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"?BSAXfc? ILL. " tworuY- ? ?^^J&d^^,r.to;te . -'"^^K'fiff befe*a:no^r '-' J' ?";;-:: n&;t?^eakJhe; beatwe'c?n. ' ^^^^^Sois^^l?e?rt ?bat lain would - hide? .... ^ -iiin ?nc4ijeW^ta'e&^ t ^=g$$ 'v*^'c.^3B^'?i.it pleWafr^UTTOn pride <? ?To imeiamanity but J>ase J ^ .??^?::Se-ie?iiest in tto search;Xor^Qod,^ . ... ' i^^^^l^?i^'iop^oi-'.ali the best we can.. - > .. 'S tfenotthe first to make.it known, ^ Span? $i?$f?&:LeeteSlender, ^^^?fide^in S?u?i Carolina, ^^^^B^^^.YiMPKJ^gniny Po^j" sends ||piE^ a email robber ^^S^^^ii^^ed5;probably_. of deserters -i&m^the'Unmh .and Confederate armies, ^inf^iimmera'' {from; Sherman's ,army, f^^^cK-shddenlj appeared and ?s rapidly ^-^^^^^(^mHh>'-uiefipr of South Carp^ ?^^pa,?^ of Gen. ?.??Patbk- Cobnee, South- Caeolina, July '^'?t^??tt the. last day of April, 1865, being Lee, the ^*8|K?M' of Pendleton and vicinity were; ;:-:J^ii?c?^iji?' ftreportthata.bqdy of United' ?i :ihree thousand ;y;%:io?jw^^ the, village ;:?om<>ib^^<!j^awe 1 road; . There; bad ..>;: $eeira.^company J organized" in Pendleton: ;;: for local defence.* They- immediately as Zrgitt? but 'rt:-^^^^^^r^'^^^: *rmy joined ^^^^MS^ed'in^endleton'at that-time. I Baw^al^^ their j ^^^^^^H^-^^^j^^once.; ? My -v ~^-"h^bV seized a;fbpt-guni ^p^tUjiowder.and ball: remained in. f bmaeifandinless^than ;five minutes iif?Vnr^^^ I Tumbling on the -piazza,; supposing ^gtit-viever seehim-a^inC- Some" ition detained me there for a time. jSaw one gentleman pass me, walking down.the street and complaining ^^ffid^enly becpme-^-how. yery. illhe was. He remaihcd 'at home. T saw another ^%|^]ived>kaboa^ iwo,'.miIes -distant, who 3S^^t;:h^ from hearing of. the .tumult. He camo lt'^^>ng^,t a double-quick" pace, buckling a ^^BTr^^^ltaronnd his waist'a? he rushed ;^J*lo^g.^*All the soldiers had. gone when ^^'arriy^ asked me ^^^Ipnjgvthey;' h&j&; been' gone. I told ;5^imi^aarter;of air hourT. thought. He ;^?^wed and Tian on. ? ^-;p;^?b?ut that time we beard shots not ?kSal$,? mile distant.- :My .little, son, just i^^fiik*'- years.'old,"begged -to. follow, his ; ;..fa^r-;:^r clung ^:.bim,; tiU- at lengtbj on : " ^is ; j >~]weB^ '^^Smmlaxa^tMyr ^yo^ng6r:ch^^d^--blasted ^^?imy^js^ in the hoise with , iikiieWsVbf ouT>little band. ^vi^t.-iengtE' a boy'came back to say^ th'at ^jjnited St?^.Boldiers had'..sent a flag I : eftraca-to the Confederates/ andishat they ^^reire Ixeating,- 'but that shotsTiad been ex iii ^angeoVSome of oar. citizen-soldiers, ur ^iia^pur'mpre," returned. They -stated that a flag of .trace had Seen sent tp them to say. that there were " three thousand-United States troops ap .''.poachinglhat they ..were' on their way r<v^';thetowo of-^Dderson,-and would pass t>X;j^ttably -if not molested. Oar men .;/:V?Ccepted these terms; but most of-them :^a^^mp.aTjied their;.movements,- and :re- ? ^Bi^'ea'p?ated.op the Anderen, wad until V'assured, by scouts that they had really ;gon^oia'|b'..tb^t'p]hice.\ . T& bahd who passed were only-about . a bundr^ caValry soldiers; under a person . .calling himself "General Brown/' I have -always ;doubted whether this person was -~*d^n?^ raid in any way ?uthor ; -.ized^j^-ihe; United -States Government. "They everywhere' stated that a force of " three thousand' men,was approaching, of : whom they formed the vanguard, and that asny- resistance to them would be avenged .by the main body." This main,body never appeared, but the terror of the report, in .the^ then.entirely disheartened state of-the ;-cow*fary, deterred almost every one from f.>jn^f?mg--:liko* organized '/resistance to ??: them. The warlike company ol citizens, V\:iwhQ*h?d'issued - forth in the morning, re? turned late that - night worn out with ". marching and counter-marching so as to keep themselves always between the in? vading force and the village. Before arriving at-Pendleton the ma raadera had visited several,farm's on the Greenville road.. They,appeared to,knpw the whole country and the residents of \ ?every ^iarm in the neighborhood. They had persons with them who pointed'OUt where those lived who werericn, and who tad gold and silver and fine horses.'These they seized whenever they were found. . Tbey camp upon the citizens of Ander v'-^fiip'h^ithout' the least notice. As they ^ jentered the public square they separated r ih to. parties, and seized every man they 'v;vsaw about the town. ~;These they divested of their watches, - gold buttons, - and everything valuable iLa^ut' them; of all arms of course, and : :tb:eii secured them in the court house, r arouiid Which they, placed a guard. When '\.1^hour;?fl2 m. arrived, the guard called Jto the-prisoners to know if they felt dis-J ?^Seli.