Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-12-13

ncters were young captain of His
Majesty's artillery, portion of which
was guarding the city of Charleston.
and young woman in perhaps her
twenty-second year. a famous beauty
was this Miss Phoebe Polndexter. md
a most captivating picture sho made,
IN the eyes of the captain of artillery.
rs she sat drumming the keys of her
harpsichord. Tho latter was hand.
some young man, apparently thirty
years of age, with perfect mir OF
good breeding and evidently of some
grace, for he had just finished n solo
on the flute to tho accompaniment of
the young lady.
"The fact is, Miss Phoebe, hardly
know what I should do with myself
wcro it not for the possibility of rid
ing out here to spend M occasional nf
ternoon with you-or should I saw.
both in gallantry and truth, every nf
ternoon with you? The town is sim.
ply too dull for asoldier nov that Lord
CORVALLIS has taken the major part of
our army with him in his chase after
the rebel Greene"
+ "And what do you think, captain.
are his chances OF capturing General
Greene?"
.'Oh, the chances arc perfect, nv
dear lady. Why, the rebels were NIB.
solutely routed, according to our dis
patches, ut tho battle of Guilford
Court House, and SO badly democrat
lied TINT they ran from the field like
sheep. Indeed there was no..neccssity
for further pursuit. Greono is stary.
ing up there in tho mountains of
Nortu Carolina and will surrender Mt
discretion in the course of week or
two. His defeat and reduced
circumstances will 10 tho ex
cuse, but the real rem
son will be British gold. You remem-
Der, of course. our success with their
General Arnold. Well, after mans
ambition has been killed, no will not
fight in any cause with neither food
nor pay. And that is the dire ex
tremity to which Greene has been
forced by tho glorious success of His
Majesty arms. My Lord CORVALLIS
has turned north and in month will
have defeated and captured that little
boy of Frenchmnn, La Feyette.
With their armies of tho South and of
the Centre defeated, he will move next
spring upon the only remaining army
of the rebels, that under the miscreant
Washington. 1t will be short cam
paign, battle, q rout, pursuit and
then peace-and with peace will como
Its delightful handmaiden, love. And
then-then, Mistress Poindexter, I
shall have the honor of claiming You
for a bride, of selling out my commits
sion and living the quiet life of nm
English country gentleman for, 1 hope,
the rest of my life."
"A charming arrangement of events
for yourself, my dear Captain Webb
But must say it appears to mo as
though General Cornwallis's movement
into Virginia is moro like n retreat
than the advance of a>victorious and
conquering army. And rs for Gener-
oil Greene, they say TINT he is not only
harassing General CORVALLIS at oyery
step of his northward movement, bnt
has detached his cavalry and portion
OF his rltiemen to reconquer tho Caro-
linas and Georgia.. %
son what utter nonsense do those
misguided colonists feed thoir DESPAIR
ing hopesl" answered the captain.
why, it would be no more ridiculous
for you to assure me that o. datach.
ment of Mnrion's outlaws were here.
surrounding this very house, and Tint
was in danger of becoming prisoner
to them, rs to-what was that?" The
captain jumped hurriedly from his
seat and, grasping the railing of the We.
randa in front of him for support.
looked anxiously up and down the
road that ran in front of the old plan.
tation.
sit seemed to me most like tho
winding of horn" said the lady,
calmly.
.And, by my faith, I heard the GAL
Looping of horses and short com
mand," continued the captain, ex.
citedly.
"Inside, inside, captain, as you value
your liberty" said the lady; /" 1 saw
q mounted man in uniform there in
tho bushes just now, and I know the
uniform WE'LL" !,
"And the wearerl"
eyes, the wearer."
"Then it is d detachment of Mari.
on's outlaws indeed. Ha, will bo nm
agreeable prize for Captain Pickens.
An Interesting meeting between two
rivals 1T will be, indeedi [ must be
saved, madam, or your own LOYALTY
will be put in question"
And, pray, what can I do 2" asked
the girl, drawing herself up to her full