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

way beside the coach "'Twil not he
| for long" no Insisted chceringly. II
| have aSsur: nee from Mr.. Henry that
Washington will send troops before
| spring breaks. III" thought it would be
| General I.afiyctt >-tlic young French
| marquis who pas ed through Williams
burg. YOU rcInem, er. Would Washing
ton himself could come" he added fer
vcntly.
But his wifi" was not TO bc comfortcd
"Co!cnc!," sh" ricd hrokcmy. II feel
surr We shall never see GLADDEN. Hall
! again"
Mere than once before spring camc
tiptW ing dow, the trees Ann. looked
| ont II tho Eorth from quiet C,stle HILL
home 'ick for ~ sight OF Grccnwny
Court and Ii;ron Fairfax. Weakness
and age had ut last sent the old man
to Ills chair, and hc sat through, the
long days 81 crowfnlly patient. ns his
nnccs or, tho hero Of Nascby fight. sat
ut Denton in Yorkshire, waiting the
coming of the victorious banners OF the
king.
Tho beginnings OF the Htruggh' had
found him doggcdly wrau ful.
"'i}ill of rights aigh:' he would
shout. II want no benefit OF. it. am
a colonial and loyal"
And when his mcighbors contcn1cd
that what thcy stood for 'Ens the old
issue for which their anct .stoi's broke
pixies at MnrStOn Moor he turned his
back upon them.
In the Old Dominion II ere was com
DavatiHc tranquility, Eut evan i'm the
forest he had heard the first .Harc of
fhc kings armies in Boston AID New
York with II iiungcrin:s fear Tn. drew
his eyes often wistfulE' toward Mount
Vernon There sat The lad Inc had
trained and nodded. the first sohlier
in Virginia." IL grave man. They wills
per"d evil things of this mans oynlty
NOW, but the baron for long sh ut his
ears and would not hear.
Inc time camO soon when Torio were
mated, Gcspi8cG. dJ ivcn by fire. from
their homes, their ropcrty conf seated
l'ut this old man n one was not touch
cd.
Let TIC rcbcir Gomez lic h8i roar
cd, pounding the floor with liz thorn
stick. Let. thHln come! 1 met he In
dians here ii ~. and ] leave for no
cursed ieb Is. I'll king may not he
aple TO prtcct- buG hc Mlll rch ubursc
mo"
l'ut Tories nn,t Wings pass I'll by
hik". ana not i IpInd was. tou,A ell in
ms ser,housc, dot q. horse taken from
MS Sttbics. Wher the foragcrs event
thn valleys his fiel slaves slun,t lway
with tic rest, bu. he had not q. ousc
negro who u no.: stay wit, hi1J to
the end.
The linaIk"hantcr wa opcncC ut last.
lataNcd1 .vas maiHaing soathwnrd
WIN Twelve hundroG of Wuslrington's
own ii ;ht :nfantIy. The word had
struck slHrnCr thar s,n .ldderg tooth
inc DfodT SHOWS OF Valley Forge, the
peitir;, retp,at though the Jcrsics.
want, rout. dis our.sy ,mcnt and de-
orair. The kinE must 'N'in, and George
wa hin Ston was gone too far even for
To- e's forgiveness. No w lie sent his
rcDri9' his own natal colony to hurl
thcm t1n final dcspcraa attack at the
kings tlrroat
Aftei this news the b;n on took TO his
coach and closed his doc IS against re.
port. Through all the wa : Washington
llau found time TO send ge ntle and ten.
Ger letters TO his old frlend These rny
ioru had read, longing fa : some sign
q. sorrow or OF turning, ID, 1T they had
brought none Now he,reatA no more.
one morning Anne stood It the deep
sey window OF her room at 9 'astle HIN.