^tp./'^ine. T6 this proposition the j /.prisoners returned their unanimous apr provaL; Men of English descent appear to m& to ^prefer, undpr all circumstances, I to havj^their dinner. " 1 ?rrr?...... . - ?. ? - : ... . .... .. They-had' ?four^'sPiitai -large '^uan.titj;. .of old wine ^hfct^ad been stored there for safekeep? ing- v iney; brought^-quabtity. of this ^neand abundance of provisions to their, .pris^^,. "an'd /desired-; theni-' to niake "themselvescomfortable-^-to which course, ^JbleUeve, these- required, but little preBS mg,,- ;I:;iave''?Dder8??d'. that the- assur? ance was even adcied that thoir wives and :fe?ilies>werfr: inud. danger, beyond that btJosrng;their silver,1jewelry and horses. )3?h^ tltreateRed loss Seemed a very- trivial Satter Compared to the outrages "-which were said tohaye .been committed .in Col-: ?mbia and other places taken by the :enemy. ; -???';. ; In; the I meantime, those pf the troops whpvwere ?bt.: onguard- scattered7 them-' selves pyerthe surroitrnding''epunfryl, In parties of five .or six.they entered eiery. bouse, demanding watches and valuables. Often appearing ai-'th'e stables first, they seized every horse which ."was/fine and ?yaluable. ;? ;Then they entered the houses, in which, there often remained only the womeniand'children..*. Where they could, g^et^foodi they were tolerable civil, but' ,when the people were poor, andvreally had nothing, they suspected them of der irping it,., and, in consequence,. Jbecame rude and^violeht;. : In. one" case they had been assured that an old gentleman- was in. possession of a large - amount-of valuables. He had in ferity sold and dwjposed.pf rerased "to - beUeve. His , assurance, and taking" him to a neighboring wood, hung him oil; a-tree,. promising'to take him dqwn'if. he would disclose where his val? uables were. The unfortunate man, I am assured, really did not have them. They took him down three timos in.succession, ?when they, saw that he could stand it no longer; but,, disbelieving all his assorv ances, they hung-him again, until, tired of torturing, they at length released him. .^; .WIien ,they entered, houses, they, rushed into every room, as."simultaneously as 'possible, ransacked. sideboards, bureaus,., and seized everything of value. In some cases they tore the earrings through-the ears of the ladies, searched their pockets, and. even drew off their wedding rings. Sometimes they had an exact account of the number of. watches owned in . each family, and required them to be prodaced, upon pain of hanging the owners. Those who had parted with these articles and really - did not have them were thus Te duced to ? " sad stato, but I have neyer heard that any lives were actually taken. One lady emptied, out her. bureau draw? ers upon the .floor, disarranging every? thing about her Jhonse as they were ac? customed, to leave things, and then sat lamenting in the midst of the . confusion. Several times during, the;day the marau? ders entered her dwelling, but seeing eve? rything in this state they-retreated, sup? posing her house already sacked.- She lost nothing.' Some ladies, better off than their neighbors, employed them? selves in cooking for the .whole three days of their , stay, and in entertaining with provisions' and with their worst whiskey all; who came in. These fared comparatively well, Jand had only their, horses taken. The negroes, as a general thing, remained faithful to their owners, though offered liberty by these marau? ders. They often hid jewelry 'and silver in their own. cabins, and restored them when the confusion was over. One gentleman, residing in the neigh? borhood, had an elegant pair of " carriage horses carried offhand with them the boy who tended them. -But in the coarse of a week the boy returned with a pair still handsomer than those taken away. "General Brown'*- had several horses and mules devoted: to carrying his own plunder'. These were led in the midst of the band,'bearing sacks piled with silver and jewelry. They did not take up room with articles of - less value." For three dayB the devastation and plunder in the town of Anderson contin? ued;, then the band went on to the town of .'Hartwell, in Georgia, continuing the same scenes of spoliation and robbing along the road wherever "they went. I think it was there that they received Dews that the escort which Jefferson Da? vis had dismissed in Abbeville had col? lected, and were coming in pursuit of them. They therefore broke up their en? campment in great haste, and returned towards Anderson and Pendleton. I should, have mentioned that before approaching near Pendleton the first time, they had-sacked tho town of Green-; ville and carried 'off- everything which 'they, could discover of value from that place. They now returned to Pendleton, and my friend Pauline was unfortunate enough to witness