Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-26

on her polished brow.
BLESS you, sweet one, for thos
words Of hope; and bless you for tn
soft heart that spared the reproache
l know l deserve! l will even do a!
you bid me, and hope to find trees o
lfrankincense and beds of spices be
yond the gloomy present, to welcom'
the traveller who faints not by tn,
lway."
| Gradually the conversation changed
to other themes. The day-king trav'
eled on his fiery path, and sunk to res
behind the dark forest that stretched
away toward the unknown regions o.
the west. The shadows Of night fel
upon the earth, and the beauteous star:
came forth as IL robed for a heavenly
bridal. Still that lingering, loving
interview was prolonged. The CLOUD
that had come between them and the
sun was for the time forgotten. Ir
the light Of each others eyes the
darkness disappeared, and fancy leo
them to a fairy-land, where the greer
pastures were sleeping in a dreamy at
mosphere, and the murmuring streams
leaped gayly from the hills. Each
word was music, and each sigh was
eloquence to them. The honey dew
upon the lip of love impaired wilder
ecstasy from each recurring draught
and the broad earth supported on Its
bosom no creatures so happy as that
tempest threatened pair.
All things human must have an end
and our sweetest enjoyments are al
ways shortest lived. Aaron Burr and
Margaret Moncrieffe were recalled
from the paradise in which they were
rowing, to the world Of reality, by a
summons to join the family circle be-
low
For your sake" he said, as they de-
scended, "for your sake, Margaret
General Putnam must know ALL"
BE that my care" she replied. 1.-THE
good old man has exhibited for me the
kindness of father, and is entitled to
a daughters confidence in return.
love him as if were one in reality"
And we'll does he deserve it.; for a
nobler, truer soul never animated a
human frame; and that lion-heart
which would lead him on a hundred
bayonets at his country's call, is soft
as that Of the futtering dove when
weakness or distress appeals to its as
sistance or its sympathy"
On entering the common sitting-room
they found the wife and daughters OF
General Putnam engaged in spinning
flax for the use of the soldiery. Turn
not away, gentle reader, from the
homely spectacle! 1t was a sight upon
which the angels might have looked
with approving smiles. The wife and
daughters Of a major general laboring
with their own hands to clothe the
half naked recruits who had answered
to the call of liberty. No wonder that
soldiery triumphed! No wonder that
when hunger and cold. disaster and de-
feat, We're heaped upon them, their
spirits rose above the depressing
weight, and with the blessed example
of female patriotism before them, they
sprung to their duties with a new and
vigorous alacrity that eventually led
to a glorious victory!
General Putnam was seated at ia
BILE, having an open map before him
on which he had marked In pencil the
position of the British troops. Various
lines traced from this point indicated
that he had been studying their proba-
BILE movements and endeavoring to an
ticipate the precise place where the
principal attack would be made. Al
his invitation, Burr seated himself al
the table, and was soon as much OBJ
sorbed as the general, in military spec
ulations.
Margaret Moncrieffe had directed heI
steps to the part of the room occupied
by Mrs. Putnam and her daughters
saying as she did so,-
Il hope it is no treason to King
George to assist in your labors."
"Thee may be sure" replied the
Quakeress, that it is no treason tc
the King Of kings"
Several days went by, and Miss Mon
crieffe had as yet made no communica-
ton to General Putnam The task thai
seemed easy in the distance, grew more
difficult when she came to perform 1t
Sometimes he was busy sometimes he
looked perplexed by troubled thoughts
and she did not like to disturb him
When a favorable opportunity did pre-
sent itself, her heart failed her, and
she shrunk with the instructive bash
fulness of a young girl from revealing
the secret of her first love, even to sc
kind and noble a friend as she knew
him to be. At last she determined t
adopt the less embarrassing plan Of
addressing him by letter. After many
trials she succeeded in framing one tC
her own satisfaction, which she placed
herself, in his hands. 1t ran as fol-
| !ows:-
DEAR AND HoNoRED SIR:
| When l was q stranger. and yol
knew me only as the daughter Of youl
countrys enemy, you took compassion
on my distress, invited me to YOU
home when l had no other, and receiv
ed me as tenderly as If | had been {
favorite child. From you, therefore,
ought to have no secrets: and to yol
feel that the circumstances in which
am now placed should be frank!
avowed. Under your roof I met Majo
Burr. / will not tire you with detail!
that are without interest to any ont
except ourselves. 1t is enough that W.
loved, and that 1t has been confessed
on both sides. Notwithstanding tn
barriers that we are we'll aware eXis
between us. Those barriers will read
lily suggest themselves to your mind
and the object of this note is to appea
to you for your advice. and your as
sistance in removing the difticultie
that environ us. Do not fear to pail
me by any suggestions you may thinl
fit to make. Whatever they are know
they will be just and sincere, and
know, too, that they will be dictated
by a heart whose manly qualities ar
almost hallowed by the delicate sensi
bilities with which they are inter
twined.
You will pardon me, l hope, If
cause you trouble or annoyance, whe1
you remember that 1t Is your owl