Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-19

thief. His enterprise grows the mo
ment that you take off the miserable
appendage that kept down his spir
it. The only misfortune is, that IL
exercising his new quality, he has no
been trained to distinguish betweer
the meum and tuum. Now, thati
your fault, Tom"
"Wha' you mean by meum ant
ltuum, maussa?"
"Well, Tom, so far as 1t concerns us
who have no goods to lose, the distinc
ton is not of much moment; but the
lesson is not the less valuable FOL
Stink to learn, in a camp where othel
people possess ham bones, in whicf
they claim special rights. See to 1t
hereafter. AS for you, my good fel
How, you must see that the dog hac
no felonious intentions. The animu!
makes the offence. He did not stea
he simply appropriated. Do mo-
suffer yourself, my friend to indulge
; again in the defamation of character
The rising spirit Of the dog must moi
be kept down because you have
shin-bone Of ham. Do you hear that:
And further, let me tell you, that any
who is decidedly the best cook in the
southern army-will subject you to
the chance of being kicked In turn
AS it is, 1 let you off this time, with
a simple shaking"
The soldier grew savage and inso-
lent. He was tall and vigorous; did
not seem to regard the epicure's ep-
aulet with any great degree of ven
eration: and, as he replied with def
ance, Porgy again took hold of his
collar The affair might have ended
in the soldiers tumbling our fat friend
upon his back, but for the timely ap-
proach Of Singleton on horseback, al
sight of whom the soldier stole away
pocketing his hurts Of self-esteem fol
a more advantageous occasion.
ITO saddle, Mr.. Porgy, to saddle,
was the command of Singleton. BE
ready, sir, for a movement In five min
utes. The colonel has already given
orders for a start, and I would not
that any Of my command should oc-
casion a moments delay
Nor 1, Major Singleton-nor L
Honorable emulation Is the soldiers
virtue, and though I would never hur-
~, sir, yet I would never be laggard
The golden medium, major, between
hurry and apathy, is still to be insist
ed upon. 1t Is a principle, sir, which
I approve. But haste, sir, hurry Is
my horror. Slumbers once broken
visions rudely intruded upon-seldom
return to us in their original felicity.
twain, as I may say, just when the
web Of it had become precious to body
and soul. Just as the one was at per-
feet repose, after a toilsome march,
and lust as the other had become re-
freshed with a dream Of delights
which almost compensated for an
empty stomach
TT is a hard case" was the reply of
Singleton, who knew the humors OF
our friend, but you must allow for
circumstances. Perilous necessity Is
a despotism, Mr.. Porgy, to which II
Is only wisdom to submit with as
much resignation as we may. Neces-
sity overrules all laws, as we'll of stom-
ach as of SOUL
"a manifest truism, Major Single
ton; and in its recognition, I will even
hasten to obey our present orders. But
you err, major, in speaking OF soul
and stomach as independent organiZa-
tions. Be assured sir, the relation
between them is much more near than
Is vulgarly supposed. For my part,
would not give a sixpence for any hu-
man soul without q stomach.
! Singleton waited to hear no more,
but putting spurs to his horse, repeat
ed his request that Porgy should fol-
low soon. The latter turned to Tom.
$50, Tom, that fellow bloodied your
nose. There is an ugly abrasion OF
your left nostril."
"IIe feel so, NAUSEA. He feel berry
much as eff he been breck (break-
for broken)."
"Pon my soul, you're right. The
bridge is broken. 1t was ugly enough
before: II Is scarcely paSsable now.
You are disflgured for ever, boy. For
tunately, the nose, however essential
to the lungs, is hardly Of Importance
to the genius You are no doubt as
good a cook as ever. Were 1t likely
| to affect your skill in that department
I should deem it duty to have that
soldier up at the halyards. Well! i
don't see what we can do for 1t. WASH
1t as often as you can. Meanwhile,
/ tighten that girth, and bring up the
horse. Lead him up to that stump.
| Ones own girth Is greatly in the way
of his steeds. BY the way. Tom
you're sure that Stink has not made
off with our ham as well as the SOL
dier's. If he has, he's a dead dog
from this moment. You have 1t in the
buckskin safely? We shall need 1t to-
morrow. old fellow. for our hard rio
ing promises nothing better
Toms assurances In respect to the
ham-bone and Sinks fidelity were
promptly given, and, talking to him.
ioined himself to his command, where
he found several squads Of partisans
already assembled, prepared to see
and hear THE Swamp Fox whom
many Of them were now to behold for
the first time.
. Under that forest canopy, in the
cold light Of the morning stars, now
rapidly paling in the west-amid waV-
ing torches and prancing steeds-Mar-
ion unfolded his plan, and briefly In
formed his men of the condition OF
things not only as they affected the
colony. but as they concerned the con-
federation. He read to them a resolve
of congress- in which that body had
declared its determination to save
each and every province that had
linked its fortunes with the Federal
union: particularly, declaring its reso-
luton, in the teeth Of report to this
effect, which the British and Tories
had industriously circulated In South
Carolina and Georgia, not to sacrif1ce
these two colonies to the invader, on
any terms Of peace or compromise
which they might make with HIM
Such a resolve had become highly nec-
essary; as the great currency given to
the rumor of such a compromise, and
on these especial terms, had produced
in part, the results which had been
desired by the enemy. The patriots
dropping enough before, had begun to
despair entirely while the Tories were
|; encouraged to perseverance. and slim
ulated to the most adventurous and
daring action. This statement read
and the formal resolution as 1t had
been adopted by congress was In his
hand for the purpose-Marion then
proceeded to recapitulate, not only the
information which he had been ena-
bled to obtain Of their own army, but
of that of their enemies. His infor-
nation, gathered from various sources
was comparatively extensive; and
while it taught his men the full extent
of the danger with which they were
to contend on all hands, it also served
, greatly to increase their confidence IN
q commander whose knowledge OF
: passing and remote events seemed in
tuitive: and whose successes, though
small, had been so unbrOken. as to in
spire in them a perfect assurance OF
, his invincibility.
The military force of the British
then in Carolina, was distributed ju-
diciously throughout its entire circuit
The 23d and 33d regiments of infan-
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