Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-09-29

| ers are loyal enough. But there are
others not so safe or well prepared.
| I'm going to Salem-riding as hard as
| can, with six of our best men.
Darius BOland Is good man. but he's
only had VirginiaT experience, and
this is different. A hundred MarOons
are as good as q thousand white SOL
diers in the way the Maroons fight.
There are a thousand of them. and
they can lay waste this island, if they
get going. So l propose to stop them.
The hounds are only just outside the
harbor, Michael. The ship Vincent,
bringing them, was sighted by a sloop
two days ago, making slowly for
| Kingston. She should be here before
we've time to turn round. Michael,
| the game is in our hands, If we play
it well. Do you 90 down to Kingston
| and"
He detailed what Michael was to do
on landing the hounds, and laid
out plans for the immediate future.
They're in danger at Salem, Mi
chael. so we must help them one way
or another. | think the hounds will
settle this whole wretched business,
! though. The governor can't refuse
their landing now. The people would
kill him if he did 1t was l proposed
it ALL"
Look, sir-whos that?" asked Mi
chaei. as they saw figure riding un-
der the palms not far away.
II was very early morning, and the
light was dim yet, but there was suffi-
cient to make even far sight easy.
Dyck shaded his forehead with his
hand.
Its not one of our people, Michael.
It's stranger"
AS the rider came on he was stopped
by two of the drivers of the estate.
Dyck and Michael saw him hold up
letter, and a moment later he was
on his way to Dyck, galloping hard.
Arrived, he dropped TO the ground
and saluted Dyck.
"a letter from Salem, sir" he said,
and handed it over to Dyck.
Dyck nodded, broke the seal Of the
letter and read it quickly. Then he
nodded again and bade the man eat
hearty breakfast and return with
him on one of the Enniskillen horses,
as his own would be exhausted.
"We're going down TO help protect
Salem, my man." said Dyck.
The man grinned. That's good"
he answered. "They knew naught of
the rising when l left. But the gov
ernor was there yesterday, and he'd
protect us"
Nonsense, fellow, the governor
would go straight to Spanish Town
where he belongs, when there is
trouble. That much he knows of his
duty, I'll say"
When the man had gone, Dyck
turned to his servant. Michael" he
said "the news in the letter came
from Darius Boland. He says the
governor told him he. had orders from
England to confine me here at En-
niskillen, and he meant to do it..
Well, we'll see how he does it. If he
sends his marshals to me, we'll make
Gadarene swine of them"
There was a smile at his lips. but it
was contemptuous, and the lines of
his forehead told Of resolve. Mi
chael," he added, well hunt Lord
Mallow with the hounds Of our good
fortune, for this war is our war. They
can't win it without me, and they
shant. Without the hounds it may
be a two years WARMTH the hounds
it can't 90 beyond q week or So"
IF the hounds get here, sir! But
if they don't?'
Dyck laid his hand upon the sword
at his side "If they don't get here,
Michael, still the war will be ours,
for we understand fighting, and how to
do ii, and the governor does not. Con-
fine me here, will he? Well. II he
does, he'll be q better man than l
have ever known him, Michael. No,
he'll not confine me here. In few
hours | shall be at Salem, to do what
he could not do, and would not If he
could His love is as deep as water
on roof; no deeper. He'll think first
of himself, and afterward of the own
er of Salem or any other"
Son,a bourc Iotar Dvck Calhoun
with his six hOrsemen. was within
mile or so of Salem. They had ridden
hard in the heat and were tired, but
there was high spirit in the men, for
they were behind trusted leader. as
they knew full well-a man who ate
little, but who did not disdain bottle
Of Madeira or a glass of brandy, and
who made good every step of the way
he went-watchful. alert, careful, de-
termined. They trusted him and they
cared little what his past had been.
Somehow, in spite Of the criminal
record with which Dyck Calhoun's life
was stained. they had respect for
him they did not have for Lord NAL
low. Dyck'S life in jamaica was clean;
and his progress us planter had been
free from black spots. He even kept
no mistress! and none had ever known
him to have To do with women, black,
brown or white He had never gone
a-Maying, rs the saying was, and his
only weakness or fault-if it was a
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