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Show ) 288 n o 1~ n u c 1\: . f.'1nec1 by pnb1 icat ion. Beside~ the natural reluctance o[ a lover to le:1xe her, he felt a pre. cntimcnt that this pnrtinrr n1ight be final, for l1c knew that they were l)ot,h ~cr oinob - into dan<, .. r, cr. BnL the thonr'-r' ht of hi s own coining danger r \1uindcd hirn of the ur;rency of his 111ilit.ary <lnty. 'Vithout kuowing the de. ig n ·whi ch he " ro tllJ hasten to fulfil, at the peril of his life, she kn w and appreciated the d tnands of Inilitary service, a11d \Vonld not detain him. 'Vith a sorrowful f:u·ewell th y parted. ])o ·tor ]~airfax smnrn onc;l Lhc f:tithful Caleb, who, ,vith otherR of his class, 'nv riding at lei:-;ure behind the rc()·iment. lie had followed his n1a~tcr whenever l1o \Vas " ·it h the army, :tucl, in that branch of the art n1ilitary which fell " ·ithiu hi.· sphere, he l1ad acquired 1 he ready skill of an ohl carnpaio-ncr. After testifying hiK <lelio·ht at 1neeUng with lUi.·s Julia, by bows and grins and " 'or<ls of learned length and thundering sound, he applied hin1. ·elf, under the doctor's direction, to the care of the l1orscs anJ the arrangement of the baggage of tl1c expedition in which his nutster had ju 't enlisted. lVitlt his expert aid everything was ready for the road iu a . ·!tort time, and Jnlia, 'vith her escort, resnn1ed her journey. During the re t of the clay no event occurrecl to thorn of sufliciont importance to ju:·tify r ecital. vVhile they rode along, Julia related to her uncle j n detail all that had recently happeneJ at J{oebuek and in its VI <.:lnJty. The doctor " rn · often 1novetl to indignation, and the 1uisfortunc!i of his brother and ltis brother's wife 1norc than once dre·w tears to his eyes. As to l10r own suffering.·, while she was a captive in .lVIr. J>ahncr's house, she n1aintainecl a peculiar rc crve in speaking both to her uncle aud II ugh :Fitzhugh. They TIO EDGCK . 280 Jcnrnecl frmn 1H'r Jitllc 1norc than ?-.L1rJin nn cl D:1xt er hatl alrcacly tol<l t!H'm . Even to her mo:hrr a S''nliInent of' lll :1 i<1en1y m o dc~1y prcn:nted h •r from l'l'\'C':lli11, o-.· aJI t1 l:lt occnrrcd in 1tcr C'1t.1lllhc'r aL Jir.l>.tJmer·s. Perh:1 p~, too, :t consc.:iousnc~s tlt:1t. her own in <1ign:ltiOtl , \ras ·1nor . intense than ic h:tcl c\·er lH'<.'n Lcf'orl', ancl a r.crnpnl nn.· ie:1r of c:uTying· rcvcn.~~·f~ too i:u· or or involvin g- others in :tltcmpls nt e.\:lrt'mo violcnc·c. 1'0 - str:tine<l 11er from CX]>O . .-ino· the Wl!OJ 1 enonnit y of a ~ A 1 uert P:llm Pr' fi g'll ilL. En on ~·h ·w:l~ k ll 0 Wll 11 0\re \"01', 1o Uo1onc1 li~itzltw,.h nn<l ltc·r Hnc·1c to hr:m<l P:llmer in } their estimation as a monster oC iniqnity, who l1atl " rrong·(·<l ht'r whom they rc'g:nc1cJ ns tho most innocent ar1<l most ]o,·cly nmong ,,·omcrJ. A t cvc11ino;-·, the tr:lrclers arri,·ed ~1L tlw house of a £1rmcr whosu lt:uno " ·:1s Bell. IIc w:1s an ncqnaintn iltC 0 r I) oct () l' F:li rr;l\-, :lnd eon sent ('<1 to ell tert:lin thc1n for tltc ni~rllt . Tltis \\':t ' a considerab1 \proof of ,""I hospit:1lity; for, altl1ough Mr. H .. ll h:td a good J:u·m_, he ha cl nothi;tn· to eat f'or men or JJOrscs, excrpL a l1ttlo 0 • corn nn t1 L:won, wl1 ieh he ].;:epL concc:d('c1Jest 1L ~hon1d bB t.n.kcn ii·o1n hi rn or destroyed. Experience l1ad tauo·ht him thi~ {i.~ar and an :1droit ingenuity in conccaiTn,. the remnants of hi~ snpplic ·. llc:idcs, there ,\ras then in hi.· lto11sc, awaiting interment, the dc:hl body of his . o n. The yottn g- rn :111 hacl boun ~ ·'~l(lier in Fitz:111 g h's regiment, :1.ntl dic(l ..: U<1<1l\n.1y '''tt11n.1 a few Jll t l'~ or hi.· i:lthcr's ho nse. As the ltlllCral n tcs of '' rt\bel ·" were sometimes intcrrn ptctl wi th insnlL nntl o n tr:1o·c in those p:Lrt:-; of the State whieh were overrun b~ 1 he in vatl ers, it h:t<l been < lccmed II •ec~sary t_o briun· ho111e ~he hody of the Confc'dcrate BoldlCr pnvnrc; during the p;·ecc<ling night, an:l it wns to . ~c buric<l with equal sccresy the very Iught of Juhas 13 .. • |