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Show 150 ROEBUCK.: CI-IAPTER XIV. ROEBUCK AJ.!'TER .MANASSA. FRO)! various causes the can1p at 1\fanassa proved to be unfavorable to the recovery of the sick and "rounded. In two or three days after the battle, Doctor Fairfax became satisfied that if he ren1ainecl there his "\Vound, already sho,ving unpleasant symptoms "\vould be slow to heal, and he decided to return hon1~ for a titne. Not being an enlisted soldier, he obtained pennission "\Yithont difficulty: I~ the. n1ca.ntin1c he had been almost constantly "\Vlth Uaptmn Trcn1aine. Sympathy and re. poet rapidly ripened into friendship for that gallant and unfortunate g?ntlc.man. The doctor becan1e so "\varn1ly interested 1n h1s recovery that he desired to take him to his owt: house, ,vhcre he 1nio-ht have the benefit of such nurs1ng and care as a cam~) could not afford. "'\Vhen he invited tho captain to acco1npany him the 'vouncled prisoner :~'~as very grateful. '"fhrough the exertions of Doctor I~ au·fax and Captain Fitzhugh, the eonsent of the pr_o?ct· authorities "\vas obtained. The prisoner's conclttwn \vas very critical, but as the journey "\vas to be almo 't entirely by rail way, it was hopccl that he 'vould lJc bnt little injured by re1noval, un lor the jndicions c:wo of the doctor. Bcino- mnono- strano-crs, the 'vonndecl 0 v .,:"\ ~ m~n naturally fonnd son1e co1nfort in the society oi n. person fro1n his own country and of his own pol .t t.w a l sentiments. I-Io hncl, therefore, taken son1e pleasure in the presence of Ca1npbell, and, perhaps at the sug- • • HOEDUCK. 15] gestion of tJ~at !noilest gent1 1n:1n, he expr cRse(l, with lpparcnt he ttatwn, a 1e' ire t hat his Northern countrymnn ~honl<.l accoinpany lli1n, if that shoull 1>o found pracLwabl c: and 'vns ag r ee:ll>lc to ])octor FairliL\~. The ~loc~or 'vas not nver ::;c to t he arrang Jnent. IIis in terest .m." Bombyx," as a , t ully, was not d imin 1 shetl by thmr Intercourse, ancll1e was ·willing to hG amnscd nt home ~y this cnriou spccin1en. JJcsi les, he d csi r 1<.1 to obl1ge Cnptain 'I're1na ine in e\·ery "\"Croy~ 0") lY '"' • .d ] ]> - bell k 1d already been infor11wc1 that, a~-J a civilian ancl a mere i!:p ectator of the b:1.ttle, he wonhl not be treated ns a prisoner of war, but that, for n1ilitary reasons, it was Jemnccl noce . . ary to d etain hin1 for a short t j 1 ne with in the Confederate lines. I t was fi nally arran o·c<l that both Tre1naine and C:unpbcll, giving suit:~)lo paroles, should ncco1npany D octvr l i,airfax. The doctor notified his brother that, being slightly wounded, he was about to r eturn h tnue " riLh two "\\'Ounclc<l fricnclH, ancl he r cqueste<.l t hnL his owu house Inio-ht Le prepared for then1. .::> This \vas tl1e first infor1n:1tjon r ccei ved at I{ocbuck how Doctor Dick hac.l fttred in the bat tle. The co nntry lmJ be.en infonned with telegraphic brevity that the S?uth hall gained a splen did victory at .Manas a, but w~th severe loss in killed an<.l ,vonndcd. 'J:'lwn tho w:rcs conveyed the un.Jnes of gcn cra.ls aull aftcrwanls of other ofiicers \vho h::td f~tllen. Next cmn c an estiuutte. ?f the Confed erate loss, studiouBly 1noJ erate, hilt inghUit! to thooc who had kindred in the army. Slowly a few t clcgnuns followc<l :ii.·on1 sarvivor:-> to theit· J<unilies. But fOr ,·cveml days nothing wa~ known throug h out the coun try of the i~tle of, thou~ aud~ ~f the bc~t and b t:a\·c-:t of tho lan d, who haJ eon ex1Joscd to the penl of a bloody bai tle. ·The |