Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-12-20
Rose turned from him.

Before the news of the British fleets
arrival ut the mouth of the river had
gone abroad in Savannah Maynard qui-
etly disappeared from the Fenwicke
mansion without notice to any Of the
household.
On the day previous to this he had
tried. with great adroitness and much
show of difference mingled with passion,
to pour into Roses ear the love which
her beauty and grace had kindled IN his
strong and unscrupulous heart.
To say that she repulsed him is to
miss all the force Of statement necessary
to the simple truth She scarcely spoke
nor was her manner in the least vehe
ment A look. a gesture. a slow turn
ing away as from something unspeaka-
bly, despicable and vile. perhaps the sin.
gle word;
''You!" uttered scarcely above her
veyed the last refinement of disgust and
abhorrence; at all events there was no
margin left for even a shadow Of hope.
Never before in his life had he felt small,
weak. insufficient in the presence of an
emergency. no matter how formidable.
Rose turned from him with just that
deliberate dignity Of movement which
gave greatest effect to her beauty and
walked away, the embodiment, as he
felt, OF incompatible stateliness. grace
and purity.
He shrank into himself, SO to say. and
for some moments after she had gone his
mind was vacant and his whole nature
shriveled or course with such a man
this was but passing state of discom
fture and disorder. the result of surprise
more than of anything else. He, with all
his shrewd insight. had not dreamed that
she could summon at "a moments notice
the power to crush him like this. More
over. the exhibition of calm, superb. alb
solutely commanding dignity so added to
her charm that he felt agreat JOY in it,
even while collapsing under its serene
weight of contempt.
Large. almost gigantesque in stature,
with the suppleness of health combined
with the strength of n justly proportioned
and thoroughly trained physique. he raj
lied quickly from II wound, whether OF
the body or Of the mind The stupor Of
surprise and discontinue soon passed
from him. and with sinister smile he
yawned and stretched himself as if shak-
ing off light nap
'Confound the grill" he exclaimed,
'confound the grill She is stunning.
amazing, bewildering!"
He walked back and forth, chuckling
to himself. his face quite red, and the
slender scar cleaning on his cheek like
tongue of flame. Minute beads OF
sweat CLEANED on his forehead, and his
large shapely hands actually shook rs he
nervously rubbed them together.
1t was while he was thus pulling him
self together after Roses departure that
MAYNARD received from the hand Of a
servant a note written in cipher that in
formed him of the approach of the Brit
ish fleet In moment he had forgotten
everything save the mission upon which
he had come to Savannah. With him
not even love could stand in the way OF
the grosser enterprise which he regarded
rs dnty
Making a few quiet and hurried prep
arations ne vanished from the mansion
without a sign or word to any Of its in
mates. and went to confer with some OF
his Tory coadjutors, The purpose was
to fire the town in the rear of the Ameri'
can army. Just at the time when the
battle should fairly begin, and follow
this up with a show Of attack upon the
handful OF guards left to keep order in
the streets.
The plot was we'll laid and must have
been successful had the moment ever
come to put it into operation; but before
anything certain could be gathered after
the British had landed the scattered
and utterly demoralized American army
was already fleeing in every direction.
Soon enough the advance OF the victori-
ous invaders poured into the town.
When the battle began Mr.. Fenwicke
was at one OF his plantations some
miles in the country. By the time he
could have his carriage made ready and
be driven into town the British were
there rushing up and down the streets
and committing every outrage known
<o a ,,,orcornrv and uttarlv conscience