The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-14


N-s--s.3S - not fifteen m | Z s
from the famous
e.z--,.,, city of Charleston
the time was the
early autumn of 1871; while the char.
actcrs were young captain of His
Maiesty's artillery, portion of which
was guarding the city of Charleston,
and II young woman in perhaps her
twenty-seconl year. A famous beauty
was this Miss Phpbe Polndexter, and
most captivating picture she made,
IN the eyes of the captain of artillery,
rs she sat drumming the keys OF her
hGspsichori. The latter was n hand.
some young man, apparently thirty
years of age, with IA perfect air OF
good breeding and evidently of some
grace, for he had Just finished u solo
on the flute to the accompaniment of
the young lady.
"Ghe fact is, Miss Phmbe, I hardly
know what | should do with myself
were it not for the possibility of rid.
iug out here to spend an occasional af.
ternoon with you should | say,
both in gallantry and truth, every af-
ternoon with you? The town is sim.
ply too dull for soldier nov that Lord
CORVALLIS has taken the mnior 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 are perfect, yuy
l"' WY, Tie aJOels we're aD.
.oated, according TO our dis.
p",oAes, at the battle of Guilford
Court louise, and so badly demoral-
lied that they ran from the field like
sheep. Indeed there was no o,necessity
fer further pursuit. Greene is starv.
ing 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 tho ex-
ouse, but the real rea.
son will be British gold. You remem-
Der, OF course, our success with their
General 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 ex.
tremity to which Greere has been
forced by the glorious success of His
Majesty's arms. Ny Lord CORVALLIS
has turned north and in month will
have defeated and captured that little
boy of "A Frenchman, In Fayette.
With their armies of the South aud of
the Centre defeated, he will move next
spring upon the only remaining army
ot the rebels, that under the miscreant
Washington. 1t will be n short cam.
paign, a battle, n rout, pursuit and
then peace-and with peace will come
its delightful handmaiden, love- And
then-then, Mistress Poindexter, |
shall have the honor of claiming YOU
for bride, Of selling out my commits.
sion and living the quiet life of an
English country gentleman for, Ihope,
the rest of my life.
"a charming arrangement of events
for yourself, my dear Captain Webb |
But / must say 1t appears to me as
though General Cornwallis's movement
into Virginia is moro like retreat
than the advance of victorious aud
conquering army. And as for Gener-
nj Greene. they say that he is not only
harassing General CORVALLIS at every
step of his northward movement, but
has detached his cavalry and portion
of his rihemen to reconquer the Caro-
linas and Georgia. T"
"On what utter nonsense do these
misguided colonists feed their despair
ing hopesl" answered the captain.
"Why, it would be no more ridiculous
for you to assure me that detach.
ment of Morion's outlaws were here,
surrounding this very house, and that
j was in danger of becoming prisoner
to them, as to-what was that?" The
captain jumped hurriedly from his
seat aud, 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.
''It seemed to me most like the
winding of horn" said the lady,
calmly.
"And, by my faith, | heard the gall
Looping of horses and short COM
mand," continued the captain, ex-
citedly.
"Inside, inside, captain, as you value
your liberty" said the lady; " L saw
. mounted man in q uniform there in