The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-12-28

| Iouo SullTy mOTulIlS VI
July 4 turned to gaze after q
Ssaz-J fair haired girl who passed up
on lead-whitc horse, with n negro boy
behind her astridc serrel. Yellow
dust splotchcd Annc's olive cloak as she
rode into the town, and yellow dust
clung to John the Baptst's wool.
How many leagues? She would have
been worn but for the purpose that
buoyed her up. She rode some way,
paying as little heed to the sparse
| groups along the streets or to the few
painted Indians lounging with their
pctry in the squares as to the beetle
browcd roofs or the wooden statuary in
the prctcntiOus yards.
Her thoughts were busy with tl0
past. They flew back to that night at
GLADDEN. Hall, her last view of Armand,
when J8rrats troopers had dragged him
| away; to the flight of Dunmorc and
his family, his wanton burning of Nor.
folk with his rabblc of runaway slaves.
and the last fight at Gwyns island.
whence the impotcnt earl with his bru
tai aid, Captain Foy, sailed away tc
the north, never again to set foot ,lpo.
Nirgnian soil: TO her anguishcd wonder
i"'' ''u"hM h''c' HN'''
iie"'s ie'"'' ''on' 'hc Secoho con
grcss the news that Colonel Washing
ton had been elected commander in
chief of colonial forces and the glori-
Gus outcome of his long siege of Boston
had not been able to cheer her.
She thought of Tie long hours she
had watched hy tie bedside of the
bondMoman with grave faced Dr.
cfaik Watching hcr slow return to life;
OF the sui longer days when She had
sat by tEc listlcSs figure 7iho only
A.af"d l2au"n eyed and with brain pitc,
rui'y dIilcd to hear asked over and
"Her asain w!ih desperate carnHstncss
mat S,':aH question. where is it
| tiat -" MrmOcr!"-a question met
a!W"% M.th Ill" same result; of the
,n!S' i'"'ii"SH search the nnrcnsonine
~ IA ~ -" 'h'i would net Yield to re-
t!iai "r EAm"at AID finally the lucky
"v'"t'h' Wii'vh had given her the clcw
20 iiH pHrArta hiding place.
size had Started The sclfsamc day,
Hi.''iE " I'm ihp BAPTIST with hcr leav-
'hS "rr!icd message for her uncle
ana aunt, Who were then away in Rich
Mohu. And 'h'S, tic twelfth day there
after, lo":d iirr at her journeys ED
E'''iiS in,o li2 WidS' clean thorough
'AfeS oi lh!lluc!pilia.
MIS- Ahillc Jolh lhe Baptists sol
eihh draWl h'oNo hcr reVeric-"dat yal-
"l DC! at &c pi"ce Wiiar we stayed las
hiSht say acc SWinter mex cV'ybody
cNai' 10 daI mean we nlggers gwine
Ter DC Whitc lax you, or Is y'all gwine
/
but Anne had no answer.
HoihS t'ward lliSh street, her course
a9 ny 'hc open green OH Whlcn the new
su''eho"Se lfonted. she noticed that
thc paNehnch'S were almost deserted
hha iouhd hcfSciI thinking wondering
'n"I '"c S'ree's OF hichmohd were
''"'s'c''
i' was WIN start OIL surprise that
ot 'u'I''iis u corner ny 'he green She
P.''eu UP Mi'io''' warming OH lhc skirts
VI s''"' nuSi''' crowd wen ordere",
i,ioNihs icstiossI9 uhuer trec that
snil'ieu WIN iocus's.
'ios' VI '"o''e ne"rcr 'he iroht were
'"'s ""'h'u p"ck anu lor'h
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w. ',,,' n"'e' NeN' t'ichi was
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e,"n'.H No woh"cr .hc Weai'hier mer-
.n""'S Jccrcu 'hc'i ior 'hcy wore tron-
,', 80 VI .o"'Sc UNI even iehthcr Jer-
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