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Show 282 llOEBUCK. he felt but little f:1.tigne. She 'va a dclicrtLe ,vomnn, ancl had been nurt.nretl in 'vealLh and refin 1nent hnt not in luxury. The habits oC her liC~ l1:t<l tended to coniinn rather than enervate her Btrcnoth both of ;:-., ' boll y and of 1nind. It was a rare taLc of Houiety in which nrtture 'vas thllB refin l1 :1Ull strengthened at tbe same titne, as iron i cha11ge<l to steel. Dnring the first day sl1e tra\re]cc.l thron_?"h a part of i the country that ·was f~uniliar to her. \Vithout mneh dilliculty he avoided the tnoRt frequented highwayB and pb.ccs of rc.:ort for the I~,ca rat·, and she neither znet any troops nor encountered any in1ped iment. She sa,v bnt few people. Not nw,ny remained at home, except old 1nen, lv·o1nen and children, an<l they generally kept elo.~ e to their houses. Rome hoy. and old men and a fe\v 'vou1en \Vere at work iu the fiehlB. Once or twice Julia saw the1n plowing, 'vith cows. II or, es and nnlles 'vere not to be Reen. Some dwellings ·were ·wholly ueserted ; the doors auu windows 'vere broken; the fruit-tr c. about the1n ,vere luwked down; the g:1rdens 'verc destroyed; tiJo barus, ienue~ and stacks l1ad been burnea. IIere ancl there brick chitnneys of \Voo<.len honRcs that had been devoured by the ilan1es, tood as tnil tone of in vaHion. A Cew slave.·, old, deer piu or ftiLhful, reJnaincd with the white inhabitant., but n1o t of thetn haJ :-;trao-gl u olf. Now a_ud then Jnlia pa. sed ::t negro, lying asl ep at the waystJc, 'vith l1is . hining- (we nptnrued to the sun, OJ' S:l\V stout Llack fellows Btrolling :tbout in lisUess indolence. The lethargy of that race ~~cmc(! to iOrcl>odC' :t relapsu into bzy bnrbari 'IH as soon as the Hpur and rein of tho 'vhite Jnan's authority '\rere "rithdrawn, n · tile neg-lected soil was r stuning Uw unfruitful wildllc:.;~ of nature. The desolation 'Y hieh J uiia w i l! 1c:J ie, l HOEllUCK. 2 3 d cpenccl her R:t<lnc~~. Bnt iL iH impos~ible tor conl all l"he :-;aw an<l thought an<l f •lt, on that journey withoat ov r. · pr(\a<l i ng theH pages with in tolcrabl e gloom. In our rc1nini~e 'n •es of those time wo lllllHt ~of'tcu the truth if we would obtain a ho:wing or l>cli [ J..~atc in the aft •rnoon, Julia arrived at tho hon:-; or a 11-i 'll(l, an<l th re .·h \ Hpont the 11ight. Sl1 (! he:trd :t rnmor there' that Jurino· the day a l)arty of F 'll<'r:tl ;::-, ooldier.· h:td been Been 'vithin a few 1uil s of th 'plaf' o. This ntn1or, however, se:tr ·ely added a 11'\V f'•:tr to the constnnL :tppr h ~nsion that her jonrn'y might be interrupt ll The n x:L 1norning she took tho ron.cl again, traveling tl1roug·h a diRLrict le. s k1towa to h<•r than that throngh wl1ieh Rho had pns~ccl tho day before. Hhe was, therefore, ol>ligetl to keep on the 1nai n 11 i ,n·h wny. '\Vhon Rhc had pnrHncll h r ~olilary "·ny two or thr houn::;, Hhc look <1 batk, and H:tw s vcral hon:cmon about a 1uile behin<l her, and apparently Inovino- towar<lH h r. Fearing they w r F \ci-cral soldi rR, t:>s he put her hor. o to n quw• I( er pace. They followed, however, Htill 1noro rapidly t!tan ~he rode. For a Rhort time tlH'Y ·wore cone 'aled Jrom her by n hill over which she was pa. · ·ing, when Hh discov r <1 thCin. In a few 1ninnte. sho aw them gallopin(..,. ov r the ere. t of the hill not n1ore than half a 1nile frorn her. Then she iln:1gincll th!LL ho c uhl <listi n o·uish the tall fonn of Aloert Palmer antong 0 them. In f.·tet he 'vas thoro. lie hat1 not diocover l1 1I CI' pl:tue ~r l~eLrcat aCtor she diHappoarcJ froJn hi~ i:tLher's hoa~c. Hut, being with some cavalry, th:~t 'vero forao·m. o· or ravag.m g n :tt. tl 10 l )h._ co •n .t wluc.h she spcn-= >t thb e first ll.l ght o i' 1l et. J· tu.n y, he len· .rnetl 1n tho morn.t ng fro1u the goss.1· p o f' a 11cob -ro , that she haJ scL • |