The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-04-01

lay In wading q ford. 1t had rained
and the stream was swollen Yet
there was no other way than wading
through and she waded. Deeper and
deeper the water became and strong
| er grew the current with each forward
step. Near the middle Of the stream
in fighting to retain her footing against
the current, with the rushing water up
to her shoulders, she fell, and, becom-
| ing bewildcrcd turned around" as
she expressed it in later year, and
could not tell for the life of her, from
which bank she had come and toward
which bank she wanted to go For
some timc--how long she never could
tcll-shc plunged and struggled out in
tho stream, falling and regaining her
~ she dragged herself out on the bank
and lay, half drowned and water-soak-
ed, until she had recovered She
found the path again, decided that she
was on tho right side and after a short
time she was with her brother and his
little party.
In few words she told of the com
ing attack and OF the pcril of tic lit
tie settlement, and urged that no delay
| be made in sending the warming TO
every settler. The soldiers had just
returned from long and tircsomc ex-
custom, and were worn out. wet and
hungry. There came complaint that
the men were faint for lack Of food.
Though tired, wet and shivcring her
self, the girl at once said:
Build me a fire and get me some
corn meal or -four"
The Quarry Flown.
It was short work to pull down a
few boards from the roof Of their hoycI
and start a fire, and in few min
utcs hoccake lay baking in the en-
bers. This, Drowned and broken in
to pieces, was thrust into the shot
pouches of the men SO that they could
eat as they ran on their messages OF
warning. So we'll did young Langston
and his party do their work that when
morning came and the "Bloody Scouts"
descended upon the settlement at Lit
tie Eden it was as empty Of human
occupation as was that other Eden af-
ter the angel of the Lord had driven
out Adam and Eve. And the demurc
Miss Dicey, fresh and dainty, sat with
her family at their breakfast and made
irrelevant replies to the conversation
until they rallied her upon her alb
| sent-mlndedness. And it was many
weeks before they knew Of that twen-
ty and more mile tramp through the
woods and morasses in the darkness
Of the night.
The failure of the Bloody Scouts"
to find the settlers Of Little Eden only
added to the enmity Of the band to-
ward the few patriots in the Laurens
district. and though they could not
trace the carrying OF any warning to
the l,angston family, the growing hate
and suspicion toward the old man
marked him for a victim. After a
sortie which party Of Wings of which
his son was member made on the
Tories 1t was decided that the old man
must die, and the band went to his
house to kill him and plumber his be-
longings. Mr.. Iangston, too infirm to
escape or even attempt to hide, and
too proud to ask for mercy, faced
them boldly and denied that he was
in any way taking part in the struggle
You lie, you old rebel" angrily
shouted the leader, pointing pistol al
the old mans breast The girl sprang
between her father and the maddencd
Tory.
you get out OF the way, or I'll put
bullet through your heart he
snareld.
"You Coward"
He's an old man, you coward"
said the girl almost beside herself
with terror, but only clasping her
father the closer and still keeping her
self between him and his woud-as-
sin. Her fearless devotion must have
touched another OF the Bloody
Scouts, for he intcrcfcrcd and the old
man was spared
At another time, when coming
home from Whig settlement, Miss
lAangston was met by company Of
loyalists who ordered her to tell them
the news among the rebels.