The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-11-12
Convinced (.
A Wife Proved the Perfidy
of Her Husbands
Friend
BY EDITH Y. ROSS

independence. when the swamp Fox
as General Francis Marion was called
was contesting the possession of South
Carolina with Colonel Tarleton, com
mander of n British cavalry force
something like that led by the Confed
crate Colonel Mosby during the war be-
tween the states. there lived in Berke-
ley county of that colony one Edward
Athol and his wife.
Athol. though he had not been long
in America. was not. as might have
been expected of a newcomer from
England a Tory. He was disposed to
be neutral in his sympathies. He had
married the daughter of one who had
been born in America, and his bride
was in sympathy with the colonists,
but since her husband took sides with
neither she desired to live peacefully
on their plantation without being dis
turbed by the kings men or those of
the Continental congress
This required tact, for one day along
would come riders wearing the blue
and the buff and the next those wear
ing the red Both sides expected SYM
pathy If not aid from the people of the
country they traversed and were in
clined to be severe with those from
whom they did not get it, This placed
the Athols in an unpleasant position.
for if they treated both sides as friends
they would please neither. But Mrs.
Athol was equal to the occasion, being
woman of rare diplomatic ability.
There was II man living on neigh
boring plantation whom she feared
He was bachelor, and his sympathies
were with the redcoats. He and Ed
ward AthoI were bosom friends. and
Mrs Athol feared that the Tory might
get her husband into trouble. One day
she said to Athol:
Edward. | wish you would be care
full of what you say to Henry Pinckton
You know he is Tory and may at any
time consider it his duty to sacrifice
his friend to his king"
THAT is just like a woman" replied
the husband. Your sex cannot rely
on each others friendship: consequent
ly you do not realize that men will De
true to each other
Had Athol known what his wife
knew he would have realized the in
justice of this thrust pinckton had
been a sutton for her hand while Atho
was counting her. Moreover. WON
ans perceptive faculties are, when I'M
Influenced, more delicate than a mans.
The wife knew instinctively that Pinck-
ton had never forgiven her husband
for succeeding where he had himself
failed. Moreover, she was not sure but
that the unsuccessful lover would be
glad Of an opportunity to get rid of
his friend, hoping that If she were free
he might persuade her to marry him.
One day some British troopers camp
ed in the vicinity of the Athol planta-
ton. Pinckton went to the commander
and told him that there was man in
the neighborhood who was furnishing
information of the movements of the
British troops to General Marion. The
commander asked if the man could be
taken with documents on him to prove
that he was a spy. Pinckton said that
he would keep watch on the reDelS
movements, and If he found an oppor-
tunity to capture him carrying lnfor-
nation he would let the officer know.
Pinckton went away and concocted
plan to entrap Athol. He wrote Athol
q forged letter from man in Charles
ton asking Athol to meet him in that
town Immediately since he had i'm
portant news for him. Pinckton went
to see Athol just as he was setting out
on his journey and pretended to be
much surprised at his going. Athol
bid his wife goodby, and the two men
rode away together. Mrs. Athol had
noticed that Pinckton acted strangely
When Athol had said that he doubted
il the trip were worth while Pinckton
urged him to 90. With woman's quick
insight for danger to one she loves.
Mrs. Atho suspected that her hus-
bands pretended friend had laid "A plan
to get him out of the way. The two
men were to ride together on the road
to Charleston till they came to the
branch road leading to Pinckton's plan
tation when they would part, Pinckton
going home and Athol continuing his
journey.
Mrs. Athol saddled a horse and FOL
lowed them, intending to overtake hef
husband after he had left Pinckton
and persuade him to give up his jour
ney. She kept at a distance BEHIND
them. and when they were about TO
part she saw Pinckton drop a Itlle
behind her husband and drop some
thing into his coat pocket THIS con
firmed her in her opinion that some
wrong was intended. Nevertheless
she could not at once follow her hus-
band without running the risk OF be-
ing seen by Pinckton, who LETT the
Charleston road ut an angle. Having
waited TIL he had passed into wood
she started again. She was nearing
her husband when she saw some red
coats spring from a thicket beside the
road and make him prisoner.
Without wasting any time the sol
diers took Athol to the British camp
AIRS Athol followed and saw her hus
band led within the British lines, then
relned In to think what she had better
DO She had heard u man say that
sery marntuy shat there was troop
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