. The Chronicles of America series. e guardswere to lag behind with the prisoner, till the otherswere out of sight on the twisting trail. Then oneof the two was to kill Sevier and assert that he haddone it because Sevier had attempted to fell out almost as planned, except that the otherguard warned Sevier of the fate in store for himand gave him a chance to flee. In plunging downthe mountain, Seviers horse was entangled ina thicket. The would-be murderer overtook himand fired; but here again fate had interposed forher favorite. The ball had dropped out of theassassins pistol. So Sevi
. The Chronicles of America series. e guardswere to lag behind with the prisoner, till the otherswere out of sight on the twisting trail. Then oneof the two was to kill Sevier and assert that he haddone it because Sevier had attempted to fell out almost as planned, except that the otherguard warned Sevier of the fate in store for himand gave him a chance to flee. In plunging downthe mountain, Seviers horse was entangled ina thicket. The would-be murderer overtook himand fired; but here again fate had interposed forher favorite. The ball had dropped out of theassassins pistol. So Sevier reached Morgantownin safety and was deposited in care of the sheriff,who was doubtless cautioned to take a good lookat the prisoner and know him for a dangerous anda daring man. JAMES ROBERTSON Portrait by Washington B. Cooper, Nashville. In the collectionof the Tennessee Historical Society. Photograph in the collectionsof Archibald Henderson. ig his fr nohoalloo orft uI .^fti • o[> .fl fioisiiiiUaW vd *! ooaiabnsll. SEVIER, THE STATE:\L\KER 243 There is a story to the effect that, when Sevierwas arraigned in the courthouse at Morgantownand presently dashed through the door and awayon a racer that had been brought up by some of hisfriends, among those who witnessed the proceed-ings was a young Ulster Scot named Andrew Jack-son; and that on this occasion these two men, laterto become foes, first saw each other. Jackson mayhave been in Morgantown at the time, though thisis disputed; but the rest of the tale is pure legendinvented by some one whose love of the spectacularled him far from the facts. The facts are less the-atrical but much more dramatic. Sevier was notarraigned at all, for no court was sitting in Mor-gantown at the time. The sheriff to whom he wasdelivered did not need to look twice at him to knowhim for a daring man. He had served with him atKings Mountain. He struck off his handcuffs andset him at liberty at once. Perhaps he also notifiedGeneral Ch
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