, 1864-03-06

t1c door somewhat. cAimed in. temper, tha
ols thoughts began to take now direction
force! At that instant his daughter's light
| step crossed the hail. -:
~ that you. Mildred ?"- =,
Zee, papa" ,.
Didn't hear ron rcadiug tho Enquirer Ia
thatIshat W yopng clerc, While assoe'
"Thatfs light, my dear Does be seem In
clined to talk politics ?"
's.Yfs, pap', I think lo does" .-
Ana-ahem a1.l y; docs he ta'.ca sensible view
.s.very sensible, papa ..
"Miiiy, II would be very fine thing II we
! could convert him to our way Of thinking,
nc has an excellent idea of military strate-
Rtss :nd woald be 4 gr,.. a>1zlsi:io1 To
6nf foa fsnfs ns snpposs you try ny ioye Lam
ernl a5my; 1t would be quite a triumph,
Ell! Now run up stnirs, pnss, mud do your
heet frega1n 1t Us u duty to avail Ourselves
Of every possible cdyantlgc Il this ,nrtter.
| tye observed that you have = good a.,l Of
n:aldtn should, i,f fb-hs.l Of our caase."
| I he culor had mountcd to stifdresi's cheek
In ealDine waves; but Harvey Milner " is
| not quick to observe such thugs. .nd
y hen he looked up for an answer She was
gone.
ut would be capital th'ng-capltal, If we
could make Southios out of him" repeated
the old man. ssBettcr than sending him to
Richmond. I'll think tho matter over before
take any immediate steps"
"Wondcr what mars docs suppose q nig-
gers made of?' growled Sam, as he sat
bowed up under the huge pine tree that
waved like . sentinel over the sold Place
! gate" )" "settn' Ser In the dew. sneezln'
l',s, n5s al creation, watchtn' a1ter nobody.
snsd sonfoy T. ssiBR neengdt as aGs dfs Sae
tul sleepifyfn'. and If 1'se asleep, 1 don't see
any ghostesscsi Dar-de stones serve mIty
well for pillar I s'Fose I'll Lave de rheuua-
tiz and serye old mars right"
Hist What was that light footstep on
the lawn: Sam started up, Ills wool stand
iDg fairly erect. with terror.
skeer you give me"
"only me-, Sam. Have ron really got to
stay here all night: What a pity, and You 80
weakly, too. It's shame, DECLARE"
"'Dced it Is, miss" whfned Sam, fully ap-
preclating the sense of his suderings.
1--WE brought you bowl Of nice hot cof
fee, Sam: Coffee is excellent to keep OF the
rlIcumatisn.''
.Thank you, miss-.you's mighty kind I
will swallow It afore it gets cold. if you only
say SO. Use powerful 'bIecgcd to yoi, miss"
"fou See, ssm," laughed Mildred, 'Kasy
vas 50 anxious about you, and she didn't like
TO CONT herself, lest you should get conceit-
fnstead inst + to ease her min mind "' o. e"'ae
Sam broke into n broaj1 gr;n rs b;s vonnr
mistress tripped AWAY with the emnty howf
uYawst FJ;in'f 1snnsa EatE coraJ strsT
for me" be- muttefed. 0Won't JAKE he
roartn' mad when he heirs on'ts'
night watch. ~&N - ~ 1A'
Slowly the sounds of the whin-poor.wii1
lplled into sort Of mnnotaneIsiowjy the
dark oni1;nc of the trees ans;ns+ tha sfor-r
sky blurred into dimness: Sam knew he was
Ring him r. Sancho po,-, ~ = nsariaf
yet Sense and vo1itfnn wore oi,ta ~ 1nwa-aas..
asrainst The somnnient inf'nrnce kefnre ths
ns;Tn,rht rnnateI1otIons hod +.ten thais @
n3oces IN tbe mer;Sian Sam was ar,ft;nr
ffn]a1ass - 4brnnr1, tha -r.o,os 800 -. 5rno,,1ana
4 Safa dearest safc suS % at 1"st = y u'san'a'la
paio ond Eaar' paTi Tia..e
tho hnreee nj 1sra not aftto ~ ~
~ +Io oeao., ~. n,,,ot 1,enae tats e ae