Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-01-11
CHAPTER ".

One morning in the summer third OF
June my lady came early. and sur
prised me at pacing pack and forth.
Whereat she scolded me as was her
wont when 1 grew FESTIVE.
Little one," 1 said, "for their own
purposes my enemies have passed the
word that am here as the Baron de
Kalb's paid spy. That is no mistake;
it's lie cut out of whole cloth.
came here straight from New Berne,
and back OF that from London and the
Continent, and scarcely know the buff
and blue by sight. But am Carolina
born. dear lady; and this King
Georges Governor hanged ray father.
"Wir you raise a band OF rebels and
come and take your own AGAIN."
You know will not" l protested.
.gravely.
81 And yet l fear that this is what
my father fears. Surely there is cause
enough" she added
NAY, you have changed all that,
dear lady Truly, I did at first fly out
at him and all concerned for what has
made me poor pensioner in my faith
er's house-or rather In the house that
was my fathers. But that was while
the hurt was new. l have been SOL
der of fortune too long to think over
much of the loss of Appleby Hundred.
Twas my fathers, certainly; but twas
never mine"
And yet-and yet 1t should be
YOURS, John Ireton." She said it brave
". with uplifted face and eloquent
eyes that one who ran might read.
'"Tis good and true of you to say So
little one; but there be two sides to
that. as we'll So my fathers acres
come at last to you and Richard Jen-
infer, shall be well content, | do as
sure YOU Margery."
She sprang from her low seat and
went to stand in the wondow- bay.
After a time she turned and faced me
once gain, and the warm blood was in
cheek and neck, and there was a soft
light in her eyes to make them shine
like stars.
..Then you would have me marry
Richard Jennifer7" she asked
Twas but a little word that honor
hade me say. and yet II choaed me and
could not say IL.
"Dick would have you, Margery: and
Dick is my dear friend-as / am his"
She heard the clink of horseshoes on
the gravel and turned. signing to me
for silence while she looked below
The window overhung the entrance on
that side. and through the opened air
easement 1 heard some babblement of
voices. though not the words
Il must tell you." she said. "'tis now
two weeks and more since Sir Francis
III
; And with these bitterest OF all words
TO her leave taking, she left me to en-
dure as best might the torment they
had lighted for me.
1t was full two days after the COM
ing OF the baronet and the factor-law-
yer Pengarvin before l saw my lady's
face near hand again. and sometimes
/ was glad for Richard Jennife-'s sake
knew Sir Francis and the lawyer
still fingered on at Appleby Hundred
indeed. saw them daily from my win
dow-and Darius would be telling me
that they waited upon the coming OF
some courier from the south. I saw
him walk abroad with Margery on his
arm, pacing back and forth beneath
the oaks and bending low to catch her
lightest word with grave and courtly
Difference
brave deeds were to the fore. It
seemed. At Ramsour's Mill. few
miles north ana west. some little hand
ful of determined patriots had bested
thrice their number OF kings arti-
cans. and that without leader bigger
than county eolone Lore Rawdon,
In command OF Lord Cornwailis's van.
had come as far as Waxhaw Greek,
but. being unsupported. had withdrawn
to Hanging Rock. Our Mr. Rutherford
was on Ills way to the Forks OF Yad-
kin to engage the Tories gathering I'M
der Colonel Bryan. As yet. IL seemed.
we had no force OF any consequence to
take the field against CORVALLIS.
though there were flying rumors Of an
army marching from Virginia, with 8
new-appointeSf general at its head
1t was fully dark when l had finish
ed a plan of escape. There was the
hazard % the weapon-getting- With
full-hlcod health and strength I might
hare gone bare handed: bat as IL was.
I feared to take the chance. So with a
candle / went approving in the deep
drawers OF the old oaken clothes-p press
and In the escritoire which once had
been my mothers and found no weap-
on bigger than hairpin-
Taking post in the deep bay OF the
window, set myself 20 watch for the
lighting OF the great room at the front
This had two windows on my side. and