The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-14
The minister returned to the pulpit.

the minister, taking up heavy musket
aud blowing the match, or fuse, b.
which IL was discharged. "Musketeers
to your stations. Yethat have but sword
orpikes. sit fast
~ congregation obeyed these order
as calmly as they had been given
Twenty-Five men, headed by Deaco
True, silently ranged themselves tn
loopholes which were pierced in tn
door ana along the wals. Each knew
,is position, and took 1t without delay
r hesitation; while the fifteen men who
nad no fircarms sat stiiIiy on the benches
with the women and children, most OF
whom had not looked behind them since
Abncr rushed IN.
Parson Pladlcy looked Mt the hour.
glass, which still continued to run, and
quietly resumed his sermon. Around
tho sides OF the room the musketeers
stopped at the loophOleS amid the light
vapor from their smoulderin2 matches.
| On the benches the body OF listeners
snpt the ir composed countcnanc"s turned
lpon the preacher. Save his voice,
there was no sound but an infrequent
| metallic rattle, as some muskoteer ex-
,miued his gun or loosen his iron-hilted
broadsword in the scabbard. Tho
words Of the preacher sang throughout
the house:
"And even as aforetime the heathen
did furiously rage, and did compass tho
children OF the covenant with spear and
iavclin round about"
A high. pitched, thrilling screech filed
.hc air without, and now rose above tho
minister's voice. II was sustained and
prolonged in many savage throats.
There came quick, sharp patterlngs on
thc roof and walls, like hailstoncs.
Enoch Brett fell backward from his
loopholc with an arrow through tho
Drain. Another min rose from his seat,
picked up the gun which Brett had
dropped, aud took the vacant station.
A dozen muskcts answered tho storm
of miSscls. Their fire seemed to check
the advance Of the Indians, inasmuch n
the war cry grew fainter, aud the pat
t,ring of the arrows diminished.
Pason Piudlcy ha not interrupted his
sermon, although his voice had been
temporarily drowned by the noise of tho
assault and defence, except for tho in
slant that he east one glance at the mus
ket beside him, and another at the hour.
%laSv.
All the men who could net were ut
their posts; why should hc not continue
to the end, while waiting for tho dcs-
pcratc struggle which must come? Ills
sense of duty told hun that he ought not
to cease his holy office before the np-
pointc time, except under compulsion
in which he must recognize the hand of
Hn1.
Ills hearers uldcrstoo this as we'll as
{ he had declared his determination in
so many words. They did their part by
listcnin; with steady attcation.
Again the cries grew loader and
arrow flights thicker. The guns re-
Piled, but tins time the attack was not
replisci. A ponderous humping on the
ioor, which shook tho whole building,
Told that some kind OF battering. ram was
being employed to break " down. n
few more such shocks aud the door must
fall.
Oaly pinch or two more Of sand re.
NAMED in the hour glass. Still it was
not quite empty aud Parson Pladlcy
rroshi nh, do,r woo half off Il,
hinurs Tb, ,;r.,rm mo, cr,wl,j bs.
h;nI il ma ,ln,;vrrl , vo,Icv that M.
uc,rcJ for - minutr f., c,c,r the n,,s,,r
rncr. w,y go, cam, s,rl in ,hn hn,,r
,,,..s rhr u,rs,r's lin, c,ulI hn s,n,
~ ,,vr th,urh his v,ic, wos mt
heard.
4 ,rucv,l v,ll and thc cr,sbirr b,,ws
,,r, mar, h,rl u,,, ,h. I,or NJ ,h,ts
u, wrr,J this time. for the musl<cts we're
nmu.v
kn ,r,v whistl.I ocrcss tba crurch
,ul sturI, ,,uiv,r;,,, i, ,h, fr,nt nf fin,
nu,nit Ar,,nl ,h, cl,rcs of thc shat.
tered door ha,chcts and club, were
L:andi<heI in the faces of the defend
ora win dashed thcm aside with thc
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