The enterprise-recorder., 1912-04-12
My Lady Of the North.
CC,pyught By 2aoda. PARISH
cHAPTCn Kkyii.
IA Enearras..na sltus,-an.


re came down into the lsrtle yall-y
OF the CoNshin. It mad proven an un.
eyentiul ride thus iar. for we had me
win no adventures and had observed
little worthy OF consideration from a
military standpoint
White constantly obseryant OF thoss
points rega ding which | had been dis
patched. my one overmastsring
though during all those hours was tha
possibility Of again meeting with Edith
Brennan and proving OF some assist
ance 10 her. Her greeting OF M IN
the Federal hospital had been 40
Weetiy gracious, so marked with ten.
der sympathy, while the memory OF
ber words and even more Of the look
which accompanied them. had so re-.
nained with me- in encouragement
that ! onged TO encounter her again.
knew well It must all inevitably end
In despair, yet like the moth | must
continue to SINCE my wings until the
fame devoured me. Now, however, as
We actually drew near 10 where | sup.
posed she might he, | felt my earlier
courage fast deserting me. Nor was
furnished with even the slightest
excuse for pressing on my orders did
not positively compel me TO proceed
and nothing appeared along the way
20 lead me TO suppose that harm OF
any kind threatened that peaceful val.
ley. Everything meeting my eyes eyi.
denced that here, at least. was with
IFS attendant horrors had not come.
Totally without the beaten track Of
those great armies which had battlsd
so fercely ior the shenandoah. II had
been traversed only by a few scouting
and foraging parties, and 30 short had
been their stay that even the rail
fences remained undisturbed to guard
the fields, and nowhere did | note out.
ward signs Of devastation IL was Nir-
ginia as | recalled it in those old days
of peace and plenty, before civil strife
bad sown the land with dead.
What possible excuse, then. had l
for going here? In my own heart
knew ! had none. or one so poor and
selfish scarcely burst whisper It even
TO myself: yet | rode steadily on. In.
PEELED by my own weakness, or drawn
irresistibly by fate-whicheyer the
real cause | know mott would AZ
least look upon those walls that had
once sheltered her, would learn If pos
sible il she was yet there Then
well in the bondage of my passion
hoped for what might happen a.
every lover does
1t must have been two O'Clock: We
had baited our horses, remember al
hour previous and the Sergeaa, had
enjoyed his MONDAY siesla beneath
the shade Of a great bush bearing pI-.
pie blossoms. The ROAD We had 5aeG
travelling since carly morning GoIlI
in and ouj among great trees. ana
crossed ana ieu0sseG rhe .iIr.e s.vadn
called the Cu%shiu uu. a.MJ,,
though; He had lost our way. Va uat
win 10 one n al The long days -.l.
Ing, noi 't'n d stay Da2:1. -Ci .l.
decd b. Na, some Aogls since Na ail
passed q uoIse ol any k-rl. ..el,1 -
the b.ooN b,1nl Us We -o,.ei s.)aLy
up Ions hiil and at the .op 8lcyls.
riding beside me. pointed - .Ie v9,..
ward.
CAP" be sad, tia. is ,a4r M.7or
place
The very sight OF it in he t.s-la1e
was a ,hril--a great white l0us4
placed well back from the road and
almost hidden from sigh By aue
large trees an old.iash.onei, big.
roomed house II looked 70 De. built
after the colonial type, wide ge-ando
upon three sides, with fluted columns
to support he oyerhanglng root
"Hain't no signs es fer es kin sse
OF any trouble hayin' Cured thar
Jed said slowly, his shrevo gray eyes
roaming over the peaceful scene.
somebody ter hum tes, fer tler
chimley Is a smokin.'
; OF course, now I was there, .ne only
sensible thing for me to do would
have been TO ride openly TO the front
door, and thus learn all ! desired But
what man who loves, who is continual.
ly swayed by hopes and fears. by
strength and weakness, ever does the
sensible thing? I had certainly tn.
tended doing so at the start, but now
my nerve failed me. She was the
wife OF another could not confess
bad ventured 10 come to ner In love,
nor could look into those clear, hou.
est, questioning eyes ana lie.
s'ualt'si I NpHarad