their entry". As I have already said it is from her that I derive this description. I think it likely that this band was formed of some of the disbanded soldiers from both ar? mies. I scarcely supposed that these facts are even" known to the United States Gov? ernment, but as this sketch consists of ac? tual historical: facts, I am careful to go no farther in my description than where I have means of obtaining accurate infor? mation. On a Sunday afternoon, after morning service, they entered the village of Pen? dleton. That quiet spot had been hither? to secluded from all the turmoil and con? fusion attending the march' of an army. Pauline's husband being " a Mason, Bhe had bound a scarlet ribbon in the upper window of her dwelling and retreated there. Tbis.scarlet ribbon was tho signal agreed on by the Masons belonging to both armies," for .the protection of then* wiyesand families whenever hostile troops should enter a town on either border, and thus amid even-the horrors of civil war some of the remembrances of peace and amity were kept alive, at least among the Masons of either army. Her little sons remained on the piazza to see the en? trance of the soldiers. As their line, all on horses, and leading many more, pass? ed in front of .her house, she heard one soldier call out to another: "Hallo Jim that's a pretty boy/' meaning one of*hers! They halted in the public square and 1 set up the United States flag, their band etrikingup the old tune of "Yankee Doo? dle.'' "How strange it seemed*. All who beard it could well remember when their own . hearts beat responsive to chat na? tional??ir. Pauline remembered the strains so often heard in childhood.' And' npwr;its voice, was tp :her;that. of: ^?...inya, ?^^^^mgf ahd'fe?r/mmgle?^y?th' its notes. ^:^Wa?b it planted on- the neck of Sputhorn liberty:prostrate, orihouTd magr nauimpus conquerous forbear to take from .their brethren that priceless jewel, never long forfeited^b^ the_ Anglp-Saxon.race _?? - ^^^^^^m^^oi .^maratidora', 'and j they feared a gathering, of the people. Agaiii^i^^^^e/v^a^^or elder;ppy could not be restrained. From the piaz? za he ventured into "the'street, and pres? ently brought back intelligence that a young man well known, in that neighbor? hood, Frederick ' , haalbeen. taken prisoner, by Brown's men the night be? fore, and that they..,were about immedi? ately to hang him in the middle of the I Tillage. Soon it was reported that if a shot was fired by the citizens the village would be burned. In this conjuncture the citizens selected, as spokesman a na? tive of the place, a'regularBarnum where .fair wPrds were required. Attended by some citizens of more doubtful eloquence, this gentleman called upon::'Gen. Brown. He represented the citizens of Pendle? ton to be the most especially innocent lambs which the glorious restored Union could show. Frederick-?? he especially recommended as more innocent, if possi? ble,, than the rest. . But the passions of men were bitterly roused at that time. .These men had been robbing, the whole country, and on their return shot's'-had;beeb repeated^ fired on them from' behind hedges ? arid trees. 'They were persuaded that Frederick ?? was concerned in the matter, and they sternly disregarded the representations of this embassy. The only grace "which could be: obtained.for him was that.lie should not-be hanged then' and there, where his widowed mother and five young sisters resided, actually in sight.. Gene? ral Brown permitted him a final inter? view with them.. Still looking through' the closed blinds, Pauline'saw him pass to and from this sad interview. Two men rode in front of him, two behind and one on each side, all . with loaded carbines, ready to shoot if an escape'should be attempted. 5 It had been an unfavorable circumstance for him. when his friends were pleading his lamblike innocence, that his look was much more like that of tho wolf. His appearance was particularly sol? dier-like and manly! Passing to the fare? well interview With the aged: mother and the young sisters, his bearing was no. less erect and manlythan usual; his eye did not quail nor his]cheek blanch. Arrived at their dwelling, tho soldiers surrounded the houee and permitted him to enter. Two more brothers were there, resolute young men also. They proposed to exchange dress with him, and to favor his escape, or else to shoot tho guard at one door, while he should mount his horse and dash off. But he considered himself pledged to return, and he declined both proposals. One.sister, in the bitterness of her heart, reproached the soldiers for cruelty, and that tbey thirsted for the blood of an innocent man. The soldiers listened to her reproaches and answered her not. At length the. interview terminated? the; next