Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-09

Stephen Foster and Mildred got me
this light rife-carbine. Now, major
I fancy I am pretty nearly as good a
marksman as rides in the corps
Who Is this with you?" asked Henry
looking back at Robinson, who loiter-
ed some distance in the rear purpose
ly to avoid what might be deemed
an intrusion upon the private confer
ence Of the two friends.
THAT Is a famous soldier, Henry;
he was at the siege Of Charleston,
and last year at Savannah. He has
had some hard blows and can tell you
more of war than you have ever read
in all your studies"
"He wears a curious uniform" said
Henry, "for a regular soldier. What
is his name?"
"Galbraith Robinson-or Horse
Shoe Robinson-to give him his most
popular distinction. But it would be
we'll to keep his name secret"
"I have heard Of Horse Shoe" said
Henry, with an expression Of great
interest. $50, this is the man him
self? From all reports he Is as brave
as"
"As who?" asked Butler, smiling at
the tone of wonder with which Henry
spoke.
"As Caius Marcus Coriolanus, who,
I make no doubt, major, was about
the bravest man in the books"
Butler laughed, and applauded the
young martialist for his discrimina-
| ton.
The road from the foot Of the hill
pursued the left, or, northern bank of
the Rockfish, which shot along, with
a rapid flood, over the rocks that lay
scattered in its bed; and the gush
Of whose flight fell upon the ear like
the loud tones Of the wind. From
either margin 1t was shaded by huge
sycamores, whose tops, at this twi-
light hour, were marked in broad
lines upon the fading sky, and whose
wide spreading boughs met, from side
to side, over the middle Of the stream,
throwing a deeper night upon the
clear and transparent waters. The
valley was closely bound by high pre-
cipitous hills, whose steep crags and
narrow passes seemed to echo and
prolong the gush Of the stream, that
was now mingled with the occasional
lowing of cattle, the shrek Of the
owl, and the frequent hoarse scream
Of the whippoorwin.
When our party advanced about o
mile along this road, Henry Lindsay
took his bugle and blew a blast which
seemed to dance in its reverberations
from one side Of the river to the
other.
Mildred knows my signal" said he,
that is the scouts warning; cavalry
approaches; dress. your line; prepare
to receive a general officer"
Henry, pray drop your military
phrase, and tell me what this MEANS
said Butler.
ride on till you arrive beneath the
Fawn's Tower. Wait for me there. I
will give you signal when I ap-
proach; and trust me for faithful
messenger. The river is deep at the
rock, but you will find a boat fastened
to this bank. When you hear my sig
nal come across. Mrs. Dimock's is on
ly another mile; and, I'll warrant, the
old lady will make you comfortable
Love, they say, major" added Henry
sportively "is meat and drink, and
blanket to boot; but for all that Mrs
Dimocks will not be amiss-espec-
tally for Horse Shoe, who, I take It,
will have the toughest time of the
party. If love is blanket, Mr.. Rob-
inson," Henry continued, addressing
himself to that worthy. at doesn't
cover two. you know"
ITO my thinking, young SIR" re-
piled Horse Shoe with laugh, ut
wouldn't fold so cleverly In KNAPP
sack"
Now that I have given my orders, y
said Henry, land done my duty, l
must leave you, for my road lies
across the ford here. Where are my
hounds? Hylas, Bell, Blanche. you
puppies, where are you?"
Here Henry blew another note
which was Immediately responded to
by the hounds; and. plunging into the
rapid and narrow stream, followed by
the dogs who swan close behind him.
he was seen, the next moment
through the twilight, galloping up the
opposite hill, as he called out his
good night" to his friends
AS soon as Henry had disappeared,
the other two pricked their steeds for
ward at a faster pace. The rapid flow
of the river, as they advanced along
it's bank, began to change into a more
quiet current, as If some obstruction
below had damned up the water,
rendering it deep and still. Upon this
tranquil mirror the pale crescent OF
the moon and family peeping stars
| were reflected; and the flight Of the
FREELY was traced, by his own light
and its redoubled image, upon the
same surface.
The high 'toppling cliffs of the
Fawn's Tower, that jutted forth like
a parapet above the road, soon arrest
ed the attention of Butler; and at its
base the great chestnut flung abroad
his vast magnificence Of leaves" al
most in emulation of the aspiring
crag.
1--WE have reached our appointed
ground" said Butler, II shall want
my cloak, Galbraith; the dews begin
to chill my limbs"
They dismounted. and Butler threw
his cloak around his shoulders. Then
in a thoughtful musing state Of mind
he strolled slowly along the bank OF
the river, till he was temporarily lost
to view in the thick shades and SOM
bre scenery around him. Robinson
having secured the horses, sat himself
down at the foot of the chestnut un-
willing to interrupt by conversation
the anxious state of feeling which he
had the shrewdness to preceive pre-
| 5a.S.;.o+ad Il, putler'S mind