New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-26

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SYNOPSIS.

i SYNOPSIS.
! CHAPTER I.-story opens on Ellery
plantation in South Carolina In time of
American revolution Col. Bessemer and
British dragons arrive and ask accom-
mediation of Miss Jane Ellery in the hb-
sence of her father and mother who
tories. During breakfast the officers are
disturbed by firing, and an American Of
fcer dashes through the lines and disap-
pe gHA iP thf TGod storm DELAYS departure
. of British soldiers, and Col. Bessemer,
quite willing to remain in the company of
MISS Eie e 1urng d1nner
q long coat, enters dining-room and gives
Miss Ellery a note.
by appearance Of stranger; but did not
recognize in him Capt. Worthington. who
!. they much wished to capture. He was
the British were attacked at the Ellery
plantation, and many of them killed and
!; wounded. s
visit to her aunt, a patriot. Capt: Worth
Quarrel because Of his Mi ht attack on her
him him He tells her that Col: BessemeSr
CHAPTER X;;SCapt: Worthington pre-
| trap set for the British, She accused
him Of being party to the wicked plot.
and ordered him meyer te visit her aga II.
! dragons, among the officers of which
! was her brother, again visited her home
during the presence OF her father and
CHAPTER Wool: Bessemer proposes
| to Miss Ellery and is to have his an
/ swer later-possibly when he has re-
turned from campaign against Col.
CHAPTER VII.-Bessemer surprises
sumter's troops and captures number
| troops return to the Ellery plantation
where mysterious. prisoner of some
rank is lodged in the house for safe keep
ing. The officers entertain the loyalists
of the neighborhood at a ball in the
evening. One of the guests tells Besse-
mer of Worthington's love for, Miss Ell
CHAPTER vII1.-While Bessemer is
accusing Miss Ellery of being in love
other captive whom She recognizes as
| Can't. Worthington.
"They are tories,'' the boy an
swered eagerly, "as loyal to our king
as my own family; and they will
make you gladly welcome, am
sure, as my people have" Bessemer
perceived that under the summer
flush which already covered his cheek
there rose richer wave of crimson.
"Aha, sweetheart residing there"
he thought, and with a sympathetic
feeling turned his horse off the road
and entered the gate, which stood
conveniently open.
The house was not the imposing
mansion the Ellery homestead was,
but there was warm southern well
come awaiting the intruders and
piece of news nightly to Bessemer's
liking as well. A courier, riding hard
to overtake the British commander,
had likewise stopped there for rest,
and scarce had the English colonel
dismounted ere he handed him dis
patch from CORVALLIS conveying the
news of Gates defeat.
! There were three daughters of the
house, all of them vivacious young
women, as Bessemer soon discovered.
"Oh, how delightful they exclaimed,
when the contents of the dispatch be-
came known; "two great victories in
one day; think of it,"
"Not in one day, ladies'" Bessemer
reminded them. Gen. CORVALLIS
won his on the sixteenth"
cit does not matter; we hear of
them the same day." the youngest
! persisted. "We assuredly should do
something to celebrate SO great a
piece of fortune. If we could only
have Dance" she added, with sug-
gestive look in the direction of her
mother. Mamma, why can't we in
u duce Col. Bessemer and his officers
to remain here for the night, and let
us move the furniture from the big
west room and have a dance there?
Meanwhile, we could scour the neigh
borhood for girls. Edward, do you
not think Jane would Gomez"
NAY, I have better PLAN" the
lieutenant answered. ''My mother
made Col Bessemer and myself prom
Use ere we left that, if we routed
Sumter in time, we should return
home and spend the night there. They
will be expecting us, and my father
will be most grievously disappointed
if we do not come; but why not have
dance on our lawn, as we did the
summer before I went to England?
Remember you, Peggy, what fun we
had?'
"Fun? Oh, it was delicious" she
answered, clasping her hands in &C.
stasy.
The plan pleased Bessemer better
! than the first proposed, and so it was
arranged. He encamped his little ar
, my and most of his prisoners in one
| of the Ellery fields that evening. One
; of the prisoners he considered too
valuable a capture to risk thus, and
he besought Mrs. Ellery for special
room for him. AS a prisoner, he was
second only to Sumter himself.
{ .'Now, dear madam" he said to his
i hostess, when these arrangements
5 had been completed, you must let
! me take the burden of our frolic to.
night off your hands. [ want this
to be my festivity, given in honor OF
!, your neighboring Tory friends. 'Iis
! sufficient that you grant us the priv
: lege of using your beautiful grounds
4 and I shall see to it that their love
: illness is not married."
Mrs. Ellery made feint of re
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