The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-29
dians dull a. its companion was read.
able and fascinating.
Steal nok this b0ok Tor fear OF shame.
For In ~ n thu SSvvnersa N nyne

6Ot0 anu IaSCln0tlng.
Steal mot this book Tor fear Of shame,
For In it ID the owners name.
Was written In . quaint, o.d-fashioned
hand on the hy-leaf above the signature
Of Jacob Jewett. The old man died
years ago. and, his collection being dis.
perscd, track OF the rare old volume
was lost Recalling Horry's account
Of the battle of Camden, it appears tc
me TINT the sculptor might have select
ed a historical attitude instead of a
merely ideal enc for the brave old
baron who, IL my recollection serves
ms accurately. was not about 10, as
has been stated, but 63 years old at the
date Of his death.) Horny represents
him, whom Gates gave utterance to the
taunting intimation that his expostula-
ton was prompted by cowardice on the
eve Of the battle. as lifting his gray
head proudly, and replying: ''To-mor-
row. sir, will tell who IS the coward"
| And so it did; for, while the dauntlass
old hero died at the head of his brave
continentals, Gates did not make his
appearance on the field during the day.
Marion was little, dark, thin man,
with keen eyes and biting tongue.
He was so small when he was baby,
Horny says, that he could have been
put into pint cup, and would have
been doomed to death for puniness
according to Spartan canons. He dined
u British officer, who was sent to him
with m offer of amnesty and q commits
of bark. and talked SO cloquently of
liberty at dinner that the officer res gn-
ed his command and went back to Eng
land, declaring that he could not find
it in his heart to war against men who
could endure such privations in the
cause of human rights.
Horny concludes his narrative of De-
Kalb's death with an eloquent para
graph. Camden field was covered with
waving corn when he wrote his lively
book. and the dark-green leaves of the
crescent grain rustled above the very
spot wherc this knight-errant for free
dom fell l recollect the final words of
the encomium: Congress ordered him
q marble monument, but the friend of
st. Tammany still sleeps without his
fame! And thus he has slept for a
century, and Horry's eloquent tribute
lao OCcA AOtSOpCCu III JUc SCuTTy Oh q
hundred years Would it not be good
venture in business, as well as an act of
patriotism. to recover to historical lit
erature one of the finest memoirs of the
war in the south-Soutn Carolina es-
pecially that comes within my recol-
lectionp For Horny was intimately
versed in the legend and anecdote as
well as the large military movements
OF the several campaigns. and it was he
who preserved the spirited wtticsm OF
4 South Carolina lady in reply to the
hated Tarleton. who in personal en-
counter with Col. Washington had had
three fingers nearly severed, and still
bore the scar.
Il cant see why you ladies are SO
partial to Col. Washington sneered
Tarleton. 'Why, the man can't even
write his own name!
Perhaps not. sir, replied the lady
blandly, .'but as the gallant Col. Tarle-
ton can testify. lie knows how to make
his mark
Why not rescue from oblivion book
so clever and valuable one that makes
you feel as though your grandfather
took you on his knee and told you all
about itp