The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-12
STORY OF A PAINTING.
1T PICTURES AN INCIDENT OF
THE REVOLUTIONS.
How Two Young Women waylaid Britt
ish onlresb and Captured Import
ant Dispatches TO send co
General Greene.


that tells the story OF an act OF hero
ism performed Dy two young women
in the days OF the revelation. The
picture Is a colored engraving made
by RigGiel from The large original
PAINTING that was compO ed and exc
cuted b. barley ard Is now in the
Luoyre Paris. The foreground Is filed
with animated figures. over which are
he Branches OF trees aud over the
foliage is + en- the partially cbscured
moon sailing serenely across the rug
gcd edges OF The wind-driven clouds.
Three horsemsn have been surprised
I by an ambush OF two persons on foot
and the suddennCss OF the attack has
confused and perplexed them into
state OF utter inac;ioa that puts the
mounted party completely in the
power OF their foes The attacked
are two British officers in full uniform
o. red coats and cooked plumed hats,
mounted upon superb white horses.
and courier in plain dress. upon
/ black charger. One OF the two young
/ waylayers has caught the brides OF
, the officers no ses in 81 o center OF the
road while the other il receiving from
the courier by the persuasion OF II
/ pointed pistol n package OF documents
that he is drawing from tho breast
pocket o ais c at The capturers are
sturdy youths. with wel-rluudo1
limbs that the Contine tai co tunes
OF the day bring into strong relief
The hat OF one falling OF. takes down
with II n mass OF dark tresses that are
blowing In the gate. The time is IN
the early days OF the American revo-
luton, and the place Is "a country road
near Edgcleld :. c.. in the settle
mtnt called Nineiy-siN and about 100
miles west OF Charleston.
The story Of this stirring occur
renee Is most lut resting Among the
women 81 District Ninety-six who
were famed for heir intrepid spirit
aud daring exploits during The war
lived Eli both Marshall Martin wife
Of Abram Mart IN and member OF the
Marshall family Of Virginia. Mrs
Martin had seven Of her eight sons In
the seryice OF The country The cid
os who served with distinction ns
captain OF artillery ~ the iges OF
Savannah and Charleston was killed
ia NE action d fore Augusta The
other sons were spared
Mrs Martin had two duughtcrs-iu-
law. the wives OF he' two elder sons.
with her in the home, and il can be
we'll understood that these ladies had
many skirmish with the British OIL
only firearms. Col. Cruger com
manded The invaders nj Cam
bridge, AID Col Brown was In
charge ~ u squad OF British nc Angus
Ia. Gen Greene who commanded the
American forces most earnestly ios-
iered the spirit Of patriotic oLihusism
that prevailed among the people and
prompted them to many ACES OF per-
soLal risks and sacrifices
Duoevening intelligence was brought
&. he house OF Mrs. Martin that IA
British courier guarded by sNo officers.
conveying important dispatches 60 one /.
Of the upper stations was 10 pass
along the road that night. III were /
rs young rs you two aye said Eliza /
beth Martin 20 her d<ughters-in-la law /,
''the dispatches wou'd moi pass here I
tonight Thus axhorted The young +
women attired themselves in the cloth :
ing OF thcrabsoni husbands and await.
cd the angus; party. with the result 7
portrayed IN the picture described. I
One OF the French allies took tha story
10 Paris on his return after tho war
was over and had tic picture painted /
After receiving The precious racket
from the courier. he seeming soldiers I
put their prisoners OF parole AID hast
ened home by short cut through the I
woods. we'll pleased with their nights
adventure No time was lost in send .
ing the important documents by Il
trusty messenger 10 Gen. Greene who
expressed his thanks and appreciation
in person TO The young hcroincs with .
all due courtesy. The nights exploits .
were not over however FOR our hero
incs when they had cleared the gates
OF the messenger
The parolcd officers thwartod In
their mission returned bs the road 90
Mrs. Martins house aud asked for ac-
commodations a. weary travellers for
The night Tho hostess inquired the
reason for thor return so soon after
they had passed and they replied by
showing their paroles saying toy had
been taken prisoners by two rebel
lads, Had you no arms?' was asked
by the ladies' The officers answered
that they had arms but that they were
so suddenly taken OF their guard that
they had no time 20 use their weapons.
They departed next morning having