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Show 28 HOETIGCK. • UIIAPTEit III. VISITORS AT ROEBUCK. Fn.o:M the country ro~u1 or higlnvay a bro~d ~venno h'1.lf a lnile in leno·th. l '<l np to a gnte belo\V the bluff it~ front of the.:::> ln:tn~ioa of J{ocbnck. On each o;:i<1e 6f the av nne \V<'-~ a row of lonlb:l.nly p~plar:sta\ l, pointell, .~ tccp1c-like tree~, bu\ ~h·cady str~c:c~~ a! top with that early dccny ,v]uch ~f1lwts thos.e .. t~ptun.:::> fa.vorite' of the la:t gener:ttion. \Vhen J uha toueheu. Arab ·with her swiLch two young geutleu1cn ·were lll<'Ciing ~t the entrance of the avenue. ' GooJ. n1orning, l\lr. I>nhner." "Guo l1norning, ~[r. l 1"itz;hngh." . At the n~unc 1notncnt they t urned the heads of thmr horses and rode together bct,vcen the poplars. At first they tn.lked. of the ,vea.ther, their horses anJ. otl:cr trite or trivialinatter,:;, and, ·while their conver. atwn i~ unirnporta.nt, there \Vill bn tin1c to <l."scribc th?1n. . They were about the R~unc ng , ol twcnt y-srx,. Ol seven, a.nd were both h:lnd~onle and tall; l>ut l~I.tz) nto·h \V:\s not quile a ' Utll a hi~ eompa,nion; the ior-. 1ne~· hac1 dn.rk hair, eyes :LtH1 complexion, and th o:e of the latter \vere ligltt. 'flw dress of Paln1cr was i'a:;hionaule nnu precise; that o f Fit.z;hugh g cnLed .l.>at ncrr1i o·ent. As ho 1'8Clll~Ul:·:I1I U· t> • • • oi ·dl lS t ne l):\.,'~1011 < ch~s~· in Virginia, but espeei:t1l y 0 r genU ' lllUD, t.hey ,yerc both wel l 1nounLe( l . '1..,•' W l 101 .: -.~ e o t' t t'.,l e d~trk· hJ-ired rider wa~ ulack, of n1oueraLe size and cviueui1y noEnrcK. 20 of fin0 b1ooc1, \\·hi10 he of 1 he 1:1ir con1pl xion ro<10 n Rtou t,...r anim:1l of eh c~nn t color. Pa1nH.'r's f( :1tnrrR \\'ere <.' X:t<'tly n 'g·nlar an ~l \\·it ltout an :1pp:u ' :11 hl emish exe<.'pt tl1:1L hi~~ lig h t Llu eyes di sp1 :tYL' lt rall. l'r t o(; 1 ll l1 C Jt W hi k ' · 'f' h (' y ('X p 1' C'. S C < 1 l1 0 d C (' .i d" (} C 1t !ll' :H' t C r, n.n (l .e.vet~ t.he d oubtful negation of ·xpr ~~i o n nti ,~· h t .-'1.0,'J llfy CJthf'l· np:1tl1y or p rndetWP :ut<l his f l ·e 1ni c··ht 1> e n 1nas1 c o r a Ull.l TOr. TlJ:tt of Fitzhn ~~·h \\'a · l~e ss rl'g nlar and rnore 1Icxil>le in ft•:-ttur nn tl ,iL Tnt.· n1o re respon ~ ive to rnincl flllll h<'arL. Its hab itnnJ cxnrrssion ·was one of <.lre:uny jdlen ss. Dut it c·:tno·hL t he ch:1np·e of. every pn.~~ing inf1nt•nce , o r cn.di lj; tha t a ~tr:tn gcr 1n1g·ht have Bnspcetc•<l hi!-1 character of 1 ·vi1y 1L :litoth cr n:tture 1nore lll·of'ot tn cl lt:ul not h en irHlicated by tho breadth or his foreh ead, the cl ·pth of the eyes and the finn lin es of 1lt" 1nonth. '~ '1..,11 er·e goe.· .lH\1 ·t s.· I 1 :t·t r·b .~ t o w~lnls the honBc" said P:lln1er. . ' ~' J\ nd her nn ·le 'vith h r," ntld <1 Fitzhugh. "Bnt he shall not n~s i s t her to alight. I int ncl to pcrfonn t.h:tL service mysel['' " IC you are at the house b efore 1nc, you 1nn.y." " Ag reed." "8..1. w w ]u . n1 ~onr ht"'e] ·,Sultan," ·ni<.ll; itzhugh, and, at. a t onch of the eanc, h is ho rse b onndecl away. I>:thner n.l ·o, hntnoring the b:tu t 'r, pnt spurs to tho ches tnut. If t hey \\TC r ..:e·..' ll at n,ll by Julia ana h er llllt'h', th.cy ~vere soon ont of sight n.· they appron,('he<.l the b~n!'t. 11 or a short ra ce there wa8 not lll tteh d ifl'c'rcn<: e 1 n sp etid l>('L\Y<.:en the hor. ·es, bnt the bla ·k lwl 1 the st:u'L he 1m l t :tk <.'IL J\.s no p (; r:-:;011 was ,·ern nt the g ate, 1L npp .aL'tl Lhat the 11 c•eessity of ·topp in o· to opeu it \voul<l e 1<1 the r~H·'l antl ~et the ri<.lers .e~eu. But fro1u each si<L~ of the s·ate ran a stone \vall or |