The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-14

sthc CO o. with anxious eyes.
1t was Il small open glade, and several
wild plum trees fringcd its sides.
''rhe murdcrcrs there they are," ex-
claimed Argyle, in a suppressed whisper,
and at the same moment Robby saw the
two savages standing under II plum tree,
cautiously plucking the fruit and slowly
eating it. Each would carefully reach up
for plum, pull it of and then, glancing
round the open area, eat it in a listening at
titude. They were so quic, that the only
sound that could be heard was the whisper
ing brceZcs.
The hearts of the hunters lcapcd with joy
when they saw the monsters, the slaycrs Of
their swccthearts, in their power.
81 will take the man under the low hang
ing branch to the left, and leave the other
to you," Robby whispered to his COM
panion.
Again the Indians raised a plum to their
mouths, looking cautiously round them.
eve are not near enough" Argyle an
swcrcd, in the same suppressed whisper !;
''wc must not fire until we are near enough
to see the plum seed drop from The moutl,
OF each savage.
"Very good, 'Rpbby said; "now let us
move upon the enemy"
savages. The Indians were unconscious Of
the approach of their plrsuers, but still on
the alert, they reached up for another plum.
The time agreed upon by the white men
had comc-thcy had seen the plum seeds
drop from the mouths of the savagcs Ex-
changing 4 look, each understood that the
other was ready to fire when the next seed
fell Slowly the plum was pulled and eaten
the seeds dropping simultaneously Stimuli
tancously the hunters fired, and, springing
up, they rushed forward to complete their
work, if need be, with their knives
1t needed no completion.
The bullets had sped with deadly aim
and already the savagcs were still in death.
''rhc brutc!" cried Argyle, stamping up
Oh the heart of the savage and tearing the
scalp from tho skull.
''Ihe monster, Robhy exclaimed at the
same time showing n similar attention to
the other Indian.
In the possession of the savagcs. he
lovers found the scalps of their swccthearls,
and, securing these, they started, hungry
and f0otsorc as they were, to rctracc their
steps.
The funeral train bearing the bodies of
the Renfrcw sisters was about to start for
the place of burial.
Many symputhiZing friends and neigh
bors stood round the double bier, and among
them was Pat Malloy, the Irishman who
had advised the two girls to hasten their
escape.
'If they had done rs I bid them," Pat
said, "thcy might be here now, livin' and
well, and takin' part in their own funeral
and their two lovers with them. BY the
by, wonder what has become Of Robby
and Argylcl Gone aTler the murtlcrln' saw
ages Should say. toud them that the
red bastcs were down here near the mill
and the Rcnfrcw girls a-saddlin' their horses
to get away, and at the word, over the hills
they went like mad. Nobody has seen
aithcr of thin since"
AS Pat spoke the hunters were seen ap-
proaching the house, and the Irishmau's
speech was scarcely finished when they en-
tered the doorway and quietly made their
way to the coffin in which the two muir
dcrcd girls had been placed. BY each of
the bodies they laid down two scaps, one
taken from the head Of one Of the savages
and the other from that of his victim.
Neither spoke word, but their eyes were
filled with tears and their brawny athletic
bodies were shaken with an emotion they
could not suppress.
lNG uS pray, stlltt lllC ucllltlTc IIcSDS-
tcrian minister who had been summoned
from the neighboring village to say the last
sad rites for the dead
All knclt around the bier
Ali-No not all.
The hunters stood inscnsiblc to every
thing around them, gazing imtently at the
| faces of the dead.
When the parsons prayer was finished
the scalps of the murdered girls and of their
murderers were placed in the coffin with
! the remains, the lids of the caskcts were
closed and they were horne to scquestercd
grave on quiet hillside in view of the his
toric stream, the Antietam.
The grave may still be seen marked as it
is by flat stone, set edgewise.
1t might have been forgotten long ere
this had not the two hunters, their lovers
and their avengers, thus marked the spot
and with their own hands carved upon the
rude stone in still ruder letters the simple
inscription: