The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
THE TWO CAPTAINS.
BY TOM HALL.
"To the king"
A'1nt,y Linn ~

"To the king"
"To my king"
The ioasts. though slightly different,
were uttered simultancouslyanda small
glass Of rare old port was cmptied in
honor Of each. The scene WAS the
broad ycranda of n South Carolina
plantation, not fftGea~hiles from the
famous city of Chmlcston; the time
was the carly autumn Of 17al; while
the characters were a young captain OF
his mujcsty's artillery, portion o.
which was guarding he city OF Charles
ton, and a young woman in perhaps her
twenty-&caond year. 4 famous beauty
was this Miss Phoebe PoEdcXter and a
most captivating picture she made, in
the eyes Of the captain OF artillery, as
she sat drumming the Keys Of hcr
hnrpsichord, after replacing the empty
wine glass on the table near her. The
latter was 4 handsome young man, app
p&rcuNy thirty gears Of age, with u
perfect air Of good breeding and evil
IDENTIFY OF some graces, for he had just
finished a solo ON tile flute 30 tho ne
Compartment OF Che young lady.
"'i'he fact is, Miss Phoebe. | hardly
know what ] should do with myself,
were itnot for the possibility OF riding
out here to aECud un occasional after
noon with you or should | Shy. both
in gallantry and truth, every after
noon with you? The town is simply
too dun for soldier, now that Lord
CORVALLIS has taken the major part Of
our army with him in his chase after
t9c rebel Greene"
And what DO you think, captain, are
his chances Of capturing Gen. Grtcuc?"
"Oh, the chances are perfect, my
dear lady. Why, the rebels were abso-
lutely routed, according 70 our dis
patches, ut the battle or Guilford Court
House, and so badly dcmorali2cd thnt
they ran from tho field like sheep. In
deed there was no necessity for our pur-
suit. Greene is starving up there in the
mountains of North Carolina and win
surrender at discretion in the course of
week or two. His defeat and reduced
circumstances will be the excuse, but
The real reason will be British gold. You
remember, Of course, our success with
their Gen. Arnold. Well, after Il mans
fight in any cause with neither food
nor pay. And that is the dire cXtrem-
ity TO which Greene has been forced by
the glorious success of his maicsty's
arms. My Lord CORVALLIS has turned
north and in month will have defeated
and captured that little boy of French
man, La Faycttc. With their armies
of the south and of the center defeated
he will move next spring upon the only
remaining armies of the rebels, that
under the miscreant Washington. 1t
will be q short campaign, Il battle, n
rout, pursuit and then pcace--and
with peace will come it's delightful
kandmaiden love. And then - then,
Mistress Poindexter, i shall have the
honor of claiming you for n bride, of
selling out my commission and living
the quiet life of an English country
gentleman for, hope, the rest Of my
life"
"a charming arrangement of events
for yourself, my dear Capt. Webb! But
l must say it appears TO me as though
Gen. Corvallis movement into Vir-
Einia is more like retreat than the adj
vance Of victorious and conqucring
army. And as for Gen. Greene, they
say that he is not only harassing Gen.
CORVALLIS at every step of his north
ward movement, but has detached hiG
cavalry and portion of his riflemen to
reconqucr the Carolinas and Georgia.
son what utter nonsense do these
misguided colonists feed their despair.
ing hopcs." answered the captain
"Why, it would be no more ridiculous
for you to assure me that detachment
of Mnrion's outlaws were here, sur
rounding this very house, and that
was in danger of becoming n prisonei
to them, as to--what was that?" TIL,
captain jumped hurriedly from his sea
and, grasping the railing OF the vcran
ia in front OF him for support, looked
-nnxiously up and down the road tina
ran in front Of the old plantation.
at seemed TO me like the winding
of horn" said the lady, calmly.
"And, by my faith, heard the gal
Looping Of horses and short command,
continued the captain, excitedly.
''Insidc. inside, captain, as your valu
your liberty" said the lady; 81 saw
mounted man in uniform there in tn
bushes just now, and know the uni
form WELL"
"And the wearer?"
"Yes, the wearer."
"Then IL Is detachment Of Marion
outlaws indeed. Ia! Twill be an agree
able prize for Capt. Pickens. An IL
tcrcsting meeting between two rival