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V ^ M ft^m-^m^i^k. xfmsib -wiEsa "- \.- II Bill To k*Continui. gardon-yatu, they baatcned with all Bjwedbuek to camp. Dr. fiaundcrri way much tlificorapohod, when he. hoard Frank's Kt'ory, which he did us hooii iw they had reached their quartern; for the yoim# oflloer Vtell up- preoiuted tin* dimmer of the fell dit.eu.se in the vicinity of the army. "I will #0 at once," this onerjretle son of Onlen nald, "and satisfy niyhelf about it. Why, sir, it will ho ruin, if wceati'nivt eheclc it~u'arsoth:m a do/en annien in onrrear. Say nothing iihon it till I return, and cJintlonjfcjfli^lllffS?., unlfbcreateK an alarm which, prerlis- pones the men loaiifi"*tiun " Fr.'Ujlc proml^d discretion, nntl the doctor rode away on Inn Minltary er rand. Grouped in bivouac around the (ire that nifjht, a dozen ofliccrs lay smaLmf,', chatting and whiliiitf the hours away with boua and story. Suddenly Charlie Fulton burst into the throng. "Oh, lioyi., ' Ijl ciied, "U\e tlio grand est joke you ever heard. Where's He- Kant? Stand up, Frank, and reveal to tho pazo of an admiring multitude the beht sold man in Christendom. What tyjll you pivo me, old fellow, to sp.irc your blunhuh but, by jlove, 1 couldn't keep it lu, if you offered me a gold mine." "What ia it? Oat with it!"- cried a r dozen voices, '-" "Why, four rebel offlccra were having a quiet little game of ante this after noon at a farm-house about five mjli'R east of this, when up cornea Captain Frank and hiu merry men on a forage, necking whom am\what theyraay de vour. There was no ehanee of escape. The nen-were all xviuucl the house, nnd ' the ;oor 1 e'g its fCivc thenifcflve?. up for 1< st, n!,. n tl lily of tlie Ihium1-- OHAPTKIl XL THA.MOM1 Houghing' it In tho hush, would haVa boon ^i good descrlptien of Frank lie- ) \Ve may (fot*something out of liim uny- Hant'n mode of. life during tho hot how." attention \vuh called to tho apx>roliehing figure. ".Let us stroll down thin path, TRoBimt, and intercept him at tho gap yonder. pi. th. 1, I. i 1 Ijd'i < ( Ti S j M ...ft: . i i V" st*, ...ft: a ci *i < I her tinning ;> got tiie was onougli; they order of their never stopped V - by we'll dm.l. *n jo a d'jef n't gu"! ' ' ' I i.-l dciiii j"'in <,m ' n ei a.11 , n| - , <n ev it*> im;-" ' "' ' nl. s ' small-pov, i ii 't stucW not on the going, but.went, and running till they got back to camp. Then Frank tells Doe Saunders, who reports to my dad and raises tho old man's hair with such a holy honor that he won't be able to get his hat.on tUl he'a been shingled." , "Ohl 'Quirlle, hurely you're making it all up," Frank gnsped. ^ "Not a bit. my "boy." It's all im true as Gospel. The doctor wormed the whole b.tocy out of a colored girl, wlu> was tho only occupant of the bouse when he got there."'. . . A roar of laughter greeted the con- mg monthd of mimuiot*, wlien tho Fighting Fourth wait marching hither and thither, according to Ilucll'y erratic movemontH, or mi homo evolution of the enemy called for their attention. Take it for all in nil* the dog-ihiyw wont by without uiuking any very vaat strain on tho on- cr.-.icH of young/men who wore limited to fatigue and loss of sleep by nearly a wV's piactiee in ihc field; and even 'James Lawson would have welcomed the excitement of something bigger than a brush wtfb the enemy. Tfc was picket nnd skirmish, skirmish and piek- ct vvith limn, till the lads grew weary of the monotonous life they led. One dtiy, however, tliero eamo a change in this "eternal sameness of tilings for Frank Itesantnt least, for his and Charlie Fulton':, companies were ordered nut on a remmiuitering expedi tion under M.ijoi liopkm.s, winch prom ised to b full of adventure. Tin" enemy