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Show 200 ROEBUCK. nrri\T{ll. Notwithstanding their ovn1 clrstitntion and nflli et ion, however, ~Cr. Ben nnc1 his £uni I y rccC:i vecl the travelers, nn<1 did all that \\rns in their power to Jnn kc thcrn comfortable. At 1nitlnigl1t two or three neighbors hnd nssetnb1ed, :1ncl, with thcrn, Doctor l~airf:1x ass.i~tccl at tire .interlnent or the son of his host. ~rhcy carried the corpse to n ren1ote part of the farm, followed by the f~1ther :lrHl n1other, and lig hted only by the • tnrs. Arriving :tt n Hpot ·where a grave \\'ns already dug nrnong some ol(l Iieh1 pines, one of the neighbors lit the candle iu a Jan tern 'vhi ch he hacl brought. It · scnnty light tingctl tl1e f:tees of the lllOnrners \\r.ith :t 1neJanch oly tint oC yc1Jo,v, an<l faintly strearning through the pines, it Jnacle the henNy 1nasses of tlark shadow 1nore funereal. No \Vonl " rns spoken. The rongh coflln \V:ts Jet down by 1nenn~ or rope" into the rude receptacle of n1ortal du~t. The fir~t clods falling " 'ith dnll rattle on the boanls, hennl in the dead . ileuce of 1nidnight, anc1 tellinp; th:1t a beloYed Ron wa. to be covered away il·om Higl1t ioren.)r, .·o shocked the " 'cep.ing mother that she shrieked. 13ut the cry nf nngui~h ·was suppressed, and all was still agn,in. Tho lllOLu·nful task ,vas finisheJ in silence. \ ROEBUCK. 2Dl CIIAPTEI~ XXVII. DOCTOR DICK. DocTon FAITU'AX procureJ fi·Oin 1\Ir. n(l]J :1 snit of pbin clolhes, and JcfL hi~ Conledcr:de uni fonu. lie wa. about to travelt.hrongh a part of the State· t)xda~ i\·ely oc<.:upic<l by FcL1eral troops. Not Leino· an en~ li s ted ohl ier, he felt at Jibcrt.y to a !:Hune or ~nit the sen·ice and its b:t<lgc~ ior honcHt and ncedl'td purposes at his own eli ·tretion. Traveling with his niece ior nn innocent ancl]>acific objeet, llC thonght that :ln old 1nan, in citizen·~ drc.'s, 1night be suiT~rcd to pas~ unmolested where a Conf'utlerale ol<.1icr wonl<l certainly be arr ste<l. IIc di(l 110L expbin to J nlia that thil) ehangc of dress 1nig·llt be .'O interpreted, po '.'iuly, ns to nngmcut his (bnger in case of c:1ptnre. Nor could he bring hi1llsc1f to rely so absol utely on the i1nmnnity of age, innoecnce and a civil snit, that he wonhl leave his revolv er. behiud. lie carried two pistol s. Tlllt.' be :et out on the next dny'. journey in nml>ig nous trin1, hoping for peace, but prepared for W~lr. They rode t\ro or three hours of the n10rning without interruption, and having no ocea ion for netion, ])odor Dick, of eour.'e, filled up the time with talk. J11lia thought and felt too n1uch lor ea y conversation. IIl·r uncle " ·as free to indulge him elf in soliloquy or in leetnre. They tame upon a part of the road " 'hich pa~sed for a tli 'tance of a mile or two through a forest. They were riding at a walk, and Doctor li.,airfax had f~tlleu into a dioqnisition. .. |