Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-06-27
The Bride Of the Santee
Or the Ride Of NEariOn's
Men.

we don't care for the danger
Cap air, we',e TOO used to that
There ANT one of US hu: had rathe
llsk his lie than that old toy
should rob you of your blide. She.
ii stauhch patriot, too, and hate
the Very ground that redcoat OF
a tory walks on Well s;.ve her
Captain, from mating with Silas
Hall, or ali of US will die in the at
tempt
Spoken like your own self, Rob,
ert; L felt that | could depends upon
you and the rest Of nv men, to help
me carry out my plans. 1t is the
only way there is to save her Her
uncle, Amos Herlin, watches her
like d'agoon, as does Silas Hall,
who declares he will marry her be
fore two days are over. He has
such Influence with Talleton tha;
he has sem IA half score of his cut
throats to guard the house. This
uuch l learned from Rose, who
inanage9 to get IL note to me by
e hand of Pip. her servant
Her uncle is dete, mined to marry
her to Hall, whether she will or
no-and ParsoD Sabine is Just the
man to do the foul deed for them.
He would pronounce the ceremony
whether she was willing or not -
There is one thing to do, we must
steal her away from under the very
nose of the red coats and their tory
friends
Aud we will do it, Captain
There never was a time yet, but
that We could outw it them when we
tried. Il never Was said, and
hope II never will be, hat Marion :
-nrn were not IA match for the enc
my. To night We will pay them ii
visit it you say SO, and when We
come back we will bring Rose Her.
tI, with us.
That we will, Captain echoed
itIl The men gathered around him
Thank you. boys 1t is not OF
ten we fail, and J feel thai we shall
ct IL this case-we must not. Ii
we do lot huny 1t vii be too late,
and all will be lasi. Rose Herlln
must be saved to-night She knows
of what mean to do, if the black
by. Pip, gets back all right, and |
know no reason why he should not.
A. soon as it is dark We will SET
out. and trust il Providence aud
onr own sttong arms to help us
A few w"rds here by wav of expla-
nation, that the reader may better
comprehend that which has been
partly revealed to them.
Cap. Bake commanded a COM
pany OF bis own raising in the for
C. S "t Gen Marion. A braver clfi
Ger II an he tnere was Lot in th.
c"muraud
Marion hnDnred and trusted him.
ard he was the idol of his men.
For two years past Il ,se Herlin
had been his promised h,ide.
Sne was an orphan. Her parents
bad been dead several wears, and
her home had been with her uncle.
most vlrnlent sort. He was loyal
10 the king aud crown, and held in
utter deteAtatlon those who were
battling oppression and for the lib
erty OF their country. One thing,
if possible, angered him more than
any other; Rose a member of bis
household aud his dead brothers
child was as study patriot as
there were was in the colonies.
HIS anger against her seemed to
Increase day by day. until his house
became so uncomfortable that she
telt that she could no longer abide
beneath iis roof.
He knew of her engagement to
Captain Blake, and he stoutly
swore that there should be an end
to the matter forever.
Over and over again he declared
that be had rather she should wed