The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
THE MASTER OF APPLEBY|
---- By Francis Lyndo. ------$
By Francis Lyndo

me-"
The colonel INDUCED me in the most
gentleman1y manner: and when my
note to Jennifer was dispatched We
and ! to!d him all thai had bcfallen our
little rescue party, He heard me
through patiently. and when the
tale was ended was good enough
to say tina, | had earned a COM
mission for my part In the affair.
| laughed and prompts shifted mat
burden to t:phraim YcateS' shoulders.
The old hunter wa, our general.
Colonel Davie. He did all tn" planning
n tn. greater part of the executing,
But for him and the friendly talhwhA.
1t would have gon- hard WITH Jennifer
and me
Il fear you are ovcl-modest captain
WAS all the reply | got. and then my
kindly host Eel! nmtse. When he spoke
brief of The military operations noilh
and south.
At the north. as his news ran, affairs
remained as they had been, save that
now the French king had sent an army
To supplement the tleet, and Count
Rorhamheau and the allies We're en-
camped on Rhod. Island ready to take
the field.
In the south tn. distr"Ssful situation
We had left behind us Oh that August
sunday following the disastrous baitl"
of Camd"n was but little changed. Cen
eral Gates, with thu scantiest follow
ing. had has,en.d first to salisbury and
later to Hillshornush, ard had since
been busy striving To r~eass:mhl" his
scattered foes.
!. few military par,isans. like my
host, had kept the field. doing what the
few nigh. against the many to retaIa
MY Lord Corvallis nOrthward march;
and II week earlier the colonel with mis-
handful of mounted ritl.men had dared
to oppose his entry Into Charlotte.
Twas 40 more than ii h!mt to his
lordship that We We're not afraid OF
him" said my doughty 2oionel, You
know the town. | take it,
Very we'll. indeed"
Well, we had harussed him all the
way from Blair's Mill. and twas mid
night when We reached Charlotte.
There we determined to make a stand
and give him Il taste OF our mettle. We
~dismount.d. took post behind the stone
wall of the court house green and un-
der cover of the fences along the
road"
Good! an ambush" said |.
Hardly that. since they We're look
ing to have resistance. Taileton was
sick. and Major Hanger commanded
the British van. He charged. and we
peppercd them smartly. They tried it
again. and this time their infantry out
tianked us. We abandoned the court
house and formed again in the eastern
| edge of the town; and now. bless you!
twas my Lord Charles himself who
| had to ride forward and t!out at his
men for their want OF enterprise.
But you could never hope TO hold on
against such odds" | exclaimed.
'Oh no; but we held them for d
third charge. and beat them back. too,
Then they brought UP two more regi-
ments and we mounted and got off in
tolerably good order, losing only six
men killed. But Colonel Francis Locke
was one of these: and my brave Joe
Graham was all but cut to pieces-a
sore blow to us just now"
The colonel sighed and silence fell
upon us. Twas ] who broke 1t to say:
''Tnen we are still playing a losing
hand in the south, as take it,"
I'll worse thai that. AS the game
stances we have played u trumps and
have not so much as a long suit left.
CORVALLIS will GO on as he pleasea and
overrun the state, and the militia will
never stand in front of him again UNI
der Horatio Gates. Worse still. Fergu-
son is off to the westward. embodying
the tories by the hundred. and we shall
have burnings and hangings and har-
rytngS to the king 8 taste.
nursed my knee a moment and Their
said: What may one nan do to help
colonel DaNic2"
He looked up quickly. much. If YOU
are that man, and DO not value your
life toe highly. Captain lretoE."
You may leave that out OF the lues
ton" said l. Il shall count 1t the hap,
piest monnen of my life when ! shall
have one something worth their kill
Ing ne for"
Again he gave ne that curious lool
l had noted before. hen he laughed.
IF you were as young as Major Joe
Graham, and had Oeen we'll crossed II
love, l could understand you better
captain. But, testing aside. there is /
thing to do. and you are the man to de
it. Our spies are thick In CORVALLIS
camp. but what is need is some maste
spirit who can plot as well as spy 70
us. Major Ferguson moves as Corn
wallis pulls the strings. Could w
know the m MAJORS Instructions and de
signs. we might cut him off. bring tn
tory uprising to the ground. and s.
hearten the country beyond measure
| say we might cut him off. though
know not where the men would com
from to do It."
''Well?" said l. when he paused.
"'The preliminary is some better in
formation than III spies can give W.
; Now you have beep an officer In tn
British service. and"
l smiled. Truly; and | have tn
honor. II you please to call 1t so. Of hi
lordship's acquaintance. Also | hav
that OF Colonel Tarleton and the mem
! bers of his staff. the same having trie
!, and condemned ME az a spy at Applet
Hundred some few weeks before tn
, chase | have told you of"
: His face fell. Then. of course, it
out OF the question for you TO sho
yourself In Cornwallis' headquarters
rose and buttpned, my borrowe
cout.
"On the contrary. Colonel Davie.
am more than ever at your service. l.
me hAve a cut of your Henison and
feed for my horse. and l shall be at n
h lords headquarters. as soon as the nt
q can carry me there"
CHAPTER MKT.
IN WHICH l AM BEDDED IN
: GARRET.
"'Tis a very pretty hazard. CAPITA
". lreton. But can 1t be brought off SUI
cessfully, think you?"
y A l have said, it hangs somewh
y, ~ upon the safety OF my p~ortmanteau.
that has come through unseized to n
pr Pettixrew al Charlotte, n | can !
hands on it. twill be half the battl,
y, You say you left it behind you
= New Berne?"
n Yes. Mr.. Carey was to forward