Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-23

two hundred years, he's seen wal
times. and days Of peace.
1T is a quaint, rambling dwelling;
each generation added rooms to the
original structure, placing each lower
than the other. making small steps
and staircases that-catch unwary ane
unaccustomed feet. The uneven root
tells the same story, and the house
4 has the appearance OF be;ttering it
self by second thought.
Down the garden walks roses, shol.
lyhocks. and olG-fashioned flowers
bloom the season through; in. lush
/ grpwths Of fs$grass spring occasional
blooms Of dafodil and bluebell, mark.
ing some old-time garden spot, long
oyergrowl. Vines climb over win;
do@s and porch to the sloping roof,
and in their depths generations OF
birds have nested and sung through
many forgotten summer. Foot
paths worn in the grass lead to barns,
4 to the ancient mill, through orchards
and over hillsides, showing in spring
and fall the earliest and latest green,
as If the print of human feet gave
stronger life to the troddeE way. In
the ReYolutio ionary period Of the scoun-
try's history the old house was the
scene of many exciting raids from
botn of the coutending forces, one OF
which threatened to bring, serious
Ia INN Of
One. autumn day during the Revo-
1utionary struggle the daughter of the
house, SAnne Mott, sat in the quiet
.".liyirg-room,' spinning her daily
st.stent." Anne was a demure little
maid !; her brown hair, twisted in a
tight knot. was held by her mothers
silver comb. She was just thirteen
years cid, and acted as her fathers
housekeeper, the entire care of the
family, her aged grandmother, her
father and two brothers, falling on
her young shoulders.
The liYing-room was warm and
still that day. The little spinner
glanced out Of the small window
panes, down the garden path and of
Sto the white-capped waters of Long
Island Sound. Neglected thread will
knot, and Anne brought truant eyes
to the slaekening wheel.
1T is so dull here this eventide,
with father and brothers away; 1
wish something grand and thrilling
would happen to me, as it did to Lucy
LoYelace. She went to the Govern
or's: ball and danced with an aide-de-
camp. Oh! wish 1t was considered
suitable for a Friend to go to a ball!"
Nothing grand or thrilling hap
pened in the quiet, sunlit room: the
faithful clock licked pn. embers
dropped softly on the hearth, the
srinning-wheel slaekened ana the lit
tie SINNERS head lay against the
:high-backed chair; Anne was fast
asleep. How long she slept she never
knew, her sudden awakening dispel-
ling all memories of preceding events.
Aterrible explosion shook the house
to its foundation. there were cries OF
terror and sounds OF hurryipg feet.
Startled into efulness, Anne ran:
TO the door, where she met Jimmy,
the colored cook, crying:
Eiss Nanny! Miss Nanny! the ref
ingees are coming!"
a Quaker's Sympathy.
Anne.s father was of the strictest
sect Of Friends, and would have no
part or lot in war or fighting. but it
was we'll understood that his un-
sDoSsl sympathies were with the
lContinentals. His co1ored man. Billy,
,Jinny's husband, was hand in glove
with the whale eboatmen who made an
Inlet near the house place of refuge.
Two of these boats we're commanded
sby Captain Pete Davis, VINO had pre-
-riousIy been in command cf a coaster
soWned BY James Mott, .Anne's father.
b This friendliness to the Continen-
Stals and the fact that raids on the
Tories were Of frequent occurrence
created suspicion andt.dislike among
the refugees and the riffra7 Of the
/ English Army, and threats were made
that If the blamed wnaleboatmen
: we're permitted to hang around there
itAwould be worse for them ALL"
But nothing came of the threats,
and James Mott did not consider his
household to be in danger. The
whaIeboatmen had recently been SIC.
cessful in Scap pturins "a boat from TIE
British, under the guns Of guard.
ship lying of in the Sound, and the
refugees had decided to eject them
! from the blamed Quaker rendez
! vous. At Pelham the band of refu'
gees, led by Captain Fade Merit
started for the snore, where the.
caught and Imprisoned Uncle Bill,
q and captured the boats OF the, whale
toatnen, in which large supply o
ammunition was stored. q bold pusi
I forward or quick retreat on the par
of the whaleboatmel must be de
cided on at once. Tney chose tn
!. former, and began frins on the retu
: gees from behind fences and bushes
Startled by the quick onset, Mer
rit and his men charged on the Zoe
Captain Davis called to Merit:
Stop right here, Fade Merritt, o
I'll save you from the hangman"-
warning that proved o1ninous.
.'I won't stop ct your bidding. Pet
Z Davis, you robping rebel.
.s..Snea you Will stop Cor my gun
snosael step will he your last" Mel
rit halted, but did no.' retreat, shou