Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-13

Injections. He had explained to Mildred
the necessity of his appearing in some
definite character, associated with the
lobject of her journey, and Of which
upon emergency, he might claim the
benefit to retain his post near her
This matter was summarily settled by
Henry.
I'm general, Mr.. Horse Shoe, you car
call yourself Stephen Foster; you
know Steve; and you can say that you
are Mr.. Phillip Lindsay's gardner
Isaac, here, can let you enough into
the craft to pass muster, If any Of them
should take 1t into their heads to ex-
anime you. Mind that, Isaac; and re-
collect, old fellow, you are only sister
Mildreds waiting man.
"Sartainly, master" replied Isaac.
"And sergeant I'll tell you all about
Steve; so that you can get your lesson
by heart. You have a wife and five
children-remember that. I'll give you
all their names by-and-by"
Thanks to the marcies Of God, that
arn't my misfortune yet," said Horse
Shoe, laughing, but, Mr.. Henry.
have got conscience enough now for
any lie that can be invented. The ma
jor and me talked that thing over, and
he's Of opinion that lying, in an enc
my's country, is not forbidden in the
Scriptures. And have hearn the
preacher say that Rahab, who was not
woman of good fame no how, yet she
was excused by the Lord for telling
the king of Jericho a most humping
lie, consuming her not knowing what
had become Of the two men that
Joshua, the judge of Israel, who was
general besides, had sent into the town
to reconnoitre; which was a strong
case Mister Henry, seeing that
Rahab, the harlot, was a taking of
sides against her own people. So,
like your plan and I'll stick by it."
This being agreed upon, 1t became
one of the amusements Of the roadside
to put the sergeant through his cate
chism, which was designed to make
him familiar with traits of private his
tory relating to the Dove Cote and Its
appurtenances that he might thereby
maintain his identity, In the event of a
close investigation. Horse Shoe was
but an awkward scholar In this school
Of disguise, and gave Henry sufficient
employment to keep him in the path
of probability; and, indeed, the young
teacher himself found 1t difficult to
maintain an exact verisimilitude In the
part which 1t was his own province to
play in this deception.
On the evening to which we have al
luded. the sergeant finding himself
within a short distance of the district
of country in which he was almost
certain to encounter parties OF both
friends and foes, adopted a greater de-
gree of circumspection than he had
hitherto deemed it necessary to OBJ
serve. His purpose was to halt upon
or to obtain accurate information or
the borders of the forest, and endeav-
er to obtain accurate information OF
the state of affairs along the river
before he entered upon this dangerous
ground. Like a soldier who had rich
treasure to guard he was determined to
run no hazard that might be avoided,
in the safe conduct Of the lady In
whose service he was enlisted. In ac-
cordance with this caution, he directed
the cavalcade to move onward at a
moderate walk, in order that hey
they might not reach the limit OF the
woodland before the dusk Of the even
ing; and also in the hope of finding
there some habitation where they
might pass the night. They had not
advanced far in this manner before the
sergeant deserted, at some distance
ahead, small log hut standing by the
roadside, which, by the smoke that Is
sued from the chimney, he perceived
TO be inhabited. Upon this discovery,
he ordered the party to stop and await
his return. Then giving spurs to his
horse he galloped forward, and, after
short interval of absence, returned,
made a favorable report Of his recon-
noissance, and conducted his compan-
ions TO the house.
The little cabin to which Mildred was
thus introduced was the homestead OF
an honest Whig soldier, by the name
of Wingate. who was now in service,
under the command of one of the most
gallant partisans that any country
ever produced, Francis Marion, then
recently promoted to the rank or
brigadier. The inmates were the
soldiers's family, consisting of a young
woman and a number of small chill
dren, demonstrating by their appear
ance a condition of exceedingly limited
comfort. The hut contained no more
than two rooms, which exhibited but
a scanty supply Of the meanest furni-
ture. The forest had been cleared FOR
the space of a few acres around the
dwelling, and these were occupied by
a small garden or vegetable patch'
meagrey stocked with scattered and
half parched plants; and by a corn
field along the skirts of which some
lean hogs were seen cropping with a
felonious stealthiness. A shed, in the
same enclosure formed a rendezvous
for a few half-starved cattle, that
probably obtained their principal but
slender support from the neighboring
wood. Add to these a troop of fowls,
that were now at roost upon one OF
the trees hard by, and we have, proba-
bly,, to!erably correct inventory of the
worldly goods of this little family
The woman of the house was kind
and hospitable and her attentions were
in no small degree quickened by the
application of few pieces of money
which Mildred insisted upon her re-
ceiving-much to the discontinue OF
the DANES self -pOssesslon-the boon
consisting of hard coin, to an amount
of which, perhaps, she had never be-
fore been mistress.
Mildred was exceedingly fatigued
and it was an object of early consid-
Grafton to furnish her the means OF
rest. Our hostess, assisted by old Isaac
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