
.tf 'sHei is . kinsman of yours, presume 2" asked
Victor a..gl ~, - -. a,sI G7>st gs'sis
my brother, and the only one out of six who
still lives, 'rspledthe old gentleman. "God have
merry upon him for he will hainto the hands of
the enemy. We cond not remove him, in his
present situation" tssaz4s d ,a. sls5l a55
"And Nellie e. asked: Victor, with faltering
voice. py--,csg,,.-S. !I.qsJs ...ar.a..s q -.
tsShe would remain with him, despite every en-
treaty." replied the old gentleman with . gesture,
more significant Of. apprehension than even his
words expressed. 1T is no place for girl to re-
main, when Buffers rufians are hourly looked for
Ali me; I fearit viii 60 hard with them both i;
and Tom is mo man to ask for pity, or to measure
his words when talking with an enemy. He is
just "a game and defiant, lying there with hisshat
tered limb, Is when he charged at the head of his
column. 80 :-.,,-f; go. @ :
"Is it sure the enemy will reach his place2'
asked Victor. :!.s tr.5 <
They we're in ten miles of his house, this NOR
ming" answered the old gentleman, '.and it lies
just Oh their ronte to Walthd Junction" 4-
There is where I'VE expect to make q, stand, I
learn," said Victor, whose face had grown shade
more thoughtful and sad. '',
"Poor. NeIie,p saidsher uncle. = .She is good
and patient nurse bntbetter she had remained far
away from such scenes as she has plunged into
hereas Tom could have got along tolerably well
without her. She had narrow escape in Charles
ton, from the carelesaessof drunken driver, but
better to have run such risks daily than come back
toiold Virginia, where the enemy are pouring
down his hireling legions scarcely more civilized
than savages.' -....I sas,-2-..aa5. Fii!.t
s:. Women are much keener observers than even
the most ebseuant men. Old Mr.. Danyers did
not notice the flush upon Victor's cheek, at the
mention of the peril fromwhich Nellie had so mar
rouly escaped at Charleston, but it did not escape
the observation of his quick.eyed daughter, who
stood in the half opened gate, looking on modest
N yet free from that strict conventional reserve and
:dibfidence which times of great impending dangers
80 eaasctudly remove even from the most retiring
of her ser. Interest and even curiosity impelled
Susan Dauvers to ascertain what degree of init
macy or connection there was between Nellie and
the pleasant youth before her. She set about her
inquiry with woman's tact. ..l.
"You probably heard from Nellie, of her great
danger, and of the gallant conduct of the young
soldier who preserved her ?" asked she.
nI was so fortunate, myself, as to render the
small service of which you speak, replied Victor;
sit was nothing more than reaching forth q hand
to seize the bride of the horses that had escaped
from the control of the driver who had fallen from
his seat ~ gs.5, :. Eg .ssa sslli-, s'i ;=s'
"Nellie told MS all about it, !" interposed Mr..
Danvers, 'and I know FROM her account, it was .
daring and, desperate act, You must not make
strangers Of us after saving the life, of Toms
daughter. We cannot suffer you to remain q
stranger. The name of Victor Garnett shall new
or be mentioned at our freside, but with CRATE
ful sense Of how deeply we are indebted to hin" "
. The old gentleman then formally presented Vic
tor to his wife and daughter and the three chatted
together ike old acquaiptances, Victor feeling how
pleasant it was when far from home to meet with
those whose hearts propitious fate had opened
to receive him, with the warmth and kindness OF
old acquaintanees. ~.. ..q ~. ..,s. -:
Notwithstanding the cordial hospitality which
would have delighted in manfesting itself in every
graceful exhibition of Kindness to the two youths,
before whom lay q most terrible ordeal, the mo-
ment for parting could not be delayed. Tears Of
genuine feeling flowed freely as the young men tore
themselves away, and fastened forward to over
take their regiment, hurrying on to its terrible
baptism of blood and fire, promising quickly to re-
port the tidings of their safety to this family,
they should be so fortunate as to come out from
the fearful ordeal alive and unscathed. .-..
The family group still stood at the gateway, ga
zing after the retiring forms Of the young men,
with feelings too full of deep solcitude to trust
themselves to words, until those for whom they
felt 80 deeply, had vanished from sight.
When great and common dangers have broken
down all the conventional barriers, behind which
society is accustomed to entrench itself, we behold
humanity stripped of all its masks. Vice comes
forth with all its hond and revolving features, and
bushes not while the sun locks down upon its evil
and daring Deeds. But. then the. virtues, too,
come forth from the obscurity in which they had
lain concealed and unsuspected, and rejoice US by
their daily and hourly manifestations. At such
times, If we find evil exhibiting itself where we
least expected its presence, it is cheering 10 re-
mark how much goodness, what warm sympathies,
and how much tender and genuine kindness per-
yades society, where, in times Of ordinary quiet.
only coldness and reserve and calculating selfish
ness, seemed to reign. The timid and shrinking
maiden, who in other days, would have turned fas-
tidiousy away with coldly aVerted gaze, fears not
now to clasp the hand hardened and soiled by the
weapons Of war, and fears no misconstrucion Of
her conduct, in permitting her lips and her eyes to
tell the weary soldier what warm sympathies her
heart cherishes for him, and that she will remem-
Der him for long days and rejoice, as for brother,
in hearing Of his safety when the battle is fought
ard o;Ianca resta ,,non the feld On deenlv Grim