was supposed to be lying some forty miles to the westward .sup posed, I b.3, foi beyond tin* umeliahle repoitnof fanners, lUiellVonieerh, who at Ibis period seemed doomed to be chasing shiidows, had no idea of their real wheicahouts, and with the object of ferreting thera"out, nod dispatched this little expedition. Two days thej had marchecLand dis covered nothing more foimidablc than the seowlrigfaces of women, who met their inquiries with assertions that %\ercso palpably false that it was a cnstomaiy tiling to read their answers backward**. "I can almost forgive ftutler for his brutal order at Xcw Orleuns," -Major Hopkins suid, after nn encounter witii a cottager's wife, inwhiihho had de cidedly come off wio'H1 lies/ '*]>ut-tl at I can not," 1 ivi/tlc doclaied, with alt the chivalry oj/youth. *'A woman, yon-know, Majjir, ia beyonp^ taeieacii ot man a puwm.'l eliastifae- ment- som 'thin,; too si en d for " "Oh, yes, boy. 1 know what you would say, and I do not think tho worse of you for your appreciation of the gentler sex; hut if tins goddess of yours chooses to cut up most nnfeminine ca pers what are you going to do about it? I think that Ura degree Uutlerwas justi fied in " "Do not Hay it, Major!" Charlie-Ful ton, interrupted, in a white heat of in dignation. "Do not try* to make us be lieve you would god-father such an or der* under' a"hy circurastances. I say 'to you, and I would say to Butler himself, t]iat his barbarity disgraced his uuiform." "Why, Charlie!" Frank ejaculated, aghast at his friend's passionate leply, - N. Vvj-r'-^*^'/"'- A X10XH OF LAUGIlWU OltKKUClj THE CON- cnusroN ov rm: NAiuiAnvi:. a i < p ' -.it 11.'. in Luasid'*r*n g ,( -t u i Ti% ua r.lie iu.it .f tun ' \i' : >. j.1 in' a*. JiUe, set rvit bun- > i'{ or nn iud oi' the trcoji. i> , i i Ii la'n.ing, once niiire ^ .it uho voh retail"d m pot.it ion of secoud in 'U V tion unji miih Utj. ii t BCll 1, i ' for ' .. i hum"11atu j tb .' nn.; I coima'iiuj \i ilje h mj id t h.iMe rlowly. ITo bad "been lejuioi^cd oy i'opc, with twenty- five thousand men from the Mississippi, and was now at tho head of an army numbering at'least one hundred thou- , sand. On the Glut of Mnyr"G had crept 'towithin three milea of tho dreaded fortifications of Corinth, whose terrible r#un.'; threatened his advance, and com pelled him to move with a caution that .was depressing alike to officers and Uflen. And meanwhile Beauregard saw the i-uaififhty.liost approaching, and though he too had been re-in forced* know that when the tufifde eamo ho would bo un able to withstand them, bo ho coolly de^ stroyed every thing of value in the city and withdrew his forces southward. On tho UQtb of May, Hallcck raurohed liito tho deserted fortress; and what must have been his feelings, when ho found that all tlibJ vast array of brist ling guns, which bad awed him into nucb deliberate action, wove but harm- lesr. logs of wood painted and mounted to represent cannon! _ "Well," cried Frank, aa lio gazod at ibo mock artillefy( "if" that doesn't .beat any thing- in the way of idioms, I'm a Dntcjimniil" "Evon a baby with tho small-pobc?" <Tharlie liSilton naked, getting well out t<rf reach, however*, of bis counrado'a twny grasp* ,- ________^ ' I I l Ll } Ol. I H ,f'l tK you think Southern ladies will think of Northern chivalry after this9 I tell you they will cl.is* us all the Major, you, 1 and every one with the man who bade his boldierti treat them like j outcasts." Frank looked anxiously in the Major's face, fearing that Charlie's hot out burst, which at that time seemed close akin to treason, would bring him into trouble, but the superior officer only smiled as he said, with a meaning glance at his subaltern ..