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Show :308 ROEBUCK. hor.se ant1 roao bnck, intending to entel· a b .ne ,vhich Bhe h:~.d p:L·sccl, :1nd to \Vait Lhere un til the c:lvnlry shonl<l o·o by. 'Vhen Bhe w:1. abont to cnl r the lane, she h can1 frotn bGhin ll her the " ron1 " halt." Intcnllinrr to halt as soon as sl 1e tnrnc<l out of tho roat1, ,::, to avoid collision, she ·went on. She h:1.cl scarcely t.urnell into the lane, nncl clrnwn her r ein, \d1en :1 shot "·as firecl an<l the bullet struck h er horse. lie 1naclo one boun'd and then fell. Quivering \Vith motncnt:try n.gony, he c1iec1. The cavalry ro<lc on. One voice cxcbitnetl-" I g uess you'll halt next titne," nc1c1ing ROnle 'vorcls of profane riLaltlry. Julia ~Lood by her horse, not injured by his fall, but overco n1e " rith n sense of utLer d esol:tLion. " I)oor Arab,'' she Jnnrlntuec1, "brave, gentle, faithful Arab, 'vill they let nothing live that I love ?" She sat clown for a few minutes, 'vcepin g . But n. thought of her father recalled her to the hard p:1.Lh of duty still before her. She rose, ancl 'vith a lingering look of regret a.t the body of her la t con1pn,nion, .·ct ont alone and afoot towards the city. She 'vas no.t nulCh accnsto1ned to walking, a.nc1 she had not travelc<. l five miles over the haru roacl w he a she became very 'vcary, and her feet began to feel sore. Still Hhe walked on, slowly, indeed, and 'viLh frequent pauses, but 'vith perseverance. The sun 'vas setting- \dten she found herself 'vithi.n the snbnrbs of' Va::;hington. She stopped to rest, and to consicler 'vhn,t 'vas next to be done. She did not kno'v that she had :1. sing1c friend or acquaintance in the city, cxc:)pt h er f:tLhcr. llegarding her soilou gannonts and " rreLc!wL1 pli ~~ 1 t, she feared that her nppear:tnce woalc1 oxci to the , ·n.-;p icion of .strangers. She in1~gin eci that not only the public offices but the streets were thronged wiLl! • UOEDUCK. 300 nvo,vec1 ene1nies of Vir.~inia '''ho, sho infcrrecl., ,von1<1 bo her enen1ios if she shonlcl Jn:tke herself kno\\·n . Rhe thonght th:1t in h er dusty ;->":trb, if she cntcrcl1 a r cspcet:1ble hotel, she ''rou1 ~1 Le rcjecte ~1 as a gnc.~ t., :-t1H1 pcrhn ps expello<1 ' vit.h ius ttl t. Iler prosent perplexities, 1norc th:tn n11 the perils of her j ourney, 1n:1<1e h er pl:tn for obtaining the rclc:tse of hm· f:tthor appear to hcrsr. 1 f irn pr:ll.~ t icab1c. Still uncertain '''hat to d o, she started in the dusk of evening, and " ':-t1 k e<1 into the city. ~ he 'vent along PennsylYnnia Avenue, t h:tt \Viele n.n<1 ehcc'rle~s thoroughfare. IInn<1rcc1s or persons IHCt her or pn,s. eel by her. She di<l not clare to put n.sicle h er veil, or to lift her eyes to th eir f:tces. She felt that they 'vero all strangers. She itnno·ined that they lool~~d n.t her ' vith suspicion ~ ~ or enmity. l\fore and more dishen.rt~1c<l, n1ore au. \.~ n1ore nncertai n what to do, she still 'val keel on. At len o·th in 11as-.~in ('l" a corner, she lookcLl into a cro8s :. ' ,...., Atr~et., thinl~ing t~hat p erhaps i~ 1nig h t b~ .better for her to tnrn 1nto 1t, and so avo1<1 the nlu,tttude who thron o·etl the s ide-walk of tho gre:tt Avenn•e. By tho ]i o·ht ~r n, lamp she sn,w a negro n1nn sitting on the c~rh-stone not far from her. Stepping aside into tho cro~s street ,vhere he could see hin1 more distinctly, she loo k eel ~t h irn a n1on1en t, and then sn,id, in a low voice- " DaYe." lie startecl andlook ecl at h er. Sh~ rai.~ed h er v ,il, n,nd by the lainp1ight he Ra\~ her f~atnres. "l\Iiss J n1 ia," he eric 1, ' 'fore Gocl, 1t's l\lt ·s Jn1ia." lie seizccl her hand, 'vhich she held ont to ~im. lie kis ... ccl it. lie shed t ears upon it. Then, ,vith trne African volubility anu incoherence, he po~n·e<1 forth a torrent of 1nixecl and in.congru~ ns cruotions. Jnlia tried to check dC1nonstrat1ons 'vhwh beo-an to attract the attention of passengers. Sh~ b • |