Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-24

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mouth, until it got to the newspapers
and began to stir the tongue OF each
raw recruit. Gen. Brown was there
that evening, and had for me, as al
ways, the warm heart Of a father He
heard our report with q kindly SYM
pathy.
Next morning I rode away to see
the Comte de Chaumont at LeraysVille.
had my life, and great reason to
be thankful, but there were lives dearer
than my own to me, end they were yet
in peril. Those dear faces haunted
me and filled my sleep with trouble.
! l rode fast, reaching the chateau at
luncheon time. The count was reading
In q rustic chair at the big gate. He
came running to me, bis face red with
excitement.
"M'sieur le Capitairle!" he cried, my
hand in both Of his, II thought you
were dead"
"And so I have been-dead as a
cat drowned In a well, that turns up
again as lively as ever. Any news Of
| the baroness and the young ladies?"
"a letter." said he. Come, get of
your horse. l shall read to you the let
ter"
Tell mellow were they taken?"
was leading my hlrse and we were
walking through deep grove.
"Eh bien, / am not able tor tell" said
he, shaking his head soberly. "You re-
member that morning-well, I have
20 men there for two days. They are
armed, they surround the Hermitage,
! they keep q good watch. The wasp he
is very troublesome, but they see no
soldier. They stay, they burn the
smudge. BY and by think there is
nothing to fear, and bring them
home, but l leave three men. The
baroness and the two girls and their
servants they stay awhile to pack the
trunk. They are coming to the cha
teau. 1t is in the evening; the coach
is at the door; the servants have start
ed. Suddenly-the British. do not
Lnow how many. They come out of
the woods like lightning, and bang!
bang! bang! they have killed my men.
They take the baroness and the Misses
de Lambert, and they drive away with
them. The servants they hear the
shots, they return, they come, and they
tell us. We follow. We find the
coach; It is in the road, by the north
trail. Dieu! they are all gone! We
travel to the river, but" here he
lifted his shoulders and shook his head
dolefully-"we could do nothing"
1.-The general may let me 60 after
them st.sshh&farce of cavalry" said.
'l want you f0s with me and 'ssss
to him"
mo, no, my capitaipe!" said he; "it
would not be wise. We must wait.
We do not know where they are.
have friends in Canada; they are doing
their best, and when we hear from
them-eh bien, we shall know what is
necessary"
told him how I had met them that
night in Canada and what came of it.
"They are a cruel people, the Eng
lish," said he. ~ am afraid to find
them will be matter of great diff
Guilty"
But the letter"
"Ah, the letter." he interrupted, feel
ing In his pocket. "The letter is not
much. 1t is from Tiptoes - from
Louison. 1t was mailed this side OF
the river at Morristown. You shall
see; they do not know where they are. "
He handed me the letter. l read 1t
with an eagerness could not conceal.
1t went as follows:
MY Dear Count: II this letter reaches
you, 1t will, i hope, relieve your anx-
iety. We are alive and we'll, but where !
1 am sure have no better idea than II
I were a bah. Just born. We came here
with our eyes covered after long ride
from the river, which we crossed In the
night. think 1t must have taken us
three days to come here. We are smut
| up In q big house with high walls and
trees and gardens around it-a beautiful
place. We have fine beds and everything
to eat, only we miss the bouil-lapaisse'
| and the jokes Of M. Pidl con, and the nne
old claret. A fat Englishwoman VINO
waddles around like big goose ana VINO
| calls me Munim (as II l were a WINE
makerD waits upon us. We do not know
, the name of our host. He is tall man
who says little and has hair on ms NECK
and on the back OF his hands. Dieu! ne
Is lord who talks as II he were TOO lazy
70 10 L.
and Your Lordship that But l must
speak well Of I'm, because he is going 10
read this letter: 1t is on that condltion
/ am permitted to write. therefore
say he is great and good man. peau,
tiful man. The baroness and Louise seno
love to all. Madame says do not worry
we shall come out all right: out say
worry! and, good man, do not cease 70
worry until we are safe home. Tell the
cure he has something to DO now.
have worn out my rosary. and am losing
faith. Tell him to try his. Your aHec'
tionate, LOUlSoN.
"She is an odd girl" said the count
as gave back the letter, so full OF
fun. so happy, so bright. so quick-al'
ways on her tiptoes. Come, you are
tired; you have ridden far in the dust
l shall make you glad to be here
A groom took my horse, and the coun'
led me down a wooded slope to ths
lakeside. Octagonal water-houses
painted white, lay floating at anchor
near us. He rowed me to one OF then
for bath. Inside was a rug ana
table and soap and linen. A proa'
panel ona side of the floor came up al
l pulleda cord, showing water cleal
and luminous to the sandy iaKe-Dot
tom. The glow of the MONDAY hlle'
the LAKE to its shores, and IN a mo
ment I slove the sunlit depths-a rar'
delight after my long, hot ride.
At luncheon we talked Of the wal
and he made much complaint OF Tue
,, northern army, as did everybody those
days.
my boy," said he, "you shouia 1oll
Perry On the second lake. 1t is your
only chance to fight, to win glory:
He told me then OF the impenoint
battle and of Perry's great neea o.
men. had read of the sea-ngnune
} and logged for a part in 1t. TO ciml
on hostile decks and fight hand te
hand vas a thing to my fancy. An
} we'll! 4 was young then. At the coun.
tobIa a. - 5a+ormined to go, IL