Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-21

Jerseymen have had since '76 Mr.
Lord CORVALLIS is come as far as
Camden. they say; and Colonel Tarle-
ton has crossed the Catawba"
so? Then Mr.. Rutherford is like
to have his work cut out for him. /
take IT."
Crit Rutherford is a stout Indian
fighter; no West Carolinian will gain
say that. But he Is never the man to
match CORVALLIS. Well have help
from the North"
DE Kalb?" I suggested.
Nay, John Ireton, you need not
fear me, though 1 am just now this
redcoat captains next friend. You
know more about the Baron de Kalb's
doings than anybody else in Mecklen-
burg"
Il? What should I know? What
are they saying?" !.
That you come straight from the
baron's camp in Virginia-to see what
you can see."
"A spy. Ell? IT'S cut out of whole
cloth, Dick, my lad. I've never took
the oath on either side"
He looked vastly disappointed. But
you will. Jack? Surely, you have not
to think twice in such a cause?"
las between King and Congress, you
mean? IT'S no quarrel of mine."
Il had never thought to hear your
fathers son say the likel"
And why not, pray? The kings
minion. Tryon. hanged my father and
give his estate to his minion's minion.
Gilbert Stair. So, in spite of your
declarations and your considerations
and your laws against alien landhold
ers, 1 come back to find myself still
the son of the outlawed Roger Ireton.
and this same Gilbert Stair firmly
rodged in my fathers seat"
Gilbert Stair-for sweet Madee's
sake I'm loath to say it-blows hot or
cold as the wind sets fair or stormy.
And / will say this for him: no other
Tryon legatee of them all has steered
so fine course through these last five
upsetting years How he trims so skill
fully no man knows. A short month
since. he had General Rutherford and
Colonel Sumter as guests at Appleby
Hundred; now it is Sir Francis Fall
comet and the British lighthouse Of
ficers who are honored. But let him
rest: the cause of independence is big
ger than any man. or any mans pri-
waite quarrel. friend John; and / had
hoped"
I laid hand on his knee. Spare
yourself, Dick My business-in Queens
borough was to learn how best 1 might
reach Mr.. Rutherford's rendezvous"
For a moment he sat staring at me
as If to make sure that he had heard
Alright Then he clipt my hand and
wrung it. babbling out some boyish
bravo that 1 made haste to put an
end TO.
softly. my lad" I said: "'tis no
great thing the Congress will gain by
my adhesion. But you. Richard: how
comes IT that I find you taking your
ease at Jennifer House and hobnobbing
with his Majesty's officers when the
cause you love is stin in such desper-
ate straits?''
Il did go ont with the Minute Men
in rs, IL you must know" he said.
and smelt powder at Moore's Creek.
When my time was done / would have
listed again: but just at that my faith
er died and the Jennifer acres were
like to so to the dogs. lacking over
sight. So came and
Nay. out with it. Dick II am not
thy father, l am near old enough to
stand in his stead. Twas more than
husbandry that rusted the sword In its
scahbard. I'll be bound"
You are right. Jack: twas both
more and less" he confessed. shame
facedly. Twas this same Margery
Stair. AS l have said. her father
blows hot or cold as the wind sets, but
not she. She is the fiercest little Tory
in the two Carolinas. bar none. When
| had got Jennifer in order and began
to talk OF listing again. she flew into
pretty rage and stamped her foot"
had a glimpse OF Jennifer the lov-
er as he spoke. and the sight went
somewhat on the way toward casting
out the sulIen rage that had possessed
me since first had set returning foot
| in this my native homeland.
/ sDost love her, Dick I asked.
AYE. and have ever since she was
In pinafores and I hobbledehoy n
Master wytheby's school
so long9 I thought Mr.. Stair was
a later conner in Mecklenhurg.-
He came eight years ago. as one OF
| Tryon's underlings. Madge was even
then motherless: the same little viii
ful prat-a-pace she has ever been.
would you knew her Jack 'Twouid
make this stiffness OF mine seem less
| the thing it is
so YOU have stayed st home a
counting while others fought TO give
you leisure said L thinking to rally