Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-11
CHAPTER TX.
SEEN IN A DREAM.

SEEN IN A DREAM
We were young and vigorous. The
girl was tall. straight, almost as strong
as |, and mile after mile dropped behind
Us. The air had the crisp, fresh GOODNESS
of a South Carolina winter, like north
ern day in autumn. The sun. climbing
steadily toward the heavens, shone in
full splendor and in an atmosphere as
pure as that over the sea. We could see
far to the right and to the left and be-
fore us, but we saw neither men nor
horses, just the rolling hills and valleys
and the struggling forests
$50 much the better, said to Julia,
"for the lonelier the country is the less
obstacle there will be to our flight.
Morgan is retreating toward the Broad
river, and as we surely have passed
around Tarleton by this time we ought
to oyertake him by night. | hope he
will have plenty to eat, for think that
you and will miss our dinner y
do you know, " said she, " begin
to hope that Tarleton will not overtake
Morgan at all? 1t would be an awful
scene, and perhaps some of the rebels
are good men after all.
Perhaps. .
"Couldn't the war be ended in some
way without more years of fighting-by
some sort of compromise? Suppose each
side should give up little
1--WE might make the proposition,
you and l, to congress and the king.
Don't jest. I'm in earnest. +"
sThen IN afraid there's no chance
for compromise, and there hasn't been
for four or five years. Either we go free
or we donot You English like to boast
of your courage and tenacity, and we
make tho same boast of ourselves. Ii
has to be- fought out to the end, win or
lose. :"
81 am sorry.
She spoke truthfully, for she looked
her sadness, but the wind soon blew it
away, bringing back the sparkle to her
eyes and the rose flush to her cheeks
We stopped about noontime to rest, and
Old Put made use of the opportunity to
hunt for green grass, stepping at times
to look benevolently at Us and to indi-
cate that his state of mind was content
We We're both hungry, but we had
nothing better to do than TO watch Old
Put nibble for his dinner, which he did
very industriously until called to him
and told him it was time to start.
Julia again refused to mount. the
horse. and we strolled on together. | felt
safe now, and. coming to cabin whose
owner had been bold enough TO remain
and guard his own, offered TO trade
him the fine British coat wore for any
coat of his own, however old, provided
it would hold together on my shoulders
He produced the coat and made the
trade, by which he was great gamer,
and asked me no questions, differing
therein from the country people of the
northern regions through which l had
campaigned so long Moreover, he look,
ed very curiously at the tall girl with
me-
You are American, he said to me
just before we started
Yes y
1.-The lady looks English. "
"She is English. +"
"It is very strange. "
lyon are right 1t is strange.
Such We're my thoughts as we walked
away The sman who seemed to live
there alone, half hunter, half farmer,
stood in his cabin door and watched MS
until we passed out of sight
prevailed upon the girl to ride for
awhile, but after an hour on horseback
she dismounted again, saying that she
preferred to walk About the middle Of
the afternoon we met q farmer who con
firmed my belief that Morgan had pass
ed on toward the Broad river, though
he knew nothing of Tarleton. An hour
later as we were passing through thick
woods some one cried out to us to halt
i almost sprang up in my ACCOMPLISHMENT,
and the girl uttered little cry Of fright,
for neither of us supposed any one to DO
near, having seen nothing and heard
nothing, and Old Put, suppose, was
tired or dreaming.