The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-21
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Jack 1t was the largest flag he could
procure F; he could see ithying defiantly
all day long at night no could hear its
glorious folds whipping In the wind ;
the old Loyalist loved to fancy his foe
men cursing ut 1t from the other side,
nearly three miles away. Ruth hauled
the dag down u little, thon ran 1t up to
the masthead again.
At that u tall young fellow came
springing into the clearing, jumping
exultantly YER brush heaps and tree
trunks, his queue waggling, his eyes
bright, glad under his three-cornercd
hat. Joying that her father had yield
ed. he ran forward till he saw Ruth's
tears.
"What, sweetheart!-crying? II
was the signal to come on" cried he.
"Yes; to see you sooner, George.
Father Is out yonder. But, no, he Will
never, consent"
"Then you will come with me,
love 2" he said, taking her hands.
"No, no, | dare not" sobbed Ruth.
"Father would ovcrtakcus. He swear
to shoot you on sight! Go. George !
Escape while you can Oh, if he should
find you here "
but, darling love, we need not fear.
But" then he thought how weak
her face, 1--WE might cross here before
he could como up !" cried Winthrop,
looking toward where tho Squire's boat
was now u distant blotch.
"No, no." walled Ruth, yet yielding
to his embrace. "Thisi is the last time
l shall see you forever. Go, love-
forever and forever goodbye, my love,
my love-"
But he clasped her in his strong arms,
kissing, imploring, cheering hor-and
how should true love choose hopeless
remuneration?
Tempting, defying, regaining his
lost ground, drifting down, again try
ing hard to tire out and subdue his
more closely than ever. Often he could
see the wide, smooth curve where the
green volume first lapses vastly on q
lazy slope, to shoulder up below q huge
calm billow, before pitching into the
madness of waves whose confusion OF
tossing and tortured crests hurries tc
the abyes. The afternoon grew toward
evening before he pulled steadily home,
crawling away from the rOarers against
the cruel green, watching the ominOus
cloud with some such grim humor as i
under observation by an overpowering
but bafled enemy.
Approaching his landing, u shout
drew Bedell's glance ashore to a group
Of men excitedly gesticulating. They
seemed motiOning him to watch the
American shore. Turning, he saw q
boat in m"idstream, where no craft Their
on the river, except his own skiff,
could be safe unless manned by several
good rowers. Only two bars were
flashing. Bedell could make out two
figures indistinctly. It was clear they
were doomed-though still q full mile
above the point whence he had come,
they n much further out than he
when near the rapids.
Yet one life might DO saved In.
stantly Bedells bow turned outward,
and cheers flung to him from shore.
At that moment he looked to his own
landing-place, and saw that his larger
boat was gone. Turning again, he
angrily recognized it, but kept right
on-he must try to rescue oven q thief.
He wondered Ruth had not prevented
the THEFT, but had no suspicion of the
truth. Always'he had refused to let
her GO out upOn the river--mor-
tally fearing it for her.
Thrusting his skiff nightly forward
often it glanced, half-whirled by up
wholming and Spreading spaces of
~water--thc old Loyalistis heart was
quit of his pangs, and saw only with
certainty he must abandon one human
soul to death. BY the time that he
could reach the larger boat his would
be too near tho rapids for escape with
three
When George saw Bedell in pursuit,
he bent to his ash blades more strong
ly, and Ruth trembling to remember
her fathers threats, urged her lover
to speed. They feared the pursuer
only, quiet unconscious that they were
in the rcmOroless grasp of tho river.
Ruth had so often seen her father far
lower down than they had yet drifted
that she did not realize the truth, and
George, just arrived from adistant dis
trict, was Of the long cataracts
above the Falls.
He was also deceived by the streams
~treacherous smoothness and, instead of
half-upward, pulled straight across as
If certainly able to land anywhere he
might touch the American shore.
Bedell looked over his shoulder
often. When he distinguished n wo-
man he put on moro force, but slacken-
ed soon-the pull home would Gax his
endurance, he reflected. In some sort
1T was Il relief to know that one was
q woman he had been anticipating
trouble with two men equally bent on
being saved. That the man would
abandon himself bravely, he being
brave, scarcely doubted.
For awhile he thought of pulling
with the woman to the American
shore, moro easily to be gained from
the point where tho rescue must oc-
cur. But he rejected the plan conf
dent he could win back, for he had
sworn to set foot on that soil.
Had IL been DOSsiblp tp soyp both bp
would have beer forced, despite his
vow, but the squire knew that was i'm
possible-.thrce would overload his boat
beyond escape.
Having carefully studied landmarks
for his position, Bedell turned to look
again at the doomed boat. at that
glance u wcll-known ribbon caught his
attention. The old man dropped his
Oars. confused with horror. "MY God.