The Red Cloud chief., 1877-01-04
This Is very good" be said eleefully.

There's no knowing when or
where one may meet that cursed swamp
Fox and his sneaking cut-throais.
VERY good" said the Colonel I'll
furnish you with your wagons and a
guard Of fifty mounted men. You Will
start at sunrise in the morning. Lieuten-
ant. Call at my headquarters at mid
night, and you shall have the necessary
orders. Now. sir, you had better take
rest as you will need il"
First let me offer him some refresh
ments," said the widow quickly. lie
is tired and hungry. / know. and no
guest must leave my house in such a
state"
Return quickly, then" said the
Colonel. II shall be miserable while
you are gone"
The young man offered his arm to the
lady and then left the ballroom; but
instead of going to the dining-roOm. she
led him straight TO her chamber. locked
the door, and then said %ahxiOusly:
"For Heavens sake. Charles. what is
the meaning of this!"
The young man did not answer YER
bally. but catching her to his breast
kissed her passiOnately, and. to be
frank, the young widow did not resist
him. 1t was all very natural, however,
for YOU know, dear reader, they were
only cousins.
ut means" he said at last, in reply to
her repeated question, that We want
| arms and | have come for them"
What else they said matters not now;
but before they departed, Mrs. Garden
seemed very we'll satisfied with the
young mans explanation. They then
repaired to the supper table, where the
| Lieutenant found ample refreshments.
and the lady returned to the ballroom,
where Colonel Watson was impatiently
awaiting her return.
AT midnight the Lieutenant called at
headquarters, and, faithful to promise,
Colonel Watson was there. The nee
essary orders for the delivery of the
arms and ammunition and wagons to
Lieutenant ThOs. Wilson, of the loyal
legion, were made out and the Colonel
also placed in the young mans hands
a sealed letter of instructions to Major
Gainey. The rest of the night was
spent in procuring the desired articles
and at sunrise. the next morning, Lieu
tenant Wilson with his wagons and
their contents, escorted by a guard OF
fifty men, set out for the High Hills of
Santee, where the tory majors head.
quarters were located.
The wagons and their escort made
good time. and by sunset were forty
miles from Charleston. The sun was
scarcely half an hour high, when Lieu
tenant Wilson ordered a halt, for the
purpose of camping for the night. The
mounted men fastened their horses
to the trees, and removing their saddles
prepared to cook their evening meal
the teams were unhitched from the
wagons, and the command busted them
selves in preparing for a comfortable
night. Every one was busy and no ont
noticed that while these arrangement:
were in progress, Lieutenant Wilson
had drawn off from the party, and dis
appeared in the woods that bOrderet
the road. Suddenly there was a crack
ling in the brushwOOd, which causet
the British troops to spring to theil
feet in alarm. AS they did so a voic,
which sounded not unlike that Of tn,
young lieutenant. shouted loudly:
> surrender, or you are all dead men!
General Marion secured his prisoners
together with the arms, ammunition
wagons and horses, and set out after
! rest of a few hours, for Snow Island
At the request of the bogus Lieutenan
Wilson, he sent back one of the red
) coats to Charleston with a note t
Colonel Watson, informing HIM of tn
trick that had been played on him b.
1 the young Oficer-whO so far from
being a lieutenant in the tory legiOl
was none other than the famous Charlie
Hampton. a captain in Marion's Brie
ade, who planned and carried out tn
: affair successfully thanking tn
Colonel for the excellent weapons an
other materials he had Sent him, an
promising him to make good servlc
with them.
The British commander was furiOu
when he read the note, and saw the hoa
, Of which he had been the victim. II
u went in haste to Mrs. Garden, but tn
fair widow had sailed for England. Fl
, was compelled to swallow his NORTH
!. cation in silence, and a few years late
= when the war was over his chagrin va
= not a little increased by the tidinl
which reached him, that Mrs. Garde
u had married the young&ficer who ha
tricked him out of his riles.-N.
Z NeUS.
Foreign Funerals.
d As 1 have said. though in a differe1
r sense, they make much of their dea
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