Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-01-18
CHATTER IX.-CoNrINUEp.

For several days after his capture it
had been Henton's belief that Paul
was concealed in the room Rosalie de-
olared hers at the Henry house-the
room sacred to her stricken brother
and not until after their coming to
Charlottesville was he undeceivad.
There. one afternoon. the week pc
fore he went away, the young con-
iederate was moved TO refer TO the
matter mainly by seeing that ii was
subject of which Benton fought shy
Il had been with Miss Chiffon and
poor Jack some hours that morning"
said he, for the guard never came in
the front part of the house but she
had ordered me to go and get some
sleep in the afternoon it having been
fully determined that. | should make
the attempt to escape that night. I.y-
ing there in a sort of cat nap toward
five o'clock, heard the soldiers speak
your name and could not resist the
longing TO see you. Then when YOU
turned back | knew you had come to
search and had plenty of time to fiat
ten out between the joists and pull
my section of the floor over me. You
stamped on my nose with your spurred
boOt-heel. Fred, and never WINGED"
so that ghost was laid. at least as
FAR as Resale was concerned, But
how about the other-the far more
significant and now mysterious freak
OF clothing herself in Paul's uniform
and slipping through the darkness of
night to the stone house? For VIII ose
sake had she so carefully disguised
yet recklessly exposed herself? Not
even her father had been told as vet.
he had so confided TO Benton only a
day or two after Paul's departure. and
now, with her growing shyness. aver
sion or whatever it might be toward
him. little likelihood was there
thought Benton of his learning the
secret from her lips. and that. too
when he was beginning TO feel that he
must know.
Every day for hours ne could pace
mp and down the pretty. home-like gar
den. listening 70 the low chatter I'm the
erbor, or the soft. bubbling laughter
when Jacks girls" were there OF
course the story Of all his kindness
10 the doctor had been told. otherwise
his presence would have been insup-
portable. But some one had said he
was very handsome. very silent, very
interesting and that he couldn't keep
his big blue eyes off Resale. and so
there was much curiosity mingIing
with the stately little curtseys each in
turn accorded him
his April evening as he sat at the
window awaiting the DOCTORS coming
10 look at his arm before tca-time. his
eyes were attracted by the sight Of n
certain brOad-brimmed drab felt hat
that he had noted more than once
before that day passing along the
fence at the side OF The house where
the hedge was thick and high. Now
Fred Benton saw distinctly much Of
the form and some Of the face beneath
st.. and face and form were those Of 4
young and slender girl She lifted I'd
Ter eyes and looked full al the captive
Yankee; then stopped short glanced
hastily about her; took from the bosom
OF her gown a little white note: held
81 high that h. should see IT; turned
and walked back 10 the gateway. One
moment she held her note aloft agsin
then lowered her hand as th,glgb
working vigorously at the bricks. and
when a second time she uplinei the
hand the note was gone Another mo-
ment and-so was she Obviously.
however, that girl wished him to mark
the spot, then come down and 80. that
note.
Not until the following morning
came there opportunity. Then, while
lack II his latnced. vine-ccyered ar