brother was permitted to retain a horse, and to accompany Frederick. Pauline was afraid to open her window, or .to remove the scarlet ribbon while these men remained. But alas, when they left that.peaceful village they left worse than themselves behind them,.as the sub? ject of my next sketch will show, and yet of the last she felt no apprehension. Tho soldiers passed on with-their pris? oner, and encamped, that night near a beautiful spring at a short distance. For several days they continued to scatter over the country in small parties. The citizens and country people at length began to take heart, and finding that no band of three thousand men appeared, they, began.to collect in small parties to take, prisoners and to cut off stragglers. An old man of. seventy headed one of these parties, and some of the soldiers having been several times at his house, he was recognized by them. After that he was hotly pursued and obliged, with several others, to betako himself entirely to the woods. On one occasion he was able only to keep his horse's length in front of his pursuers, and yet he escaped by leaping a ditch and bigh-barred fence, which some of the young men who fol? lowed him dared to attempt. Before his nearest pursuers could dismount and open the gate, the brave old man had gained the woods and was far out of sight. Warned by some of these occurrences, Gen. Brown mustered his men and re? sumed his march, giving notice that wher? ever Bbots were fired at his band the houses in the neighborhood should be burned. They passed the dwelling of one lady not much over twenty-five }Tears of age, yet surrounded with four helpless young children. Shots had been fired at them that morning, and hers was tho next house. In that part of the country, passing be? tween the villages, 'miles of woodland often intervene without a dwelling. The shots, I think, had been some miles dis? tant, out the soldiers had vowed to burn the next house. This was hers, and her husband was absent. They ordered her little children and herself put of doors, and men were detached to . set the fire. Mrs.-stood weeping amid her help? less babes. But her old nurse cast her? self before Gen. Brown, and passionately [entreated that the home and shelter of the little^ children might not bo destroyed. Partly moved by her entreaties, and partly by the helpless condition of the mother and children, he relented, allowed Mirs. -to return to her house, and passed on. The country people now began to, gather fast in General Brown's rear. The marauders dared no longer delay to plun? der, but passing on by forced marches disappeared from view, disbanding, I think, in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. During their hasty retreat Frederick -succeeded in making his escape, and returned, accompanied by his faithful brother, to the great delight of his family andfriendB. VIOLET. ?-i-O-;-? ? A belle of Batavia, New York, a few days since, on being asked to append her signature to a telegram she was about to have transmitted, replied that there was no necessity, as the party to whom it was addressed knew her hand-writing! [gtn iftr fffltttl' 00. Washington a Sportsman, "Leonidas and. Washington, Whoso every battlefield is,holy ground, Which breathes of; nations.saved, not worlds nndone How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound I" , The :time- -which- Colonel; Washington c?uld spare from his building and agricul? tural improvements between the years 1759 and 1774, was'devoted to the chase. He was neither?-to.use an Americanism i-r"a gunner'-' nofa-disciple of old -Izaak Walton; but .was a.passionate lover of fox.hunting, and which-sport; being of a bold and animating character,, suited well with the temperament of the.'.'lusty prime" of his age, and accorded peculiarly with his fondness for equestrian exercises.- His kennel was situate about a hundred yards south of the family vault, in which, at present, rest his venerated remains. ?The- building was a rude structure, but afforded comfortable quarters for the hounds, with a large inclosure paled in, having in the center a spring of running water. The pack was very numerous and.:select?the colonel visiting and in? specting his kennel morning and evening, after the same manner as bo did his sta? bles. It was his pride, and a proof of his skill in hunting, to have his pack so criti? cally drafted, both as to. speed and bot? tom, that in full cry, to use a sporting phrase, you might cover them with a sheet. .During the hunting season Mount ? Vernon, to which he applied tho punnibg motto?tar non semper floret?had many distinguished guests from the neighbor? hood, from Maryland, and elsewhere. The visits of these Nimrods were not of days, but of weeks; and they were