Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-16
! THE MASTER OF ApPLEbY|
BY Frnnci. Lynde. -----=---
BY Francis Lynde.
Observation-Disclosures


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+. nl1,..'e,ne l;pj,,;,s, IN, ..yl}ilst he lives
+ tiere il al,ynvs b GOOD hone l,,lt we
/ nnsi he l3,;n,. penfla,nen and so mus,
! yon col snsed yo,, both (nr com
\ plinonts 10 General Gates MIR. Jenni.
4 ~. mia y,n, may tcI him wba1 / have
told Won. ,i,as b,,t for o,,, reasl,i,
i ,,ms..,,,ns.,.s ,,. sIe,,,a ,i.hr ,i,,,l, ini,l
( him AS for Lord Corvallis you
Captain hetou, VIII know best What to
say TO him. pray God YOU may say
4 il md come OF alive to tell us how he
! took it,
Twas now hard upon ten of the clock
in the forenoon and we had our last
4 sight of the brave little army whilst it
MAS vending its way slowly down tine
slopes Of Kings Mountain OF what
became of il; how its weary march
| dragged on from day TO day; how ii
WAS hampered by the train of captives,
| halted BY rain-swollen torrents, and
WAS well-nish starved withal; of all
/ ,nese things you may read elsewhere.
| hut now you must ride with Richard
Ieiilllier ana me, ana our way lay TO
Z, 'ile eastward.
| All that SUNDAY We pressed forward,
| NESTING as we could through the dark
stripped forest. and looking hourly to
come upon Tarletons legion marching
out to I'erguson's relief
since Richard .Ien,,jre,. had ridden
to Tn. hounds in AIN this middle ground
! from boyhood we were able to take
n,v blind wanderin.s i'm reverse as INC
arrow dies. and b,l njrhtfnll we ,snrc
ivell down ,,poil the muin Travelled road
leading to Beauties foriing of the ca
(, tawbu.
an, ,,., M; III.
o"' 'ss'p VIZ SHOW sou' t''ls was
III .'.. ,.s' VI my WY 70
''n w. W s.'ft'i' out ~ WIS Hicilard .
n,d a,,', ~ '"u," 10 ',a,ispuly ana pc
NV ~ ~ mus we iillde me
S,f%r o, ,h ,'ssns uolohe 1, larle1on. who
80 ". e',pusi', Moul' llhelS cross the
49, q, ''''s row " i"i"'
once IN lilc hlsh ROAD we pushed on
bilskly Tor the river, nor did we draw
rem uli'il me sweating beasts We're
i3lekihs 'ne'f way IN the darkness
doMh me last or the fllls which senti-
mel me 'a'aWba 10 the westward.
Al the foot OF this hin "a by-road led
10 Marsowans ford some six miles
farther down the river, and here. as /
supposed, our ways would lie apart.
Hni when we came to the forking of
The road. Richard pulled his mount into
the by path ,lapping the spurs 10 the
tired horse 50 ,hat We we're !, good mile
beyond the forhig before | could over.
talk. him.
How now lad" said |. when had
run him DOWN. Mould you take a;
lighting hazard when YOU need not
There is silre to be a British patrol
a, the lower ford
He jerkcd his beast down TO n walk
and we rode in silence side by side
for q full minute before ne said sruf-
fly You'd meNpI. find the WAY alone !"
laughed. Barring myself. YOU are
he oi,.,msieS OF evaders. Dick. am
ON my own ground here, ant, That Won
know rs Well as !
'fljanlm you" he eritted between his
ieet!l "Mhcm wo are coming near An
plei,y HUNDRED you are fierce enough
To hn rid of M"
saw his drift al that how he would
tlkc an the chance, OF capture and /;
sl,s,'s rope fnr tn. sake of passing
nitiin y, mill OF Mistress Margcrv. or.
OF TN. house he Thought she Was in.
80 hacb Dick, Whilst YOU may,
said T. She is not al Appleby Hun
liird
He turned upon me like a lion mt bay.
What have YOU done With her.
Peace, you foolish boy ann not
her lseel,"r Her father took her to
charlotte on The Very day you saw her
safe al horne
He eeiued up short in the narrow
way. So he said. most bitingIy.
And lat is why YOU talSe the embassy
To Lord a'ornwallis and fub me off
with he one To Gates by heaven,
Captain lreton. We shall change roles
here and now
All, my dear's, HE love madness is
q curious thing Here was n man who
had lost the count of them. feeling for
ln$ lhloat I'm 'he n'''rk OF tliat October
''s',' 80 Ivy "' =, 'u.n'ai '''lRll''
IN NM. ma, m,dn me. saw. Van t,,i,,.
nm sl,m,yin,. i'm yo,,r r.,y I,i,,,a,,I
Iemnifars. Wnu ca ann. fo,. ,,.,,;l.,
i've yn,, may moi have be, VIZ.
lon,, vn,, draw and ,ui nm. d,,v., ~. -
.l,X.n. than s,,t,,, ,n.,,.,,.d ,,,. i
s.,d I'm. mis- ye,,. own
CON ,.1n,.d,,' he cried .drax ,,d a.-
t.nd yours.lf,,, and win th..t ~. u,'s.,t
s,.l,>tnn,.e le.,nea from, ne sh..,,h ~,
st,ash Ia me st,rlipb,
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marry ~. anscendin. hlow t,,,t NJ
,hn i,.,l,,,f.ine instant Tho h,ot,,ar.h.,t
IN. d,.Ssil Md me ,,,,,,.,. ',.,,,d ,,.hisma,
in. me tbnl here was Inc dn,Ih +
,.ul...,,.d ,;,at N,r.a,.v ,,5iobt ,,.,,.o b.,.
aln,.,. i, - .hn u"n,d Vii, h,',, ,i,s
band's blood anon MS ha,,I
81 III, moi inn,,.ss ,,.,,ile NC h,a,a
s,vn,d itii ;ts ni,,.Ia -, .i,. ,,,d ,..,,,,os
dawn. ana lban 4 l,nnw mo more III,
e,n1.. ia with, /, i,.rs, hive b,,yyi,,o in
n, ,.,t,e 10 dna ,,,.s.if l,.nn in NO
,lnnk or,,es an 1ha nam sidr Nv hnad
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