Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-28
PARTISAN
A Romalee of the American Revolution
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Is seldom travelled. This bring u
close on the park. yet gives us agoo
shelter all the way along the ppse
We shall take our watch, and vt b
all the time hidden; and where lshal
carry you shall give us fair pep a
all the grounds as we'll as the risr."
."That is we'll. And now Of Dehes
ter: what stirs in the village an,
what of Huck? Do they knows Jet o
the affair of the swamp, or ar the.
ever like to know?"
"They know not yet, certain bu
Huck musters strong, and talk Of
drive to Camden. There is nes, to-
which moves the garrison much The!
talk of the continentals from Vifnia.
"Do they? they must be De kalb's
And what do they say on the sbject
do they speak Of him as at ham"
Nothing much, but they look. deal
and the Wings talk little moi bold
ly. This provokes Huck, who tkaten'
a start on the strength Of it4nd !!
hurrying his recruits for that rpose
There is also some talk Of force
from North Carolina under hmter
and they have got wind Of b las
move Of our Colonel Mariorthere'
away among Gainey's corps orories
where you cut them up in sh fin'
style; but there's nothing cerP, ant
this I get out of Huck in cu1s nov
and then. He's mighty anxlojthat
should join him. and I'm thifng t.
do so, II it promises to give ma bet
ter hold on him."
Think not of 1t, Humphriei it will
be twice putting your neck infe hal
ter, and the good that it may is toe
doubtful to justify such rig
He presses me mighty n ma
jor, and must keep out Of hway ol
consent. He begins to wofr why
do not join his troop. and ! some
reason too, believing me to 10y
alist, for certainly. were / tP so. II
would be the very making ote."
Thou wouldst not tur1traitor
Humphries?" replied the OF. look
ing sternly upon the speake
Does Major Singleton asNe ques-
tion nowq" was the reply, a tone
which had in II something okproach
T should not, certainly, hphries
knowing what I do. Forgitne; but
IN these times there is shuch tC
make us suspect our neigrs. thai
suspicious become naturap every
mind. You I know, howe, and
have trusted you too long to con-
tinue in my confidence now But now
come on our recruits?"
"Tolerably; as you sayhese are
suspicious times. major, afhey are
slow 70 trust. But the fee! is good
with US, and they only TO see
some of the chances In oJaVor De-
fore they come out bd In the
cause"
Nov, out upon the llculatlns
wretches, Will they dare hing, but
always wait for the lead others
Chances. indeed! as II truSrage ano
hold heart did not alway bake their
own. But what Of the vilf's? HOW
OF that old tavern keepIot whoH'
vou snoke-vour fathers Ial?"
But so no longer. OIryor, you
mean. He is prime n OF stun
and will not scruple to do PTS want
ed He was ALWAYS I'd with us
. though kent down by tho bout him;
vet he only wants to others in
motion to move too. IL do any
: thing now-the more rfy, as the
y Royal George, being entiI Iloyal, does
/ all the business; and pod dfyor' peins
5 all along suspected, h$ot GUS
t toner left. He'd burn town, now
{ II we put it into his he
! well, just now we no suci
e spirit. May not his rafss promp'
e him to too much speech
y mo, sir: that's the bly, OF repei'
= lion with old Pryor. 1t hands ano
S a weapon, but 1t wantslgue. IL he
3 felt pain, and was disP to tell VI
= 1t, his teeth would RI ana srih
: down the feeling. No or hiin' liz
o talks too little; and apr plapplhs
v his wife might lie closhd listen ai
: night and his dream would be as
: speechless as his humdfte LOCKS VI
e his thoughts in close ID and at best
t ONLY damns a bit wh1ngered. anc
walks off with his hds In hiS
= breeches pocket"
d "A goodly comrade fl dark nish''
= But let us move. Di closes upoi
e us and We NAV troy bw with toll
It erable security. Our fse Is lor 'ii'
n river?"
s Yes. n hundred vd will take u'
d in sight of 1t, and we P II the "No''
wav Rut We must the bush, as
u much out Of sight th&s IL we "ei'
It upon the high-road. re are
II al boats, chiefly arm mnpon II ''o"
besides the galley WI runs up an'
4 down-some that babrought sup
plies to the garrison. cir slo' "o
r, be troublesome did 4 see ue'
o rhar roao dov,n hin. entered 6
o long copse. and the r wouh"
= l.. IT, below them
II They were now on WIFI
trace - DorchaSter flag streamet
= o,,u,. .-o., 49, a.,And they coult
a see through the bus 'i''' a,.,
90 aaa ,ua TSn,. oabsck again into
r the woods. and kept uiei o ono,
IS comparative silencep ph 80 ,
a sunset, they found oo,,s.,
= few hundred yards - ,.,s,ns
d the spacious and lol y" ro ,beno
"i'' ou' Vi '"e the extensive
while from their .o,, :,
a grounds Of the pal
4 d,s,oroo ona enal lrity.
= Instance anu MIA, hse themselves
8 Leaving them tot .,,r-n m th,
e as they may, let uS 49,. left tn,
Cypress Swamp. charge q
= "ouhueu C'ouen The injury n
."e u'asooii anu - mot, perhaps.
{ ilau received 'nou rious enough t.
ia'ai one was S ntion highly i'm
It render immediate T., that nre