In these Capt. Conyers was greatly distinguished. He was most daring,
and sat and managed his horse so remarkably well, that as was the case
with the centaur of old, they might have been taken for one animal.
Conyers was at this time fighting under the auspicious eye of a young lady,**
to whom his faith had been plighted, and beneath her alternate
smiles and fears, he presented himself daily before the lines of the enemy,
either as a single champion, or at the head of his troop.
Often did she hear them repeat, "Take care! there is Capt. Conyers!"
It was a ray of chivalry athwart the gloom of unrelenting warfare.
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* About ten days, as it appears from the dates of his letters.
** This young lady was Mary, the second daughter of John Witherspoon,
who after the war, was married to Conyers. One day when her lover
made his appearance as usual, a British officer made use of language
disrespectful to him, which she bore for some time with patience;
at last he said something indelicate to herself.
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