102 WHE FAIR COURIER.

 

uniform she knew too well to leave a doubt
of their being friends.

“Where will I find General Sumter ?”
was her first, eager inquiry.

“ He is encamped a mile from here.”

“Take me to him quickly,” she said. “I
have a message from General Greene!”

The excitement by which Emily had
been sustained in her long and perilous
journey now subsided, and ere she reached
the presence of the American general, she
was so weak that she had to be supported
on the horse she rode. When brought into
the presence of Sumter, she rallied, and, sus-
tained by a newly-awakening enthusiasm,
delivered her verbal message to the asto-
nished officer, who, acting in accordance
with the intelligence received, was on the
march within an hour, to reach the point
of junction with General Greene, which
that commander had indicated in his de-
spatch.

Two weeks elapsed before Emily got
safely back to her father, who was in-