100 THE FAIR COURI®R.

 

“Tf I remain here, all hope of reaching Ge-
neral Sumter with General Greene’s mes-
sage is at an end; for in less than an hour
an order will come back for my re-arrest,
and I will be detained in the British camp.
Let me go, and I will trust to Heaven and
my good cause for safety.”

To retain the brave girl, under all the
circumstances, was to incur too great a re-
sponsibility. After a hurried consultation,
it was decided to let her proceed under
cover of the darkness, but not alone. A
fresh horse was provided, and soon after
the news that Mink the tory had passed on
toward the camp of Lord Rawdon was re-
ceived, Emily, accompanied by a trusty
guide and protector, was galloping swiftly
in a direction opposite to that in which lay
the British camp. A few miles brought her
to a road that struck off toward the point
on the Wateree which she was desirous to
reach, in a more southerly direction, and
which would take her at a wide angle from
the point she most wished to avoid. Of