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rection. Officers and men gazed after her,
but no wild shout of admiration went up
to the skies. On some minds pressed, pain-
fully, thoughts of the peril that lay in
the path of the brave girl; others, rebuked
by her noble self-devotion, retired to their
tents and refrained from communion with
their fellows on the subject that engrossed
every thought; while others lost all present
enthusiasm in their anxiety for the success
of the mission.
About five miles from the encampment
of General Greene, lived one of the most
active and bitter tories in all South Caro-
lina. His name was Loire. He was ever on
the alert for information, and had risked
much in his efforts to give intelligence to
the enemy. Two of his sons were under
arms at Ninety-Six, on the British side,
and he had himself served against his coun-
try at Camden. Since the encampment of
General Greene in his neighbourhood, Loire
had been daily in communication with
spies who were kept hovering in his vici-