Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-25
CHAPTER LVI-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER LVI-CoNTINUED.
It was three o'clock before these ar
rangements were completed. l have
informed my reader that the mountain
terminated Immediately In front OF the
outlet from the narrow dell In which
Campbelrs army had halted, its breast
protruding into the plain only some
few hundred PAGES from the head Of
the column, whilst the valley that
forked both right and left, afforded an
easy passage along the base on either
side. Ferguson occupied the very sum-
NIT, and now frowned upon his foe
from the midst of a host confident In
the strength Of their position, and ex-
asperated by the pursuit which had
driven them into this fastness.
Campbell resolved to assail this post by
a spirited attack, at the same moment,
in front and on the two flanks. With
this intent his army was divided into
three equal parts. The centre was re-
served to himself and Shelby; the
right was assigned to Sewer and Nc
Dowell: the left to Cleveland and Will
liams. These two latter parties were
to repair to their respective sides OF
the mountain, and the whole were to
make the onset by scaling the heights
as nearly as possible at the same in
slant.
The men, before they marched out OF
the ravine, had dismounted and pick
eted their horses under the winding
shelter of the hills; and, being now
separated into detached columns form
ed in solid order, they were put in mo-
ton to reach their allotted posts. The
Amherst Rangers were retained on
horseback for such duty as might re-
quire speed, and were stationed close
In the rear Of Campbelrs own division,
which now merely marched from be-
hind the shelter of the knoll and halted
in the view of the enemy, until suffi-
cient delay should be afforded to the
flanking divisions TO attain their
ground.
Mildred, attended by Allen Musgrove
and his daughter, still maintained her
position on the knoll, and from this
height surveyed the preparations for
combat with beating heart. The
scene within her view was one OF in
tense occupation. The air of stern re-
solve that sat upon every brow; the
silent but onward movement Of the
masses of men advancing to conflict;
the few brief and quick words Of COM
mand that fell from the distance upon
her ear; the sullen beat of the hoof up
on the sod as an occasional horseman
sped to and fro between the more re-
mote bodies and the centre division.
which yet stood in compact phalanX
Immediately below her at the foot OF the
hill; then the breathless anxiety OF her
companions near at hand, and the short
note Of dread, and almost terror, that
now and then escaped from the lips OF
Mary Musgrove, as the maiden looked
eagerly and fearfully abroad over the
plain; all these incidents wrought upon
her feelings and caused her to tremble.
Yet, amidst these novel emotions, she
was not insensible to certain lively
and even pleasant interest, arising out
of the picturesque character OF the
spectacle. The gay sunshine striking
aslant these moving battalions, lighting
UP their fringed and many colored
hunting shirts, and casting a golden
hue upon their brown and weather.
beaten faces, brought out into warm
relief the chief characteristics of this
peculiar woodland army. And Mildred
sometimes forgot her fears in the fleet
ing inspiration Of the sight, as she
watched the progress of an advancing
column-at one time moving In close
ranks, with the serried thicket OF RI
fes above their heads, and at another
deploying into files to pass some mar
row path, along which, with trailed
arms and bodies bent, they sped with
the pace of hunters beating the hillside
for game. The tattered and service
stricken banner that shook its folds in
the wind above these detached bodies
likewise lent its charm of association
to the field in the silence and stead
fastness of the array in which 1t was
borne, and its constant onward mo-
ton: showing it to be encircled by
strong arms and stout hearts.
Turning from these, the lady's eye
was raised, with a less joyous glance,
towards the position of the enemy. On
the most prominent point of the noun
tain's crest she could descry the stand
ard of England fiuttering above a con-
centrated body, whose scarlet uniforms
as the sun glanced upon them through
the forest, showed that here Ferguson
had posted his corps of regulars, and
held them ready to meet the attack OF
the centre division of the assailants;
whilst the glittering of bayonets amidst
the dark foliage, at intervals, rearward
along the line of the summit indicated
that heavy detachments were stationed
In this quarter to guard the nanKs
The marching and countermarching OF
the frequent corps. from various posi-
tions on the summit; the speeding OF
officers on horseback, and the OCCASION
el movement of small squadrons of dra-
eoons. VINO were at one moment seen
struggling along the SIDES OF the hlou'-
tain. and at another, descending To-
wards the base or returning TO the
summit disclosed the earnestneSs ana
activity of the preparation with which
a courageous soldier may be supposed
to make ready for his foe.
II was with a look of sorrowful con-
corn which brought tears into her eyes
that Mildred gazed upon this host, and
strained her vision in the vain endeaV-
or to catch some evidences of the pres
ence of Arthur Butler.
I'VE both look. perchance.' she said
70 herself. lat this very instant upon
Won hateful banner-and with the same
aversion: but oh. with what more pain
full apprehension it is my fortune 10
behold II! Little does he think that
NsiIdred's eyes are turned upon IL.
'Tis we'll he does not-hls no