Middletown transcript., 1871-03-11

songsters thst ever hover nsas ~ eaap-
ground, will daily sing tho r Dssm ~
will b. resdy 70 gssl forth issa ssssx
heart"
!" Madam Hartly.' rsplisd:0sa. c..
Be assurod your plesdiugs ass = ssslsss
ss has been the life u him, Who 4 10 b.
executed as certain ~ Tomorrow suocso1s
tonight; 10 further petitions srs quias
unnecessary. You may therefore tsGs .
lest look st him II you wish. II nos yos
have parted l0ksver 10 this world"
" Piitiltss wretch" cried she, growing
desperate with grief. snd s2p,shessiea @
sure - your name 10 C 20 certain shall
you suffer f,r this set. II my husbasd il
put to death srcar will be tho svsnRcr
Of wrongcd innocence. II not In oss way
| swcar 10 be In another" no saying shs
as suddenly left this scene II woe q she
had appeared.
just cre morning had dawnsd. Hartley
was conveyed TO the scaAold. and sfler
uttering few words. in which be declared
bis innocsncc. and expressed the uujuse..
ness with which he was dealt and ma
disG gentle adisu to his wife and child
rem, be was hurried into eternity.
II is well known thst the siege Of Nine
ty-Six was followed BY that Of Augusta.
The American army was Obliged to yield
up At the former. while At the latter they
were decidedly victorious; which was
greatly owing TO the exertions Of tho wid-
ow Hartley; by which means sbe sought
to wrcak her vengeance upon General
C. She duly heard Of the demise Of
her guiltlcss husband. which but served
10 increase her yindictivencss.
The tories rcmaincd on the Ssluda
until the first Of June, when they proecsd-
cd 10 Augusta, TO reinforce Kawdou's
army. Mrs. Hartley. under the garb Of
man. came in contact ssvsrsl times wish
her dircst enemy, and as oftened feigued
unremittcd friendship towards him.
In short time they were apparently
starnch friends. Mrs. Hartley was 80 per-
fectly disguised that her most in.iu,ssc
friends you'd have failed to detect her,
had they not been previously informed Of
her machination.
The 4ti day Of june was set apart BY
her, rs . day Of joli6cation having pre-
yiously invited the General. together with
several other officers Of distinction. She
had u sumptuous dinner prepared fur their
reception. After quite cercmouious re-
past the guests appeared quite conysrsant
with Mr. Blake. that il the name she
assumcd) aud informed her Of their con-
templatsl movement. That the garrison
located in the northern part Of the city
was we'll fortified. and ready for tho 70.
cep,ion Of the rebels. provided. they sp-
proachel from that side otherwise they
were npprchcnsivc.
This she drank in as eagerly a. tho
French do their clarct for dinner, and con-
tnucd to CLEAN all that could possibly aid
her in her project
In due time the guests took leave. aud
shortly after. in an opposite direction.
Mrs. Hartley few over the roads and
through tho woods on her dashing young
horse. towards the encampmcnt Of Gen.
Grecu. on tho Santcc. Jus. at night.fall
she reached the American army and con.
veyed to them valuable information.
Before midnight. General Green had
sent troops under Col pickens. to enter
Augusta from an unexpected side.
Mrs Hartley got permission to enter
the ranks. and under her directions the
detachment marched Morning found them
ready u enter the city. and At noon tho
attack bad begun. For while it waxed
warm, but it soon became evident that the
tories were losing ground. Gen. c.
assumed the offensive for Hhilc. and
many balls we're aimed at him BY his
luondam friend. Finally the garrison vas
about to eapitulatc. when 1 ball we'll
aimed by the hand Of Mrs. Hartley en-
Tered the breast Of Gen. C. Hc fell
mortally wounded and was removed to the
Hospital Tho conflict ceased, and tho
Americans retired to their encampmsnt
on the Santcc. Mrs. Hartley returned
home. threw off her dsguise-donncd
ncr wonted habi, and repaired to the hos.
pital; whore she bchcld the General
writhing with pain from his fearful wound.
!. General c." she exclaimed, i" yoe
have the blood Of my husband upon yeus
lands-you are now fast approachiuR
lea,h, and desire you to know you are
ny vietin,-I have caused you thus 10
have now had the revenge l
'rore upon the night Of your encampn,est
IN the Snluda'-s. liwre sn E;ncere.
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