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Show ., 160 ROEBUCK. ,vas only a Yankee i1nit:ttion of a goon fhce- -maue, like other Yankee goods, to impose upon C'nst.:;mers at first sight, but not to wc:tr well. In every fe:-tLnrc there was son1c cnnnino- defect. I 1ni~·ht suspc0t that, like Richard, he 'vas che:-ttod or feature by di 'SCil1bling nature; but at cheating, a Yankee 'vould beat naLnro. vVhen I conversed 'viLh hirn-0, 'vhn,t a rare bird! I thought I 'vould have son1e sport 'v.ith hin1 at home', but really, sister 1\Iary, I mn sorry he was b.~.ought here." "Never 1ninu; he 'vill help to cheer Captlin Tremaine." "I hope so; poor fellow! he is a gentleman. Ah, 1ne! But fellows like C::unpbell 'viU '"T.ite our his, tory." • • ROEBUCK. 161 • CITAPTER XV. ll 0 1\1 li Y X A 1' n () E r. U C K. CArrA I~ TRE:\-IATNE's condition for several dn )'S r emained critical. At one time it was n")gardecl a~ desp; rate. . T11"0 or. three nigh ls Col on r l Fairf:tx sat by hrs bedsrde all nrght, and the pl,ysiciflll was kept in the house. Bn t when the crisi. 'ntR past his eonyaJes~ cence ''Tns r:1pid. A1Lhongh the Feaeral nnthoritirs !1ad ndo!'t d the inhuman policy of prtventing the 1mportat.10n of 1nodicines into the Confederacy, the mo t nece. Bnry re1nedies eonlcl Btill be , upplied to a Pede~·nl prisonr r. The pnticil1 t ron stan tly r eceived the kmdest attention fron1 the f:11nily and from servants who hn<.l cxpedenre in llnrNin o· tl1e sick. J)octor Dick. ~pent llln ch time in h iK c h nm bcr, npp l yin" the pbysJCmn's instrneti ons wi lh profe.-sional iu tcllig-cnce, and amusing the C[)ptain with quaint conversation relieyed of all Batiric~tl asperity by By1npathy :m<l rc~ spect for this "Yankee." II is own favorite servant Cnleh, di videc1 his atlcn t.ion bctwreu his n1aster nncl the wonnc1ec1 eaptain. The uood clerg-yn1an, 1\Ir. Ambl:r, visitc<l him often, :lllcla em·dinl frienchhip was cst~bl1she<1 between thorn. Tremaine won the e. tectu of nll who npproaehcd l1in1 by tl1e ge.ntlencss of his ~~:tnners, his 1~nticnce in suilc~ring, l1is gratitude for mdncss, and, In brief~ by the h onorable sentin1ents of au e<lucate~1 soldier. In a few weeks his health " rns so fhr re torcd thnt he rni o·ht he removed ·with safety d u ' an a spec·ia1 exo11ftnge having been nrr:1.nged for him |