^ unmv, my lad, that your heart Ifi stronger than your head, and I fear the reminiscence of some bright-eyed Southern belle you have known in happier days may have made you unfitted to criticise General Uutler's conduct impartially." "And what if it hits?" The question wu-s n.slccd offensively, with Hushed face and defiant gesture. "Only tliat love is a god who blinds his d< vutees, and that if you have lost your ht'ait on the wrong side of the , \-ii '*i to Ii" t-ninn I , . i. n,i ie hee and left tlio twi- u i>> ill "oj .'J^-.s. a of ii(i[i.^nis promulgitiiif i m\h raulc heresy .igaios-t tlie purest. ' nobleut women the earth , u\ show! ii t makes m i nU"l all ovfT. t" t niilc tli^t ho could be co mean. Why, yon look as If you half-agreed with him. Frank, or why those elevated cye-browb and that expressive snigger?" "I think," was tho terse reply, "that you have made a fool of yourself. You hfid no business to cheek the Major the wa^ you did, for there is no more cou- Bidetate man in the army than be is." "Then, what did he stick up for llut- ler f^r?" '.'Oh, hangButlor!" "With all my heart, rav boy! That'.* just* what they oufjht tti h ivn done Jnst May. Itut about in^ clu . M:v Hopkins, tli"t is another qucation, nH'stesiHired^ I'll seek an early chance to beg his par don." "Do!'* Frank said, earnestly. "I think the world of Hopkins." , JJext day tliey mot with hotter sne- oess in their undertaking. On reaching the crown of ahJH, which gave them a (Ino view of a broad streU h of lowland, they observed a solitary hur-.eman com ing towards them in the j or distance. The ini*>n wore iluutf uj on tho ground enjoying their noon halt under the shadow of the treon, when the Major"* how.' "With pleasure, Major," and the two ofllceis started for the point suggested. Evidently there was Homethlngon tho Major's mind, Frank thought, :ih they walked slowly down tho path, for be was generally chatty and agreeable enough, but now seemed moody uud difa- inclinod to talk. "You seem out of sorts, Major," Fiauk said at hi it, really anxious about his superior's manner. "And well I may be, Frank. I am very much eoncf rued about Charlie Ful ton not ho much for his sake a*, for his father's, who i. in old and tried friend of many years." "Oh, Charlie's all right, sir," Frank i "You think so. Well, Iamt-orrylo .say I do not agree with you. Now, I do not like to ask you ho;, , to tell tab'. <<f one another out of ehool, and I want you to quite undrrst.md th.'t 1 urn ,ieLu- atod by no, motivoji ho.tilo to young Fulton's Interesti, so " "I quite understand that, Major.'1 "Well, ilo you know euj, thing about a young lady named Ij.tseelle.sV" Frank was t hi ama/cd to -peak. IT1 was certain that not one living soul but himself nn'd young Fulton knew their secret. Fulton, for his own sake, would not have been likely to mention her to any one, and he was positive her name had never dropped from his lips- "Ah, I hee you have hoard of her for God's sake, Frank, 1 hope jou aie not mixed up in this scrape?" Mis tone wiu so earnest and"symputhetic that Fi .ink's t,ossi it i > e siiiott* bun. "1 am m no seiap \ M.ijur." "No, 1 was-^iong t > f'nM" lioy, but I un . afraid h nJ 3 on iutosomceonniv; nei ; ' corn qiit/iderre with t-'.Is "(iudty eo nspondeuce! me, Mi.jor"Hopkins." "Vet, lam afiaid there in no tithe. i'.v -;e--s*i>n tli t w ill describe t. AVith out betraying eoniidence, lean not ex i 3 i\ in;,' it t a , ult^ i I I .1! ' You .urn '.e ""Well, Mr.'Oreen, T am rignt glad Wo tmva met, not only that it hu.H given mo pleasure to shake liuutls with a North ern man down here, but because 1 eo a way in utilize our meeting," [ "Of course I uudorHtaud what you I mean," the minister npsent^ci; leaaily. , uYou