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Show 27·1 ROEDUCir. yon plc:c~. ·c, bcc~n~e, after leaving yon, we mn~t tmvel :JR Jiu· a~ we can Lcfore morning, fOr our own safety and and to rqjoin our rC'gin1 nt." As th y rode mpi<lly and cautiously O\'er rough by" rays to avoid pnr, nit, they could hold bnt little ·onver ation. Julia, however, learned fronl niarlin 'vhat ltc knew about her moth r, and that D::txtcr had obtain J from blind Pete the information on which they had acted in i'lcilitating her c ·c~pe. Tllll they knew in what chamber J\.Iiss I<'airfitx was detained, whc1·o l10r hor e could be found, where a bdder wa · kept, and other particularR, the knowlcclgc of which made this enterpri. e tolerably s:-tfe and easy to the two Confederates. Her horse had been taken from Roebuck by the Federal soldiers, bnt, by order of Colonel VV c c!, ·was delivered to l\I,·. I:>almer, nL that g-entlen1an's re. quest. lie stated to the colon I that the yonng larly !tad taken refuge in his hon. e, and in innated that she did not agree with l10r f:tther in political sentiment and that he might possibly become conncctecl witt l1is own f.'lmily. These representations served 1101 only to secure the j)OSse ·sion of her horse Lut to '] ' Sl ence jnquiry, if it should otherwise become knowu to tho colonel that Miss FairG1x was at J\.Ir. Palmer's. Baxter, after l1is o capo fi·om the village, concealed l1imself in tho neighborhood nnti! the next morning, and then starting to overtake his roo-imcnt he fell in . 1 l\ b ' WJ t l Lark ]Harlin, who hnd come l10me to take ca1·e of his sister. N otwith, tanding his own atlliction and the saJ duties which tho death of his sister imposeJ npon him, thct Iicutcnnut, as soon as he heard of Miljs Ji'ai ,·fit:('s Ri tuation, roso! vcJ to ro. cuo her. He inune-cliatoly set about the attempt, with Baxter's as:;istance, and we have soon the result. ... HOEBUUK . 275 Arriving before the hon~c in whi(·h 1\lnt Fairfl"tx w:ts then a guest, l\I:w1in inl'orm c1 .Julin. that he and his co1npanion Jntmt ]<'ave her, and r qncstcd that their pre ·cncc in the co t1nty 1night uoL be nH\n!.io11 '<1, until they 'voul(l have tirnu to travel beyon(l the reae;lt of the encnty. "Ilo\v can I ever thank you as yon de~erv ', gcntleJncn ?" saiu Julia. "I an1 still yonr del> tor, 1\li.:s Fairf<tx; but, if yot~ plenRc, we will leave tl~c:e thing· to be Hpok.eu_ o~ so1ne othe1· tin1e ;" rephe<l 1\[arlm, to 'vi~ om .h.tx:Ler l ft the convcrRn.t.jon '\rj Lh J\[iss Fairf:tx; lor h t.' ow a anclncity ,vas cow <1, ancl his Ratley tongue w:.ts muLe in prc. ·cnce of a lady whom he was oulJgecl to respect. . "I know," she aid, "that I mn~t not <lctam yon, nn<l I fear that alre:l<ly yonr delay, for Jny Rake h:m expo ccl yon to da. n. -o, ·er . Never C:t.n I cc:voI tJo he grateful to you. In happi<'r tiJ~les, 1<~:· u, all, wpe, I may be aL!c to prove my gr:tLILlltk . I "IIavc yon ally JnesRago for the regllnent-t 10 Iu.o y~-; l\I't f;S 1i ': u. ri 'a x. " . t "rl'ell the brave JH /\ 11 that the hearts of then· coun ry women arc a! ways wt.L 1l t.1 l C\ ill. J\f' ty Goa l>lcss the•m r . 'rell Colonel Fitzhugh that-that I-I hn.ve not io l . " gotten lllll. 11 l ]' as eVCI' "you renlcnlber, then, as ga a~t n. o l ter thew a sword. Farcw II, l\IisH Fmrfax,". '· , , . I "li':n·e\vell, l\fr. ]Harlin ; farewell, ~[t. h~txLct. sh·1.lluevcr foro·eV'-- 1 I~ Baxter brictfy cehocll Lor farc,vcll, _while she'~ :~o.' handH with them Lot I' • aml t1JCy .h urnetl nway. u. c· I 0101 she conchHlctl the :cnLcnec, J uhr·t' 'a lone' appl o.lcLl lee• the house in 'vhich l:lhe expected to Incet her mo ler. |