The old log church was used as an hospital, and Mrs. Jackson was among the women who nursed the wounded Americans. Not long afterward the terrible Tarleton and his men made a rush at Waxhaw; at another time the army under Cornwallis attacked the same place, and the settlers fled from his fury. Six months later the Jacksons returned to the ravaged section. Andrew was now fourteen, tall and thin and seething with the desire to take part in the fighting going on all around him. His first chance was when, as one of the guard of a place attacked by the Tories, he helped to beat them off. Dragoons arrived in time to save the Tories, and among the captured were Andrew and his brother. It was while he was with the British that Jackson was slashed by a sword in the hands of an officer whose boots he had refused to blacken. Afterward, wan and wasted by neglect and disease, the two boys were exchanged. From this experience the brother died; but the stronger constitution of Andrew carried him through and he recovered. Mrs. Jackson then heard that her nephews were suffering in the British prison pens at Charleston; she hurried to their aid, but was attacked by the fever and died. Andrew Jackson was now alone in the world, and without a penny. After the war he turned his little stock of learning to good account. He became a backwoods schoolmaster. Then he studied law, worked in a country store, and afterward opened a law office at Nashville in Tennessee. During all of this period Jackson was acquiring a reputation as the wildest and most daring spirit on the frontier; the hot temper of his boyhood had cooled not a jot; he was always ready for any deed of hardihood, and the rough spirits of the border learned to fear his anger. His marriage, from unusual circumstances attending its contraction, was one which promised many sorrows; but as a matter of fact proved a very happy one. Jackson was sent to Congress from Tennessee, and was afterward made senator. Later he resigned and returned to Nashville. Here at different times he practiced law, kept a store, and farmed. It was at this period that he was made commander of the state militia, and subdued the Creeks. Afterward he became head of the army of the United States in the southwest, and drove back the British at New Orleans. After defeating the Seminole Indians in Florida, and performing other services of great value to the country, Jackson began a political career full of tumult; he was the most loved and most hated man of his time. He was elected President of the United States in the year 1828, and again four years later. Then he retired to the quiet of the “Hermitage,” near Nashville, as his home was called, and spent the remainder of his life in peace. He died June 8, 1845. The Stories in this Series are: IN KENTUCKY WITH DANIEL BOONE IN THE ROCKIES WITH KIT CARSON IN TEXAS WITH DAVY CROCKETT ON THE BORDER WITH ANDREW JACKSON JOHN T. McINTYRE [Illustration]