would have mo preiieh tho Word ( to your men up in tho wooda there?" | **I am afraid had no such good in- | U'litlons." The Major Was poi RIvoly | blushing', "1 meant that you would bo , perhaps willing to give me some valu able information," "there was a_bhinlc___hw)k of dlsap- p^jhitment in the minisU'r'rt face, as ho replaced tho books lie had alreudy drawn from his eapuolous pockets. "'1 am sine, if \vn hud limb, tho men would much profit by your mlnlstra* tiotiH," Major Hopkins explained. "Kver the same cry no time ho this short life to prepare for tho eternity of the next. Well, sir, I do pot mran to force my service;; upon you. Hay briefly c/lmt \ can do for you, for the day wanea and I have far to ride." 'You euii tell U4, if you have Been any tiling id the Confedeiate forocw in these pni'tH, or whether yon have board any thing of their movernent'i.'1 "Surely.I eun," was t!ie sifiivo reply, "lira 'j^s men p.i .led southwards through yonder villi-' -vmi can iu'it set- its smoke In the far -li .T.inee ten (I iys ir,o Then* are in.my Cmd li'.usiig F I'oaists living 1lure t'*oy rail tho ' - - V/ii" ' nl' . i id 11 'v feared f'u"' a.el ,ulla0- , la:' the tioops were h.rind and they jiassed them by mi ll .u I ' " Taut is g -o 1 well, sir, have you ,'iu 1!i;' j 'ii ii. t i tell us?M "\\1 \ ,,' .! hue. Some men who h ni ' * i n out lit r! in f in the uoijils told int 1 < umr.i'M^ Hi it they iiad seen a { tin of a du.-en supply wagon i which the; Fioii ,dit would re a Oi Win fanley \>t-, to in tnosvat latest. Nov, wouldn't the. he :l rhiuice fur you? How many m 'ii ^o vou unr ti-r"" "Oh, a mere handful two companies of infantry but, did they say how strong the escort was?" ".hiit one troop of cavalry, nothing more, and so tuckered up by a long march that they e*nild hardly crawl." "Thai1. sjdendid news, indei d; but are you sure of the direction liragg'a army was taking?" ' Positive, lie wns going due south with a big force, in great haste, ton, or yon in:i\ depond'on it our friends' barns md houses would not-have roofa over them." \nd you think that the villagers would recoi.e us hospilabiy?" "A- .-in'il did the warriors of Midian," w vsJ'o'-lI'. UI'jIi rt;>ly; "and now, . s I t ! to j vx j ai iv i mo,.* inform it ion. pei nut m-* to wend my way in \w ice," "Adieu, sir! unci Uod speed you on yovr juuruey." Tiii-y watched libn ascend tho hlllaide wasal^.V* down on ourrpriToto tho- r.tricaW, but I allow Hhe'd clap hcr^ bands it- idie'd only seen me play thin ploufi role to-duy." A roar of hn^ghtor greeU'd UiIh brill iant sally, w.'deh wa.s somewhat checked, however, by the approach oi u man older than tho rest, whoae (tcrn fcRtiiroHHhawud-thut-ho',dldrJO^Bhare the general merrlmont* '^ ' "Hack inideap tricks aaltliccc, Lati- celleu," he said, in agravo tono i}% fx- poHtulation, "do not meet niy apprbyal, and T will not have a repetition of thorn. lUsbidna, the game in not\ worth tho, candhirfnr'if ~thof.o~ YunkHMmd found you out, they .conhl have, very propdr- ly, :.trung you up to a hough of tlie.llrht tree they came to, and I can not afford to luive my best ofilcem run such rUk. I allow, if you'd played the role in tragedy, Instead of comedy, your mother would linrdly have appreciated your hlstrlouie ability as keenly an you imagine." The young man was abashed. "llesidi's," the senior continued, "do you think your action <[iiito in accord- aneewith the high repute for elnvalry t'iis corps has ever enjoyed? Ilowevei*, t.s t!u: tolly bun been perpetrated let mo hear the lesult of your oueupude." Tho young man told hb; atory, but somehow or other all the fun seemed to ,be fiozcn out of the udventure by bin liuporior's au .tere criUetoih.