New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-01-09
BY the manner in which we treated the
father has fled somewhere for protec-


By the manner in which we treated the
father has fled somewhere for protec-
tom
These words drew every vestige Of color
from the listeners face; they told her who
the men below were, though she could
not see even the outlines Of their persons.
One week prior to her visit, her father,
one of the Kings Mountain heroes, was
found dead in palmetto grove, and the
words of Ferguson's Avengers lay on
his breast. Then she had deserted her
home, knowing that the hand that had
struck the father would not spare the
daughter
Well might the lone girl tremble when
4 she found herself SO near the dreaded
scourges Of the country, and she did not
move until she heard the front door open
ed, and heavily booted feet in the room
below.
Then a calm thought of her situation
drove fear from her heart, and Alice
Beauchampe prepared to perform one of
the most daring deeds of the revolution
airy war.
The noise in the house increased, and
oaths and rude jests preceded and fol-
lowed the lighting ola fire on the hearth.
II Alice, who had longed for sight of
the dreaded six, crept to spot near the
bureau where there was a crevice In the
floor. There apply ing her eyeto the8ho
she saw six wild looking men directly
beneath her.
They we're beyond doubt, the .Ayen-
gers Of Ferguson's death, for, several
masks lay on the table, along with three
or four bottles of wine which they had
taken from some patriots cellar. Tall,
rough, devil-may care looking fellows
they were, armed with pistols, carbines,
and sabers, the kind of men who never
court the smiles Of mercy orl;sten to
the pleadings Of innocence. Just such
fellows as they were, Alice had sup
posed them to be, for she had seen many
Of the prisoners taken at Kings Noun
tain, and she longed for the presence Of a
band of patriots. There were true men in
South Carolina at that time who would
have given their arms for chance to ex-
terminate the Avengers, and Alice re-
membered where little party Of pat
riots lay, but alas! they were not very
near.
"Well rest here and finish that Ewine!"
said enc of the leaders of the band, whose
face told that already he had imbibed
freely. "Bring in the poultry, and on old
Beauchampe's hearth we'll prepare q
FEAST" s5
slows the horses?' asked one of the
Avengers, as the man flung the poultry
on the table.
ssStanding like rocks" was the reply.
''Such horses as they don't need watching
and besides there isn'tIa rebel within ten
miles Of this accursed place.
"Why there's the Widow Hartzell.''
81 didn't think of her. was the reply.
elbow bitterly old lHartzell, hated us, but
we caught him at last y Us F,ss -
"And presented him witha breast pin |!
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And the laugh went ronnd the room.
H Alice Beauchampe did not wait until
the laugh was ended; while yet it filed
the house withits devilishs she Gid
ed across the room to5a window that
looked out upon thesdark palmetto grove
behind the building. 6
There was no sash in the window, and
the cool winds of the night kissed the pal
lid cheek Of the spartisan's daughter. For
a moment she tried to pierce the darkness
beneath the window; but failing her en-
deavors, she crept over the sill resolved
to trust to fortune for success.
The distance to the ground was not
very great, and the daring girl alighted
without injury.
She. was now free to make her escape
to the friends she had lately left but i'm
mediate flight in that direction was not
her intention. @ i9 i
Heaven help me- she murmured, as
she glided around the old house and APP
preached the horses which the Tories had
left tethered to some trees few yards
from the door. 't4a ss+3
i Asglance into ,the room revealed the
forms OF the Avengers discussing the
merits Of the wine with oath and jest, or
watching the roasting of fowls. They
had completely terrorized the country and
under the sway Of their ilawle ssness it was
fast becoming desert.
y Alice counted them before she touched
a single rein and then id q brief period
Of time she loosened the horses and quiet
" led them into small copse not far
away. The steeds did not refuse to obey
her guidance, and when she reached the
copse, she struck them wilma whip (which
she found beneath the, sad die. 1T was a
smart blow that she administe red, and the
steeds started forward and disapp eared in
an instant. 3,sas q q
II Thus in few moments Ferguson's
Avengers had been deprived Of their
horses. AL h MA 81. 8IS:s