Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

preston grim, his tai n2lre. StOop-
ing, Il peculiar twinkle in his small
blue eyes, his brown wig without pow
der, his coat pcach-blossom in color,
his knce-brcCchrS Of leather, and his
stockings of yarn. The speaker of
the Burgcsscs was on Il daiS under
a red canopy supported by gildcd rods,
and the clerk sat beneath with a
mace OH the table before him, but
Henry cried for liberty or death, and
the shouts of treason failed then and
there is save Virginia for the king.
The lads brain whirlcd. What did
all this mean? Who was this king and
what had he done? He had Enown
but the one from whom he had run
away. When he got Dave alone he
would learn and learn and lenrnT--
everything. And then the young
people came quietly in and sat down
quietly, and" Colonel Dale, divining.
what they wanted. got Dave started
on stories of the wild wilderness that
was his home-the first chapter in the
Had Of Kcntucky-the land of dark
forests and cane thickcts that sepa-
rated Catawbas, Greeks and Chero
KEGS on the south from DelawareS.
WyandotteS and ShawneCS on the
north. who fought one another, and
all of whom the whites must fight.
How the first fort was built. and the
first women stood on the banks Of the
Kentucky river. He told of the pcrils
and hardships of the first Journeys
thither-lights with wild beasts and
Wild men, chaSes, kand-tO-hand com
bats. escapes and massacrcs - and
only the breathing of his listeners
could he heard, save the sound of his
own voice Andthe came finally to
the story OF the attack on the fort,
the raising of n small hand above tue
cane. palm outward, and the swift
dash of slender brown body into the
fort, and then. seeing the boys face
turn scarlet, he did not tell how that
same lad had slipped back into the
woods even while the fight was going
on. and slipped back With. the bloody
scalp of his enemy, but ended with
the timely coming of the Virginians,
led by the lads father. who got his
death-wopnd at the very gate. The
tense breathing Of his listeners cul-
minated. now in one general deep
breath.
Colonel Dale rose ard TUNED to
General Willoughby.
"And that's where he wants to take
our boys"
"Oh, it's much safer now," said the
hunter. 1--WE have had no trouble for
some time, and there's no danger in
side the fort"
81 can imagine you keeping those
boys inside the fort when there's so
much going on outside. Still
Colonel Dale stopped and the two
boys took heart again.
Colonel Dale escorted the boy and
Dave to their room. Mr. Yandell must
go with them to the fair a. Williams
burg next morning, and Mr.. Yandell
would go gladly. They would spend
the night there and go to the COVER
nor's ball. The.neXt day there was a
county fair, and perhaps Mr. Henry
would speak again. Then Mr.. Iandell
must come back with them to Red
Oaks and pay them Visit--no, the
colonel would accept no excuse what
ever.
The boy piled Dave with questions
about the people in the wilderness and
passed to sleep. Dave lay awake a
long time thinking that war w"s sure
to come. They were Americans now,
said Colonel Dale-not Virginians,
Just as nearly a century later the
same people were to say:
1--WE are not Americans now--we
ere Virginians."
(To be Continued).