The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-08
THE TWO CAPTAINS,
BY TOM HALL.
ITO the king"
"To my king"

HoHSr VI eacn. The scene was tn
broad veranda of South Carolin;
plantation, not fifteen miles from tb,
famous city of Charleston; the tim,
was the early autumn of 1881: Will,
the characters were a young captain O
ms majesty's artillery, portion O
which was guarding the city of Charles
ton, and young woman in perhaps he,
twenty-second year. A famous beaut,
was this Miss Phoebe Poindexter. and !,
most captivating picture she made. in
the eyes OF the captain of artillery, al
she sat drumming the keys of hel
harpsichord, after replacing the empty
WINE glass on the table near her. The
latter was a handsome young man, ap
parently thirty years of age, with A
perfect air of good breeding and evil
IDENTIFY OF some graces, for he had Just
finished solo on the flute to the ac-
compartment of the young lady.
The fact is, Miss Phoebe, hardly
know what l should do with myself.
We're it not for the possibility of riding
out here to spend an occasional after
noon with you-or should | say, both
III gallantry and truth, every after
noon with you? The town is simply
too dull for a soldier, now that Lord
CORVALLIS has taken the majox.part of
our army with him in his chase after
the rebel Greene"
And what do you think, captain, are
his chances of capturing Gen. Greene p"
"Oh, the chances are perfect, my
dear lady. Why, the rebels were abso-
lutely routed, according to our dis
patches, at the battle of Guilford Court
House, and so badly 'demoralized that
they ran from the 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 will
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 mans
ambition has been killed, he will not
fight in any cause with neither food
nor pay. And that is the dire extrem-
ity to which Greene has been forced by
the glorious success of his maiesty's
arms. My Lord CORVALLIS has turned
north and in month will have defeated
and captured that little boy of French
man, La Fayette. 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 short campaign, battle,
rout, pursuit and then peace--and
with peace will come it's delightful
love. And then - then,
Mistress Poindexter, / shall have the
honor of claiming you for 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-
rinia is more like retreat than the adj |
vance of victorious and conquering |
army. And as for Gen. Greene, they |
say that he is not only harassing Gen.
at every step of his north
ward movement, but has detached his
cavalry and portion of his rifemen to
'econquer the Carolinas and Georgia"
10 IL |
colonists feed their despair
ng hopes!" answered the captain.
Why, it would be no more ridiculous
or you to assure me that detachment
# Marions outlaws were here, sur
ounding this very house, and that l
vas in danger of becoming prisoner
o them, as to-what was that?" The
aptain jumped hurriedly from his seat
nd, grasping the railing of the veran-
"a in front of him for support, looked
nxiously up and down the road that
On in front of the old plantation.
at seemed to me like the winding
t horn," said the lady, calmly.
"And, by my faith, | heard the gal
,ping of horses and short command"
ontinued the captain, excitedly.
inside, inside, captain, as your value
our liberty" said the lady; Il saw
,ounted man in uniform there in the
ushes just now, and know the uni
,rm WELL"
"And the wearer?"
AYES, the wearer."
"Then it is detachment of Marion's
1tlaws indeed. Ha! Twill be an agree {
Die prize for Capt. Picsens. An in {
resting meeting between two rivals
will be, indeed! / must be saved. $
adam, or your own loyalty will be put