The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-02-16
COpJr sat, IUa By c. W. Dillingham; Co.
CHAPTER IX.-CoNr1Nurp

CHAPTER IX.-CoNTINUED.
For several days after his capture it
had been Benton'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 undeceiyed
There, one afternoon, the week be
fore he went away. the young con-
federate was moved to refer to the
matter mainly by seeing that it was a
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 l should make
the attempt to escape that night. Ly-
ing there in a sort Of cat nap toward
five o'clock, heard the soldiers speak
your name and could not resist the
longing 10 see you. Then when you
turned back I knew you had come tC
search and had plenty of time TO fat
ten out between the joists and pull
stamped on my nose with your spurred
boot-heel, Fred and never WINGED"
So that ghost was laid, at least as
far as Rosalie was concerned. But
how about the other-the far more
significant and now mysterious freak
OF clothing herself in Pauls uniform
and slipping through the darkness Of
night to the stone house? For whose
sake had she so carefully disguised
yet reclllessly exposed herself? Not
even her father had been told as yet.
He had so confded to Benton only a
day OF 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 he could pace
mp and down the pretty, home-like gar
den, listening to the low chatter in the
arbor, or the soft bubbling laughter
when Jacks girls" were there. OF
course the story Of all his kindness
to 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 mingling
with the stately little curtseys each in
turn accorded him.
This April evening as he sat at the
window awaiting the doctors coming
10 look at his arm before tca-time, his
eyes we're attracted by the sight OF
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
IL, and face and form were those of 4
young and slender girl. She lifted up
her eyes and looked full at the captive
Yankee; then stopped short, glanced
hastily about her; took from the bosom
Of her gown a little white note; held
1t high that he should see IL; turned
and walked back TO the gateway. Cne
moment she held her note aloft again,
then lowered her hand as though
working vigorously at the bricks. and
when a second time she uplifteA the
hand the hote was gone. Another mo-
ment and--so was she. Obviously,
however. that girl wished him to mark
the spot. then come down and get that
note.
Not until the following morning
came there opportunity. Then, while
Jack il his latticed. vine-covered ar