The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-23

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erybodys attention He was a. soilod
and tattered as they. bat the man seem
Cd 10 b Of another world. Tho better
sort Of women were vidhly curious
They had no gmpathy with him. He
was "an odious Yankee" "a Lincoln
hiroling." "a thioying abolitionisi.
anyhow (the southern women were very
bitter against their northern enemies).
but be could not b such a vile wretch
e. the rest Of them. Who could give any
information about himi
Mis- Virginia Peyion, who had come
down from Richmond that very day on
q viEit 10 some of her friends. and who.
81 her name indicated. was a Yirginian
Of the Virginians. was much struck. a.
she passed. by the young man. : appear.
anco and still more BY biz fellowship
She was a feccssionist 20 the core in
evitably and most passionate in her
hatred, ~ she put Il. q the invaders of
her state She was just no, had a great
local reputation Tor beauiy and charm
and was without eEaggoration a very
pretty. clever girl. exceedingly high
strung and "aristocratic Her interest
In tho hostile stranger was increased,
In spite q her sectional aversion. by
something In his facc and manner that
seemed familiar. Where could she have
seen himl Ghe glanced at him again and
again a. she stood there unobsCrved
and felt that she might have liked him
" he had not been a detcsiable Yankee
"Liked him. her mind echoed back %
her. Impossible, absurd. As n I could
do anything but loathe the harharians
that are laying waste the proud homes
Of my ancestors And she looked al
him once more with . fash In her eve.
The thought that sympathy might have
suggested the feeling that sho had seen
him before never occurred 10 her
The object Of all this curiosity and
comment meanwhile showed no sign of
shame or humiliation. he returned ey.
cry glance dehAntly, and mocking
smile played round hls lipA His shso.
HES plainly could not fet,eF his proud
spirit His mind dominated the situa
tion. Such an expression a. bis was not
consistent with hasenoss or dishonor.
This thought was speedily conveyed q
the consciousness Of the Virginia girl,
who was resolved 20 learn something
about him. She asked IN low tone a
Confederate lieutenant guarding the
prisoners about that particular man, 10.
dicating him, aud learned that be was a
Captain Barbour of a New York cavalry
regiment. who had a very bad record
and was suspected Of being spy, though
sufficient evidence Of his guilt was siill
laoking. Il was belieFci that be- had
robbed women. burned HOUSES aud com.
mitted murder
THAT cannot BE-, exclaimed she iu-
dlgnantly "He must have been con-
founded with somebody else ANY one
Of those other fellows might have done
those things. but he never. on. nUvcrr o.
The name Of Barbour, not uncommon
An Virginia. had illuminated her brain
with the idea that the captain was ~
motely connected with her family. She
was perfectly acquainted. Ike % many
people Of hor state. with her gonoalog
icAl trcc. having studied Il often, and
she knew that there was a branch ot th'
Barbours. who had in,ermarried will
the Pcytons, In New York state as wei
a. in New Jersey. Clannish 10 the cor
and a believer IN blood 10 point q "a
parsiition. the mere similarity u III
name explained 10 her the cause of he
mystsrioas sympathy with tho prodigal
y accused captain. She would hay
sworn that he was foully wronged
While ahe was still gaHing In his direc
tion the band Of prisoners was ordoEC'