The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-22
WAR STORIES.


will get - to smugglc this through
the lines. You will be relieved to
know that We are once more in our
house i q Charleston.
BY dint of mother rcpresc ntations
Of our unprotected condition on the
plantation to the officer in command
and her frequent reminders that by
their conGscati on Of ali our animals
aud destruction of our vehicles We had
been deprived of all means of trans
porting ourselves to the city, she
obtained transportation.
As soon as the Northeastern Rail
road was put in running order, which
vas within q few days after Charles
toa was evacuated, the major inform
cd US shat we might ride down in
5oy. ccr. He also gave US permission
to carry 10 the car whatever house
hold goods we could.
II vas hard to choose from the ac-
'cumulation Of years what furniture to
take with US, as we knew that all that
vas left would be stolen, our presence
only hsving kept out the vagrant ne
!. groes, and camp followers, who we
heard from the servants, complained
very much that our house had not
been euttcd as others in the neigh
borhoed had. We had very short
time for choosing, as we had notice
only ln the afternoon that we must
be off in the morning. Mother had q
;iuc among us, as each had something
very uu,rapsportable, which, to quote
dear Aunt Anna. cit would be sac
xilegc 10 leave"
l fought haed for all the books and
she old sofa, which had been in the
house sincc. the Revolution, and was
said to have been Washington favor.
itc seat when he visited the plauta-
tion in 1891; but G,had to content my
self with only the books that 1 could
get into trunk and when our friend
y Irish soldier, MoManus. who volun-
teered to help US move the things,
seized our valued sofa TO hoist it into
the car, it proved it's antiquity by
breaking in pieces. I could have
cried over the loss, but mother said
'.this is no time for sentiment, it has
served from one Revolution to be
wrecked iu another
The last night we spent ct the plan
'station was truly forlorn. The SER
wants warned us to expect ON attack
7Ssrom some vagrant negroes, who had
some from the up.country, end were
rowing about, as Maun Martha ex-
pressed it ''free till dey fool" rob.
bling and destroying, unchecked by
.rthe authorities.
We asked the officer in command tu
give us guard for the night: but he
refused, 80 mother decided that we
sznnat srrena .ss nigh. together ;a The The
sparlor. The men servants promised
ITO watch outside, and both Fanny and
sRaohel begged to be allowed to stay
with us in the house. You may
imagine that il was weary vigil as
none Of us slept, and we put out the
Light, fearing lest it might guide some
sevil doer.
Paul, Quash, and Jack walked
.around the house by turns all night;
and am sure that it was owing to
their faithful watchfulness that the
dawn found us unmolcsted.
At AN early hour Maum Martha
brought in nice breakfast and with
some pride told us that one Of tho off,
GERS had seen her preparing it and
aad expressed surprise, but she had
told him that she was from en- old
Congo family herself, Can no upstart
Gree niger: for since Maussa' family
came from France, and hers from AZ
vice. they had been together for five
generations; an so long as she was in
dekit0ilen she knew what was proper
to'be sent in de house, even If she
had to sku9ry to get it."
Quash, Fanny and Rachel came
with us to the oity, but Maum Mar
eka and Paul were left behind in their
-faGme.
With difficulty we got into the dirty
bog car, and Aunt May had quilted
Tuto her skirts many papers for aafe-
keeping and around her shoulders had
Il her valuable cashmere shawl sewed
under black one, all Of which weight.
ed her down so that ahe fell, and
frightened us much by her inability to
rice.
We picked her up aud we're thank
aul that she was not hurt, and had
been kept from getting up only by her