The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-16

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Before the news of the British fleets
arrival at the mouth of the river had
gone abroad in Savannah Maynard quiz
city 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 INSCRIPTIONS 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. gesture, slow turn
ing away as from something unspeaka-
bly, despicable and vile, perhaps the sin
gle word:
"Youp uttered scarcely above her
breath, but with an emphasis that con-
veyed the last refinement of disgust and
adherence; at all events there was no
margin left for even 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
shriyeled. OF course with such a man
this was but a passing state of discom-
future 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 great 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 a justly proportional
and thoroughly trained physique, he raj
lied quickly from 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, bewilderingw
He walked back and forth, chuckling
TO himself. his face quite red, and the
slender scar cleaning on his cheek like
a tongue Of fame. Minute beads of
sweat CLEANED on his forehead, and his
large shapely hands actually shook as 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 a 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 duty
Making few quiet and hurried prep
arations he 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 show of attack upon the
handful of guards left to keep order in
the streets
The plot was well laid and must have
been successful had the moment ever
come to put it into operation; but before
anything certain could be gathered afte,
the British had landed the scattered
and utterly demoralized American army
was already fleeing in every direction
Soon enough the advance of the victori
Gus 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 h,
could have his carriage made ready and
be driven into town the British wer,
there rushing up and down the street.
and committing every outrage known
to mercenary and utterly conscience
less soidiery. Defenseless citizens wer,
bayoneted. houses were pillaged, womer
outraged, negroes beaten with dubbed
muskets, drunken Hessians reveled il
all manner of debauchery.
Mr. Fenwicke's driver was an oil
negro man whose courage was as pale a
his face was black. and when crowd O
brutal soldiers, half crazed with wine
stopped the carriage he tumbled off tn
seat and fell upon his knees in the san,
at their feet. They spurned him witt
their heavy boots and proceeded to drag
forth Mr. Fenwicke, whose age an,
lameness were no appeal to their feel
ings His heavy gold watch and seal
his jeweled snuff box and his purse wer
quickly torn from his person, while wit
rude Bullets they silenced his every effor
TO explain to them his loyalty to Grea
Britain and the services he had rendere,
20 the kings army. His nose was bleed
ing on account of a heavy blow from tn
elbow Of one of the Hessians, and hi
throat bore long scratches from the nail
Of another. Still another had snatche.
ehs old gentaeusap's hnt His clothe
were torn, his linen soiled, his hal
disheveled. Piteously looking from on
to another of the brutes he staggere
as he stood.
At this moment single America
soldier wearing the soiled uniform of
lieutenant darted out of an alley way
drawn sword in hand, and fell furiousl
uDon the Hessians. shifting them rich