A Daughter of Maryland.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1149, 19 November 1904, Page 4

A Daughter of Maryland.

OHAPTER XVI. THE INVASION OF WI'MKHN JURYMND. I Major Lmcier wasalineal diw ■ d » of the Galvoriß, and rotruer pnmnt >■* i i drew his sword in ili-f»-no« »f ins -a :v: land, No sumraon but tbocdl-i li' w W'S IHO'tt'd iO Whllealli tile «•• :l|' .V Mlhad already proven its lid .ih oit country, and no Biionfi-nv..sio:» iiiea'. 1-1 him to' make for ilui can-:- he believed was just. Thus, without • '<• nn ,' irm of the dangers environin» the oi.i homestead and thoso most dun ;o liiui, Ikloft Sylvanm to the eatis of women m\» hirelings, while ho went foith tu Inid a regiment of gal'aut sons of tho South. H> depended very ranch on the guardianship of Daniel Boruers, but bifovoamonth hud passed the latter had enlisted iu ;ho Conu • federate service, and Annan found hor.wli without even his doubtful counsel. If sue had never btforo she then proved lursdf to be a bravo-heattod woman. All over the land she knew was being repealed ibis sad experience coming to her; famih circles wore being broken, thp members of happy homes scattering to different places undor what was then believed to ben temporary separation, but which was to prove in very many cases unto death. Thus she looked resblntfly forward into the future, keeping her mind in touch with every moyement made by the contending armies. Then, there cnino the intelligence which sent a thrill of terror to many a brave heart in Maryland. Under the tlim.uli.lion of the triumps of his first campaign, General Lee bad conceived of the bola'ilesign of invading the enemy's territory, and ho had already crossed the Potomac into western Maryland. Colonel Lander belonged to the Army of Northern Virginia, and when he learned of tho proposed invasion, be realised us he had not before the hapless situation of his home and those doar to him, " God pity ■ and saye my child!' was the constant prayor on his lips. „. Thsro was another in the grim grH phalanx of tattered troops who looked wiH 'dread forebodings upon this aggressiH march across the boundary lino bctwuH the warring fractions. Esten Berners iH :' at tho outset joined S'uart's cavalry, whflS with a couple of batteries ol horse urtiilw had been called upon to cover the rearH the advanoing army, H Scarcely had the Confederate started on Mb daring undertaking, wflH the Union forces under General McCleiH| immediately pressed forward* in pmvH ponei'rating into tho picturesque Audo:|H Vnlloy, until further advance was stopfffl by tho massive barrier of South MountJpS Here tho Union army wheeled about, commanding a wide view of the Eden-liko scene, prodigal in it-t display of Holds of golden treasures ripe for die ha\ vest, and waving forests lightly touched with tho russet and brown of enr!y autumn, all so sosn to bo marked with a Wail of graves and blasted landtcape. Stuart's troops were the first to discover tho presence of tho Noithern army, and it fell to the lot of Lieutenant Be>ners to ! carry the tidings to the commander. History tells how tho Union army dollied in shining columns athwart the valley to tho heights on the east bank of tho Autieiam; it tells as well on the 17th of September, | 1862, as the mellow light of dawn Hooded - ■ the fair valley it shone on tho mighty hosts drawn up in battle array, when as if the rosy messengers of light wero the bearers pi tho toreh of batilo tho silence of tho beautiful morning was broken by tho rattle of musketry and the hoarso thunder of cannon. Our task is to pick up a few of the raveled threads of filling tho historian .-" has dropped in the warp of his page, Thus we are spared the description of that Banguinary ,strugglo between tho ovonly matched armies, which ended only when ; the rival ranks had torn oaoh other to shreds, falling back in fragments but not ; in disorder, bafllcd for tho time but not defeated, , Sharpsburg hud two main roads running out from tho town, ono lending northward to Hagerstown, tho other easterly to ~ Sylvania, and thence northward along the

, base of South Mountain. A couple of , miles from tho east bank the Amiotaui rises from the base of tho mountain, the sontinel ; of which we have had occasion to speak, guarding the onttanco to Wind .'liver Valley. Near this point Stuart's cavalry tested tho night before the battle, sending out a foraging detachment early in the ovoning, to whioh it so happened Lieutenant Bernors was altacbcd, But tbo latter was not in charge of tho party or tho un- . pleasant incident wo are about to describe would nev,er havo taken place, The moon was in its first, quarter, but the'sky was sufficiently clear for tho forage a to see their way na plainly as they oared, with tho Federal army resting oil their arms less than two miles away. Liko so many shadows, tho | horsemen redo as silontly as po?sible along the saudy road leading toward Sjlvaniu, Lieutenant Bernors suffering untold agony as he foresaw the inevitable result of this expedition, Biding alongside tho leader, he said: 11 There are rich plantations off to our left; should wo not bo the gaiuorij to head more ip that direction ?" " What do you know about this business ?" was (be gruff reply, " I know every foot of the country for miles, and every placo and its conditions. If we keep on this way we shall strike but one homestead for several miles, while just to out tight aro many and richer ones," He sftid this, as ho know, at imminent risk to himself, "Unlessl have been misformed, this opo plantation is worth move than all the others, notwithstanding your stutiineut, I reckon when I wont any information from you I will »sk for it, and you will be in command." Lieutenant Berners relapsed into silence, noticing that thoy wero wearing the collection of negro huts, which buro now a de» serted appearance. A littlo futthor on he etw his own home, standing deflate in tho starlight. A minute later the lights of Sylvan Munor could be seen through tho treeß.

By J, Waldo Brown

" it lock like a rich old estate," said tlv' '.•:'.'.; f, "and wh»t in bettci*,boys, for . ii.'C'iiK'i ik'K i'biilonfjs to an ally «l lM'\"ks. A word l-n tho who is sufli-

\'U.".i l'n"-;:i)i9kncwonlv too well what tii t! iii mi urn, bin he realised equally as we I linr it ,tn;dd be Kindness for him 10 ;■! -k '.'iiiis with an ncli'iig heart ho saw In 'i I cavalcade lurn into tho broad ■i'lv. way be:v.ien the beeches ho had k .■ wn i'.-. long as ho could n member. ' There an-prom sing stable boys; take ;.ov,r pick, while tho rest of us see what ramus they feel like bringing on at the ImiiS'.'."

Amiiii and Mrs Tinhton, with ha f a dozen faithful negroes, hoard the api roach uf i lie horsemen, nnd trembling with fright aii'l Mirpiisc they peered out to see who their l.iio visitors could be. "Itis a bod;, of soldiers!" exclaimed the housekeeper,

"Mush, Mr.i Ralston; it looks lilto Confederate troops,"

They can not mean us h irm. lam going to tho door. Soo I home of them are dismounting.' 1

Despite tho protestations of her companion?, Anrian boldly opened tho door, when she found herself confronted by the leader of tho party, while she oould see a portion of tho band noaring the stable. To lie continued