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CAPE THURSDAY MORNING,. OCT. 19, 1876 POOL'S ROCK. BY M KS. riCKKO V. H A KKIS. I ' CHAPTER I Hi 1 The struggle for freedom' waxed hotter. The Colonies were in need of j every . .' ' t ro'njr arm and bra vie heart '.within their boundaries'. "Winter was .eotninjr on, and 'five vears of war had , alreadv told .on the limited resources of tlie rebels. ''" . -Dudley Tool had left Tilliam.4jo ' roujrh after announcing lii intention i to join Was-hinirton's forces. But no oiie fn the village had heard of him siiiee his departure, and none of the t wounded soldiers who had returned ; htjutie liad Been him in tlie ranks. ; j When the news of the battle of (Tuilford Court 11 onse reached the vil lage, intense excitement prevailed, for the wear v and woumieu messenger said that ( 'ajtt. Norwood's company had borne a conspicuous part in it, and that : wJien the young officer was last, seen. Hie was scvenil yards in -front-' of his troops 'with' the t-ii.-igu in' one hand and hi- .sword iri the other, lighting furi- ously, as he cheered his men onward. -,.'fMary Kasterling received tliis ne;3 with 'emotions ". of inihgled pride and anxiety. During the long day she i waited, fearing every moment to hear of her lover's death, and J hii)ing As often' to hear that he ! W alive and victorious. As the I if -eiung shades approached sIk quietly I ptolo from the house and went to the f r ljurch porch where he had kept guard the night before they had parted, She ; ;i,t near, the pillar that had shielded her 1 that niirht from the wind as she held -f his liupket, and- leaning her head upon' her hnnd.V she .prayed earnestly for his safety. The shadows grew X lunger, the bats whirled .around the ofoss-crowjied belfry and the autumn wind blew colder and wilder as niglrt : aj)proached, but she still sat motion s' le(ss. ov and then, a tear drop would t trickle down her clasped hands and the t prayer liad brought but little peace, as yet, to.her. :' She was suddenly startled by hear ing a stealthy stej) near her, and look ingMip she saw Dudley I'ool standing beside her. -lie said, in low, cautious tones. ; i ,,. '. , " Do not let me frighten you, Mary. 1 'have come to know if you have heard the news." She answered eagerly : - ' 1 have heard. Were voq there? Jiid you help to fight thobattlef ' ' ! was not in the battle, but I can . tejll you w)iat you may not wish to hear. Dp you reineinber that I told you John NWwood would .be killed and" he fc. in tinned speaking more loudly "that " v(iu would vet become my wife ? Bo von remember, my pretty one ?" b With a paleness she could not eon trul she eoldl j replied : -.'-,. . " It you are really in the army as you wi.-h me to believe though maify pconle doubt it vou may also be killed lie fore the conflict is ended. I do not ei'ejdit the' report of John's pi'obable death, but if he was indeed shot dowu nt the head of hi troops I will bti true to him. i: on 'would" never sneak to . i nip again, if your unaided arm should wm my country s cause o see me Am til. I died--: . Her voice was hard and cold, and the ' , anguish she felt be jtruyed itself in her , every tone. ' - '! Suppose you could not,prevQnt it !' iio said quietjy. ;M 1 vouhl prevent it' sh0 answered .;' haiightily,' riilig to leave the porch. t " I propose to cut -this interview short, '-now, and I 'will go and tell your ac , quaintances in the village that they can lind you in 4hc vicinity of St. John's." ,..' ; 'Listen to me, Mary' Easterling" he cried out fiercely. ' She sprang toward the gate but paused when she noticed that he did . not go beyond the side of the building that hid him. from the street. ""-' ".What would you say? she asked turning around and looking at him, composedly. ;lf youdare to tell anyone that you saw me here, I will come in the night and murder yon. There are only a few old jjnen left to protect the village and I could defy them." he said in a hoarse whisper." , . ' . , '.- Hie quietly replied; i "I do not fear you, Dudley Tool. .1 ohu would avenge my death" if you should dare to carry out your threat. You know your own life would be worth nothing when .he should rettlrn." 'He will nc.ver return,? answered the man with , a triumphant laugh. , "He wrfs' killed at Guilford Court House. Til grant he died like a hem but you will never be his wife, ray fair lady. J wifl claim you yet ! There is time enough for that, however. Promise yoti will mention my visit here to no 1 one."- ; ;- 5 !l do not. make promises rashlv, and when I make them, I keep them," said Mary, significant.!. ' 4j! 1 1 can do you no earthly good to tell it, and, as lama spy, it might do the cause of Liberty harm, if you say that 4 you; saw me here," he said, in -a concilia tory tone. . ; Mary answered evasively. '. int they say yon arc a deserter, and U" .vaxnoi! . a. 