Show A american m e rican heroines by LOUISE at COMSTOCK the women of bryants Brynn te station T pill KB are vita under A which the humblest huni bleet task way demand a he berklan rolson as a great aw as the most gallant brandishing 0 of 00 ona s the little company of pioneer leis i boldly the fort at bryant a station near lexington ky during the indian tle siege of wn was in desperate need of water the nearest source of supply was wa a mr nall spring outside he the fortifies tion several rod rods away from the tile protecting wall ta the indians indiana bad almed their force ato to twe two bands hands one of them ID in plain 1 of the defender defenders of the fort prow ld about the Clelin tg waving tonia hawks letting fly random arrows trying to entice them out into open battle the other lying in ambush near the oaring w wilted willed to attack them when they ventured forth hut but water me vass necessary without it the little stronghold could not hold on to even if its slim chance of survival eurT lva the question lon wae was who should eo go after it I 1 weri men to appear oits ide they would simply be paying 1 into the hands of the w indiana and both those in ambush and those in the open would immediately join in an tack which mutt must prove fatal the women of the fort on the other hand were in to the habit of bringing we water ter into the stockade from the pring spring every ever moning mo ning were they to go about it now in their usual way the indians might con eon elude lude c their waa was belll undiscovered and would not riot wish to risk making it known and their main purpose for the anke of urine on a handful of nt mere thua thus the lot loi was cast somo bome of hie the women terrified by so danger nus ous a prospect at first refusal refused to io 10 there was no hysteria in tho fort anally bowmer liow pier burrid on no by the more they all consent ec grimly they took up their water buckets gwun back the kate 1 of the stockade stock nde and start 0 cd d out the clearing A home IT IV ili little band th they ey were Rhoul shouldered dered pioneer women in shabby linsey dresses and broken sin alit wan from anxious atys diy within the art ort tight tipped lo 10 the expectation if nf instant death in n puzzled silence the red mon men watched them thein they reached the spring 1 filled their I 1 rich tick ftc tc one after is another nother I 1 rick inick t ti the fort and through the open opeo ate zate to safety they had reckoned uell ell not a shot bad been fired t emily ceiser geis er r N NATHAN NA THAirL 1171 GIt PINK bubose whose rigorous camp campaign in eurgle eur gln and the kollruss roll russ eren even dually won that territory for wash inkton and the colonists was re to treating before lord tord froin from ninety six when he reached the broad aler word was broulet bro him I 1 tat the pursuing troops had divid 1 borcea be lie immediately con eon elved the plan of taking addan inge of this dIV division to ninke an confident that though he had lieen helpless against the tile ir of kaidon i a combined he could easily defeat the two smaller forces taken one at a time ills own linen lines were depleted however by the recent engagement his nien mers wenry weary to insure haa hi sue suc esa egg it was necessary to gain the aid of gen lame ock brumter then scouting on the binks of the wateree many ninny miles away the messner Ies sage must be carried through country ridden with torlea not a man would volun leer teer to make the journey then there came to general jeneral greenes quarters offering 1 to t un 1111 dermake this commission a doting eirl girl named krally emily gelger 1 of Fin lYs family of her appearance we know vry little of her later life we knaf only fiat tsal she eventually married a rich planter and become mistress mi ml stress of a planta tion on the Conie conferee ree river hut but we do know that genera general greene accepted as his bin rues tier her with a letter to time al at Mi buniger ritter ai ILI I 1 rend read its it contents to her just in case of fid dent bo she set vilt i ni to horseback and ridin riding sl leeal le eal lie on the second day of her journey she was woe intercepted by lord haw raw dono and sharply auls tinned now could not to th 11 an untruth without blushing her looks bokn were very kiclty indeed lord a scouts promptly tork tock her prim tier ner and confined her in a n room in a nearly vearly farmhouse they rhey sent for an old tory matron ltv ti c me and search her alne in the win waiting nit for the ain matron tron gmills re burnid or abling out the precious letter she to tre re it in hits put it into her alii mouth stis piece by piece chewed e them and wallowed A theiu them the matron ent n d find nd se artlie the tile cirl I 1 lui ut her M revealed rev hlad nothing P nilly wis was rl Hed sisel ta 0 0 her way wa bluntly after anil rent hed her wa gent ral re s dell 4 w her tier it i alpe and still as a result tn im 4 1111 a little 11 inter jr jakop 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