entertained in the good old style of Virginia's ancient hospitality. Washington, always splendidly mount? ed, took the field at dawn of day, with his huntsman, Will Lee, his friends and neighbors; and none rode more gallantly to hounds, nor with voice more cheerfully awakened in the.woodland, than he who was afterwards destined, by voice and ex? ample, to cheer his countrymen in their struggle for independence and enpire. Such-was the establishment at Mount Verrion prior to the revolution. We now come to the events of late times. After the peace of 1783, the hunting establish? ment, which had declined dnring tho war, was renewed by the arrival of a pack of French hounds, sent by the Marquis de la Fayette. These chiens de chasse were of great sizes? '?Bred out of tho Spartan kind, So fiew'd so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Dewlapp'd like Thcssalian bulls ; Matched in mouth like bells." Indeed, by their strength they were fitted, not only to pull down the stately stag, but, in fierce combat, to encounter the wolf or boar, or even to grapple with the lordly lion. Theso hounds, from their fierco disposition, were generally kept confined; but woo to tho stranger who might be passing their kennels after night? fall. Should the gates be unclosed, his fate would be sealed, unless he could climb some friendly tree, or the voice of tho huntsman or whipper-in came speedily to the rescue. The habit was to hunt three times a week, weather permitting. Break? fast was served on these mornings by candle light, the general always breaking his fast with an Indian corn cake and a bowl of milk, and ere tho ''early village cock" had "done salutation to the morn" the whole cavalcade would have left the house, and the fox frequently be unken? nelled before sunrise. Those who have seen Washington on horseback admit that he was the most accomplished of cavaliers, in the true sense and perfection of the character; he rode as he did everything, with ease, elegance and power. The vicious propensities of horses of no mo? ment to so skillful and daring a rider. He always said that he required but one good quality in a horse; that of being able to go along at a good pace, and ridiculed the idea of its being even possible that he should be unhorsed, provided the animal kept on his legs?indeed, the perfect and sinewy frame of this admirable man gave bim such a perfect seat that a horse might as soon disencumber itself of the saddle as of such a rider. Tho general usually rode a horse called Blueskin, a dark iron gray approaching to blue?hence his name ?a fine, but rather fiery animal, and of great endurance in a long run. Will, the huntsman, bettor known in revolutionary lore, as Billy, rode a horse called Chinkling, a surprising leaper, and made very much like its rider, low but sturdy, and of great bone and muscle. Will had but one order?he was to keep with the hounds?a somewhat difficult one to accomplish in such a stiff country. Mounted on Chinkling, with a French horn at bis back, this fearless rider would rush through a brake and tangled wood, over hedge and ditch, in a stylo worthy of a modern Meltonian. There were roads cut through tho woods in various directions* by which aged and timid riders and ladies could enjoy the exhilarating cry without risk" of life or limb. But Washington himself was no shirker, but rodo gallantly to his hounds through all the dangers and difficulties of the coun? try, nor spared his generous'steed, as the distended nostrils of Blueskin often would show. Ho was always at tho death, yielding to no man the honor, of the brush. Tho foxes hunted in America eighty-three years ago were gray foxes, with one exception, this was a famous black fox, which differing from his breth? ren of "orders gro}'," often set his pursu? ers at defiance. After seven or eight runs, Billy recommended that tho black reynard should bo let alone, giving it as his opinion that he was very near'akin to another sable character equally remarka? ble for his wiles. This advice was adopted; and ever after care was taken to avoid the haunt of the unconquerable fox.' The chaso onded, the party would return to tho mansion house, where, at the well-spread board, and with cheerful glass, tho feats of tho day, the prowess of the gallant steeds and riders,-and the "artful dodges" of/the famous black fox were all discussed, while Washington; never permitting even )his pleasures to infringe upon tho order and regularity of his habits, would, after a few glasses of madeira, retire to his bed at 9 o'clock. In 1787, Gen. Washington being called to preside in tho convention which formed the Federal Constitution, gave his hounds away, and bade adieu forever'.to the pleasures of the chaso. ? Tit for Tat. " "Was. there