'til J t w He, 1 assure you. F(Jr' the j . gocjil of your country, promise !" he ex i clamied, xrouehlng - closer into the shadow of the , protecting wall, as he spoke. , ; : i Mary regarded him silently a moment , and said, "I do not Wlieve one word you utter. You, acted dishonestly int addressing me when vou knew I was enGasred,to John I ain almost-convinced that you are either a coward or a Tory r "1 do not feel that John is killed," she continued, more hurriedly. shall hope to see him until somfe one in whom I have great confidence tells me m he is dead." As she finished speaking miu luiueu ana walked slowly home ward. - . His face was white with rage, and without attemntinV to follow tifr h kept in the shadow of the Church ' as long as he could, and then ran .unti he I reached a neighboring elnmp of .WVV&, uu ms iorm was lost in the darkness. AVhen he again emercred from the gloom of the forest into which the scattering trees led, he was on the borders V)f the Tool's Rpck field, and stooping down, rubbed gome thing he carried in a dark lottle, and Walked unmolested into the vawnincr mouth of the reptile-haunted rock. With his powerful arm he rolled a stone efore the opening through which he had entered, and. found himself alone and shut up in an immense cave. No ray of morn or star-light pene trated it. and the only sound that dis turbed the awful stillness was the rush of the streamlet over the pebbles that surrounded the Rock. Tool soon kin dled a fire and its glare disclosed a bed of straw in one corner, a pile of books in another, on which was carefully thrown a guitar, and in another corner was a heap of provisions. Was he a coward, or a Tory or did his passionate love for the beautiful village maiden cause him to live in that isolated spot, until the, danger of war was over, encouraged, by the hope that her betrothed husband would be killed in the fury of the conflict ? . f The hundred years that have a,Wd since that time." have never found an answer to these questions. x ernaps the mould of a century covers the only papers of importance pertaining to tools historv ni the dismal cavern. tthere. too, perhaps the -quaint, books of are slowly decaying and the. broken strings of the sweet-toned instrument are touched onlv by the slimv skin of creeping reptiles. . hen the American cause was won. Pool returned to the village occasion ally, and then my sterioush' disappeared- j-' hen he died a few 3'e.ats afterward his will was fouudand he bequeathed to. "Mary, the true wife of John Nor wood, the sum of five hundred dollars in gold" and left a letter for her, in which he told her of his lonely life irt Poors Rock, and added, that if she had known his reasons of refusing to join the colo nial forces, she irfiglit not have utterly despised him. lie never made these reasons known however, and Pool s name has no ploasanter associations connected with it among the honest villagers, than the fearful Rock in which he found a temporary refuge. It may be, that sometimes durinar the long (.winter evenings, when John and Mary sat together around the glow ing hearth, they recalled the coming of the handsome stranger into their midst, and remembered with feelings akin to admiration the songs he would sing, and the stories of wild adventure he would relate. And, -when Marv would tell of her last interview with Pool on the. porch of St. John's, she would forget" to men tion the man's fierce manner and words, so great was' her delighs in dwelling on the glad surprise that awaited her when she reached her mother's houAe. on that eventful evening.-' j For a note from her lover, in which he told her of his safety and her coun trvs victory was handed to her, and Dudley Pool's threats and strange words were not thought of, long after wards. 4 . Three generations of the descendants of John and Mary Norwood have wor shiped in St. John's Church, and they have seldom passed its sacred portal without bestowing a thought on the brave and true man and 'woman who etched for the enemies of Liberty by the light of the moon and stars that shone down nnnn them a hundred venrs f o-n - ! . . I THK-KM). KERCIIM & f ALMIl BROS., COMMI&SSIOX MER CHANTS WHOLESALE OROCERS. . "i . PEAT-EKS IX PLANTERS' & DISTILLERS' SUPPLIES. AGENTS FOK TIIK ORIENTAL POWDER MILLS. 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Tbey tbiak that ILU can only be effeclel the, prevalence f,f Democratic prlnHpleandhe IlmL4 t4 the Radical party from the tnacf and power wfcica lacy tave o ?T-atly abcrl. and tinder whoe tAleful. role theSroih baa been outraged and tb hrle mcntry baa been liapOTeribed anl diiracrd. FETEJl 31. HA LI I, ' 1 W. L. SAUNDLR."?. urn ur ttx.trrxjov. DaDj Oliver cr, ooc year, - - - - W) Dally Observer, tlx tottb. - . I O) Weekly Olrrver, one j ear, - - - 2 W Weekly Olxcrv rr, tlx to.tsL, . " . 1 OO All cotuatznkaHom ahocJd be aJUircued, vntil farther notice, ta W. L. BAUNDIXJ, VTHmlnioOt N. C octUDq
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