The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-01-29

II intend to bind them together. You
play too many tricks. -
"You aro not gentleman.
"You havo told mo that thrco or four
times already. 1t WON'T bear further
repetition.
II will not submit to such Il thing"
",rhen | will havo to uso forco, which
will mako it much moro unpleasant for
you.
hated to do what had planned. 1t
was rudo and sovcro, but thon thoro aro
few who havo had women prisoners
lilo mino, and consequently thero arc
few who arc in n position to judge me.
prefer greatly to deal with tho regular
forces, but in this case L had no choice
and so [ strengthened my will and pro.
cccdcd
"Hold out your wrists" repeated
Il shall not hurt you. l mcre.y wish to
keep you out of further mischief.
II shall mover forgive you, J." sho said
| could afford to laugh at such
th"ont
Il trust that nobody will forgive mo
until | ask for forgiveness, l said.
She looked at mo, her eyes full Of ro.
bellion | thought sho was going to
raise her hand to strike me, but women
aro so changcablo and uncertain. In
stead she held out her hands mockly.
| bound her wrists together and no.
ticcd that they were whito and we'll
nodded The handkerchief was soft and
could not pain her at all, and, bosidos,
her hands were bound in front Of her
and noe behind her Sho need feel no
Inconvenience, but she must rcaliZo that
her opportunities for mischief wero di-
minishcd vastly. Old Put looked ut her
with an air Of triumph, rs much as to
say, "Now, miss, you aro being pun
ishcd, and punished dcscrvcdly, for beat
ing mo SO much. That seemed to DO
her own understanding of herself.
Wo resumed our march, tho horses
walking behind us. The rim of tho sun
was now meeting tho rim of tho earth,
and tho western skies wcro tingcd with
ruddy fire. In tho cast the misty gray
Of twilight was descending on field and
forest, and tho chill Of night was creep.
ing over everything. Even in our South
Carolina latitudcs the nights are cold in
midwinter, and | shivcrcd as Il twilight
wind, with Il raw edge to it, swept over
tho plain.
There was q heavy cloak hanging at
her saddle horn, for she had not ven
turcd upon her journey unpreparcd. l
took it off and threw it over her shoul-
dcrs 1t fell below her waist like n great
coat, and buttoncd it securely around
her neck.
"You arc Il barbarian," she said.
II know it, replied, "but do not
intend to let you suffer moro than is
necessary for your own good That is
the kind of barbarians wo arc in this
country"
The country WAS lone and dcsolatc,
for we wcro OH the sterile slopes of the
hills. 1t was thinly pcoplcd at tho best
of times, but now, raitlcd necessarily by
Tarlcton's S legion, which knew no mercy
to anything, whether animate or inani
mate, and plundcrcd, too, by wild bands
which claimed to belong to either army
as tho occasion served, and perhaps be-
longcd to NEITHER the people had fled to
sccurcr regions, whcro one side or the
other was master. Only those who have
seen it know tho sutfcringS of u country
harricd by opposing armies and preda
tory bands l had hoped to find somo
friendly farmer boldcr than the rest with
whom my prisoner and l could find
shelter, or if not that, at least some
abandoned house which would give us
n roof, but | saw no sign of human
face except our own, and no roof appear
cd either in tho fields or among tho
trees. It was solitude bleak and cold
and tho declining sun, now half way
behind the earth, warned mo that it
would soon be time to stop, for the
darkness would bo upon us, and in a
land Of hills, gullics and no roads we
could not travel we'll without light.
Dcspairing Of such shelter as 1 had
expected, l turned our course toward a
thick grove of trees rising like q great
castle OH tho left. When wo entered it,
tho shadows already mado darkness
there, and tho night wind moanod
among the dry branches of tho trees. l
saw tho girl shivcr, and again I felt
pity for her in spite of all that she tried
to do, though lost none Of my distrust
and caution.
Almost in the center Of tho grove was
small open space, sheltered from the
rush of cold air by the great trees which
grew SO thickly around it, 1t seemed to
mo to be tho likoliest spot wo could find
for camp. 1 hitchcd tho horses to
boughs Of tho trees and took from my
pocket small flask Of that cheer which