ever such a jealous fellow, alwayscontriving some new test tp subject my affections to!" said Julia Harvey to her. sister, Mrs. Fanny, Markham, as she handed'her a letter. - It was from Julia's loyer, Captain Paul Wilcox, an officer in an infantry regiment, who wrote.to receive him.. He told her that she would find him much changed, for he had been wounded in the leg and lost his left arm; that he had felt it his duty to say that He should not hold her to her engagement, though he loved her as as devotedly as- ever,. Nowritr happened that Julia had a correspondent ix? the army, from -whom she discovered that the Cap? tain received no injuries, and that his story was concocted purely , as. an additional test of the devotedness of the fair pne. .'fWe'll pay him off for his tricks, Julia." said Mrs. Markham. "Come, and I'll in struct you how to give him change in hits own coin." . Shortly after the ladies had retired, Capt. Wilcox, pluming himself on his stratagem, was alone in thedrawing-room. He but? toned his arm up in his coat, and the left sleeve hung empty, while he counterfeited a halting gait, and put a large piece of plaster on his left cheek to cover an imagi? nary sabre cut. In a few minutes, Mrs. Markham ap? peared. "Returned at last!" cried she, warmly shaking his hand. . "My. dear Paul!" . "There's not much left of me?little bet? ter than half,V said the soldier. "I left my poor arm in the West Indies." "Poor, dear .Paul," said, the lady?"And how is your leg ?" "VeSv poorly." I am troubled with daily exfoliation of the bone." "Poor Julia!" she sighed "She will bamuch affected by the change in me, will she not?" asked the brave Captain. "Oh, dear, no; I was thinking of the change in her." "Change in ber ?" "What I havent you heard ?" "Not a word" "Ah! I see?she was afraid to write to you. She has lost all her beauty." "Yes?you know she never, was vaccin? ated." "Never vaccinated?" "No?and she has had the small pox very badly. Poor Julia, She has lost the sight of her right eye. H<jr face is very much discolored. Her nose is terribly red." "A red nose." "Yes. It dosen't matter so much about her eyes?she wears blue spectacles." "Blue spectacles and a red nose ?" ex? claimed the Captain. "But you don't mind that. Beauty is nothing," said Mrs. Markham, who was ravishingly beautiful herself. "You love Julia for her heart; you always told her so. And as you are so maimed and disfig? ured, why, you can sympathize with and console each other. You will be a very well assorted couple?three eyes and three arms between you." "And red nose and blue spectacles!" "Hush! here comes Julia," said Mrs. Markham.. "Don't appear shocked. Julia, my dear, here's the Captain." The door opened, and Julia entered. She bad painted her face most artistically, a pair of blue spectacles concealed her fine, black eyes, but the marvelous feature of her face was her nose?it glo wed with all the brilliancy of a carbuncle. "Oh, dear"Paul," said she; "poor, dear Paul how much you must have suffered." "I have one arm left for you to lean upon," said the Captain. "But you are lame. We can never dance the Shottische more." "I don't know but I can manage it, all but the side-steps and hops;" said the Cap? tain, ruefully. "But don't you find me hideous ?** asked the fair one. " "Not exactly," said the poor Captain. "The tip of your nose is rather a warm col? or, to he sure." "Oh, the doctor says it will settle into a purple, byaud-by." "Oh, he does, does vhe ?" said the Cap? tain, abstractedly. "Do you think J. would look better with with a purple nose ?" asked Julia. "Speak not of it," said the Captain. "But tell me, when you heard of my in? juries, were you not inclined to relinquish my hand ?" "Not for a moment." "Then forgive my deception," said the Captain. "Here is my left arm as sound as ever. I have no wound upon my cheek; I can dance from dark till dawn." "How could you be so cruel!" said Ju? lia. "It is my turn to ask whether you are willing to fulfill your engagement." "With all ray heart," said the Captain. ,{I am grieved for the loss of your beau? ty, I confess; but your heart and mind are dearer than your person." "Excuse me for a moment," said the la? dy ; I must retire for a few minutes." In an instant she returned, radiant in all the glory of her charms. "Paul," she said, "how do you like me now?'-' : ' - ' "You are an angel," said the Captain, holding her in his arms. "How could you treat me so cruelly with the red nose and spectacles ?" "Not a word ot that," said the beauty. "We have friends in camp who exposed your jealous folly, and it was only 'tit for tat.'" "I deserve it all," said the Captain, "and here I avow I am cured of jealousy for? ever." 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