Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-12

SOOQ ftaOul, out the Chilli may DS
broken nevertheless. The English col
onies on the seaboard have revolted.
II Canada unites with them, our ulti-
mate triumph Is certain"
Hope it not, father. Their raw
levies and half-armed militia will be
swept away like chaff by the British
regulars"
Your own experience should have
taught you better Raoul for you have
seen these same raw levies save a
! British army from utter annihilation.'
$50 I did, in the woods and among
the mountain glens. On the open plain
the result would have been widely diff
ferent. George Washington and his
rangers would not have stood ten min
utes before the same troops whose
flight they that day guarded"
II doubt 1t; but let 1t be granted
What Is there to compel George Wash
ington now to risk pitched battles on
open fields? The mountain and the
wood still offer their protection, and
If he is followed there, Braddock's sto-
ry may be rewritten on a bloodier
page"
Il hope you are nearer to the mark
than am. know that whatever one
strong arm can do to drive the British
lions from America, will be gladly
tried. Point out the way, and you will
have no cause to murmur at my su-
pineness."
There was a young priest who
sought our halls for shelter, tonight.
Did you mark him well?"
II saw not his features, and only
noted his feeble and delicate appear
ance 1t did not seem to me that he
could have borne the peltings Of the
storm much longer"
Therein you are in error. That boy
has just performed a journey that
would have taxed your strong frame
to the utmost. He Is a soldier, at
tached to the troops now encamped be-
fore Quebec, and bears dispatches to
General Montgomery. He needs a
guide who. to courage and discretion,
adds a perfect knowledge Of the coun-
try. There Is not a man in Canada
so we'll fitted for the task as you are,
and have sent for you to request that
you will undertake it."
Your reverence's lightest wish is
law to me. When my comrades, deem
ing life extinct, left me stretched upon
bloody plain you had me carried
from the field, and nursed me as II
had been your brother, until health
and strength returned. When the wars
ended, and the soldier, unfit for civil
employment, was thrown upon a selfish
world, you saved me from becoming a
mendicant. The hand and brain OF
Raoul Audigier are therefore yours by
double title. Whatever you COM
mand shall be done, If mortal man may
effect It,"
Perform this service we'll, Raoul
and I will hold you acquitted Of any
debt you may suppose you owe me-"
which my wishes go with yours. Glad
ly on my own account will l pilot the
young American to Montreal. Gladly
will l stand by him in the battles
front. l have an old grudge against
the banner that floats above the walls
of Quebec, and l would give ten years
Of life to tear 1t down. You must
think Of something else before we cry
quits"
well, we will talk of that another
| time. Now leave me, and make the
needful preparations for your journey
Before the dawn you must be on the
road"
The Frenchman made a low bow OF
reverential respect, and left the aged
priest alone. Placing writing mate
rials on the table, he indited letter af-
ter letter until the convent clock told
the hour Of three. Raoul was then
aroused, who proceeded to harness two
strong ponies to one of the rough wa
gems of the country, while the father
awakened his sleeping guest.
When everything was ready fol
Burr's departure. Father Pierre placed
i'm his hands the packet of letters he
had passed the night in writing.
Here" he said. ARE letters to every
religious house on your route. II any
thing should befall you. and you need
assistance, apply without hesitation to
the nearest one. 1t will not be needfu
to repeat all you have communicated
to me, though you may do so safely
My letters will insure you a hearty
welcome, and whatever protection they
can give"
Burr was not ashamed. Protestant
though he was. to bend his knee to the
frozen ground to receive the benedic-
ton of the kind-hearted priest 1t was
earnestly bestowed both upon Burr
and his guide, and the two drove of
over the trackless snow at a pace
which placed many miles between them
and the convent before the sun made
his appearance in the east.
| The first care of our hero was to
learn something Of the temper and
character of his guide whose features
| he had not yet seen, and whose many
robes of fur hid even the outlines OF
his athletic form. A few brief ques-
tions led to more general conversation
and Burr was surprised to find that
the man who now acted in a capacity
scarcely removed from that Of servant
was endowed with an intellect Of high
order. improved and strengthened by
education; to which was added a
knowledge Of the world far deeper thar
| he himself could claim. He waited
impatiently for the appearance OF
daylight, in order to judge how faI
the countenance of the man would re-
move or confirm the impression his
conversation had made. The snow
storm had ceased. The wind no longer
swept over the dreary waste, but the
air was filled with frost, and the rays
of the bright stars which penetrated
to the cold earth seemed as If frozen
by the way and hung like glitterine
icicles from the arched vault above
Onward, through the deep snow, sped