Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-06

added with a sigh; Il will not wound,
by further converse, the exaggerated
and delusive sense Of honor which Is
too fatally predominant In your breast,
and as have found it, in the breast of
many of your misguided ccuntrymen.
l came to serve you, not to excite your
feelings; but I will now, even in your
displeasure, serve you as far as the
occasion may afford me means; I pray
you, call on me without reserve. For
the present, believe me, in pain and
sorrow / take my leave"
With these words the officer retired.
Butter paced to and fro through his
narrow chamber for some minutes, as
his mind revolved the extraordinary
and unexpected disclosures which had
been made to him in this short visit.
thousand conjectures rose into his
thoughts as to the nature Of the sup
posed charges that were to be brought
against him. He minutely retraced all
the incidents Of his late adventures,
to ascertain how 1t was possible to
found upon them an accusation Of vio-
lated faith or to pervert them into an
imputation Of treason against the
present doubtful and disputed
authority OF the self-styled con-
querers of Carolina. If his attempt to
join Clark was treason, 1t could be no
less treason in the followers Of Gates
to array themselves against the royal
army: and. that every prisoner hereaf-
ter taken In battle was to be deemed
a traitor to the contested power Of
too absurd for the most inveterate par
tisans to assert. There was nothing in
thfs review of his actions that the
most ingenious malice could pervert in
to an offence punishable by the laws
of war, by other rigor than such as
might be inflicted upon an ordinary
prisoner taken In arms. Still, there
were unhappy doubts Of some secret
treachery that rose to his reflections;
the perfidy of Adair, manifestly the
effect of a bribe; the ambuscade pro-
NOTED and managed by James Curry;
the bloody purpose of the brutal gang
who captured him, frustrated only by
the accidental fray In which Blake was
wounded. Then the doubtful givings
out" which fell from the Hps of some
of the soldiers at Blackstock's, of his
case still being one Of life and death;
the insinuation Of the savage Haber-
shaw at the same place, conveyed In the
threat of twisted hemp; the knowledge
which his present keepers affected to
have Of his rank and consequence, Of his
past life and present aims; and, above
all, his being brought for immediate
trial, in matter affecting his life, be-
fore the very man, now In the capacity
of q military commander. who had
heretofore been active in promoting the
design of confiscating his estate. All
these considerations, although uncon-
nected with any circumstances of spe-
cific offence within his knowledge, led
him into the most anxious and melan-
choly forebodings as to the result OF
this days proceedings.
II am doomed to fall" he said, "un-
der some secret stroke Of vengeance,
and my country is to have in my case
another stirring appeal against the
enormity Of that iron rule that seeks to
bow her head into the dust. So be It!
This issue is in the hand Of God, and
my fate may turn to the account Of the
establishment of a nations liberty.
Oh, Mildred. tremble to think Of thee!
Heaven grant, my girl, that thy forti-
tude may triumph over the martyrdom
Of him that loves thee better than his
life!"