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Show 280 ROEBUCK . "If you nre resolved, I 'vill not con tinne to Ul'O'e b nl'gtunents 'vhich n1ight di:conrng·e yon ,vithout changing your purpo. e. But how do you intend to tr:1. vel ?" '• On horseback and :dono. There is no other 'vny." "Yon cannot pass through the Federal lines without a passport. " " I 1nnst avoid them. Of course, I cannot obtain a passport from those \Vho have sent n1y fathm· to vVashington." "I an1 not thought to be a titnid 'voman, Julia, but the dangers of such a journey through a country overrun 'vith arn1ies, n1arauding parties and other enemies, appear to n1e-but I n1nst not frighten you." "Our IIeavenly !?ather will shield me." "I pray that lie may." J\frs. Fairfax, 'vhen informed of her daughter's pm·po "e, tihuddered at the prospect of another separation, and dreaded the perils \Vhich Julia must encounter. But the hope of seeing her husband once rnore, with the appeals 1nade to her by her daughter, and the :11'-?"mnents of Mrs. Fitzhugh, overcame her opposition. A!ter the n1atter was settled, Julia l)leased herself With the fancy that her mother's eyes were ]iO'hted with . . b more anunation than they had sho\vn since the nifY'ht of her daughter's return to her. "' • ROEBUCK. 281 CIIAPTER XXVI. TilE JOURNEY. BuT little delay 'vns neces._ary for t.he preparations wl1ich Jnlia hn<l to make for her long an<.l dangeronf3 journey. ~ ot 1nuch could be carried, if slJo had desired to carry nuwh. The fire which de troyetl her father's honse COIL ·mned her \vn.rdroLe, n.nJ conn try laclies hn.d but poor opportnnities of shoppincr in J)jxie <.luring the "rn.r. She 1nig-ht be ren<ly to travel almo t a· oon n.s Arab conl<l be ~at1dlccl. Hhe had no 1noncy, and could obtain none, <.\xccpt a few dollar· in specie and a supply of trea. ury note,·, whi ·h were a1mo. t worthless beyond the Confederate lin e. , though they were the exclusive currency of the Confederacy. She was to travel alone, as wcllbecnn. e ucn.r1y all those who might have been her protectors were in the army or driven fron1 the county, as because, in the conn try through 'vhich she had to pass, a 1nale companion n1ight challenge nnnoyance and could not defend her. It wn.. a c_onntry \vhere even an n.rrny of Confederates could not hold its gronnt.l 'Vith a brave but sa<l hc:trt she took leave of her friend~. The parting between her ant.l her mother waH a severe ailiiction to both. The hope of her husb: ln<.l's relc:H;e ·ustained l\In;. Fairlhx, nnd Julia, impclle< l by love anc.1 dut.y, won1<1 no~ ihlter at the fi1:.'t of tho e trials whieh she haJ nntle1pated. Early 111 the 1nornino· she set out upon hor Rolitary journey, aud ro,le ne~rly the entire day withont pansing to rest. , ' |
