The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-01-04

There followed closer cnmpoip,
"hch LORD Germaine, the kings wo
miliSter, Eaving failed TO strauplc fin,
monster, attacked it's cy.rcrn; ties who,
inc redcoats swept into the southern
hafbors, when Savannah and Aurustc
fell, when Lincoln's army was cnugbt
at ChnrlcStown and Gates routed nj
camden, and these were the south's
darkest days.
III knew there was 10 hope from tho
army in the north--mf agur. ill clothed
haii starved, without lnaga.incs. mr.
schais or credit. Washir gton lny
watching like II hawk Clinton's 10000
men at New York, hoping for an Of.
iec'iNc lorce from France, waiting with
the sublime patience which more than
all else made him Il great soldier.
virginia bore her burdens uncom.
piainingly, giving of her substance ia
the struggle, while the slaves which
CornWallis sent scampCring from burn.
cd lower plantations trailcd through
her borders, sowing insurrcction among
the faithful blacks.
John tho BAPTIST" demanded Anne
stcrnly one day after Groum had re-
ported that scarce fifty sla~cs remained
In the quarters, "an the British come
here, are you going to run away tooY'
mis- Annc,' he complained appeal.
1ngly, don yo' know no spectacle mig.
ger gwinc ter listn ter dem shif'lcss
trash Whit 90 ranlShacklin' crroun'
wldout no homes? Dee ain TO count.
Io' couldn' swap 'em off fo slucks.
YO' knows i ain nuvvcr gwinc lcabc
dc plantation whar WIZ drug up. Dat
Corvallis! Huh! Dis niggcr smell dc
birthstone wlut's 'iun;in' TO him"
When the sky looked blnckcst came
General Nathaniel Greene into the
south, young liglt hearted and eager.
And what did he not accomplish? He
welded anew the scattered remnants
of Gates army, famed North Carroll
nian WhigGcry into blaze. beat Tarlc-
ton, sent CORVALLIS back, breathing
hard, to the seacoast. 1T was the end
of the second campaign.
What will King George do now
Anne asked Henry jubilantly.
His face was very grave as he an
swcred: "Tlcrc is only one thing left.
IT'S stroke at the heart OF tho rebel.
lion. And that Heart l., here i'm yir-
ginia." He guessed trrH.
There were lnsty preparations for
fight throughout the lower peninsula
on that snow shod day when tho traitor
Arnold's fifty ships. culne 10 anchor of
jamestown island, The SIX was cell.
ing of translucent gray. Tie stubby
cedars trailcd sweeping bou gas of clys.
tailed Dcryl, and every sh.u, was cascd
In argent armor. Fleet ho semen had
ridden from Williamsburg II all dircc-
tions rouslng the frozen con hrysidc.
at noon Anne look hcr piece in the
chariot beside AErs. uillctson. bound for
DIR. Walkers of Castle Ill., lar enough
north TO be beyond the reach of the in.
vadcrs. Her aunt was to fare even
farther, TO Berkeley.
They waved brave Yoodbys through
tears to the little group of house ne
grocs whimpering on ho porch. Rash
leigh was TO go WITH the remaining
servants TO Brandon, Nfhmmy Eynline
was left in charge OF fhe place, and
John the Baptist, her son, was to care
for the horses and rum, them off on ap-
proach of the British. The house linen
and silver Anne had buried with her
own hands, and the family portraits
had been hidden undecSthe stables.
1t was sad Journey, but one per-
formed that day by; more than one
household.
Colonel Tillotsdn rode part of the