^ **Well, you have done one good thing for us nt any rate. You have drawn the enemy from tho woods int >thi ojx-n, and we cm bag them by a night attack on Winstanley as easily as catching rabbits in a net." As he strode away, onr* of the officers flapped Laseelleu on the shoulder, as he gayly cried: * "JJon't grU/.le, old man. Nat Hawes never h..d inoi < appn elation of a prac tical joke in his nature than there is blood in a Norfolk oyster. In my opin ion #\mi have done a very plucky, com mend." ble thing, and there are brighter eyes than old -Nat's will gleam nppioval when tho btory's told at Nashville." CIlAPTKIt XII. A Mlillf AITAr-K. "Winr.tanley is not much of a place,' Frank llesant said, as th>*y marched that September aftenioorF up the one dusty street that constituted the main portion of the miserable village, whose squalid houses' and sallow, unwhole some inhabitants seemed from their signs of decay to he unworthy the no- tke of friend or fop. Xo wonder Bragg h ni not! tayed"lirs ruaich to ullage so conic n t, ].] ji c-nuiir 'i * .a it was a - ttl< rni'iir )" U' 'i' althy iy \ \ on i '/on the cam' rl real! I o iiy i rac'cc - h slave \, tM* l 1 >' U i i i ' o, l- I I. i ~f plain to you xvhat^JJifowmMriwt-W^'^^Hy^8^ readied me, or how 1 have gained it, but I know that Fulton met Miss Lascellcs in Nashville more than once, and, from something that has jutit oc curred, I am suspicious thutA^ur every movement is communicated to her, and through her to others." "Oh, sir. Impossible' I would stake my life that Charlie Fulton could never l>eso~basc!" "JSVy, you misunderstand me, Frank. Do not for one moment suppose that I imagine Colonel Fulton's son could ever be a traitor. Ue has sinned unknow ingly: at least that's how I read it. Caught in the fascinating toils of this handsome, but unscrupulous, young: woman, ho lias allowed himself to be cajoled by her into giving her valuable information. 1 can picture to myself tho bait with which she iias played him the tender inquiries about him and his doings, his whereabouts, bis ex pected journey iugs here and there, his friends, his little bits of camp news all so interesting to one who loves him. [ Pshaw, it is the old tale of Delilah over again, and if you and I do not put our headib together, our poor young Sam son will be surely shorn of all hit; locks." - Frank's brain seemed in a whirl, "Major Ilopkms," he said at last, "you asked mo a few moments ago if I knew Miss Lascellcs, and I then evaded your question. I do know that lady, and I am going to tell you-liow nnd where I mode her acquaintance.- Hut -first I need your word of honor ns a gentleman thivfc jou will never reveal to any one what I may tell you no, not even If you stood on your oath before a court- martial." "I never will so help me Heaven," the Mujor declared, with as much - 1 nn"-' as th >." h he stood before a whole he ilea of judges. "hen Fn.nk related from first to lost !i ' ulsentures wi'Ji Mary TViuclli if ru nug only the l.fU et isni e < t js > - en and her gentle hi .is < i prero - for himself, which the ho list Ivi and then started back to camp. "He sat in his saddle like a trooper," the Major critically observed; "and what a splendid physique the old fellow has! Say, Frank, I do honestly think those itinerant preachers are after all the true soldiers of Christ, buffering as they do toil, privation and discomfort in His name.. Thoy may be illiterate, but, hang me, if they're not in earnest." Hut Frank's thoughts were on another bubject. "May I speak to Charlie about this unpleasant matter wo were talking of, sir? Peihaps a word of warning might bring him to his senses." "Certainly not," was the stern re ply. "My hands are so tied now by promises I have given to 3*011 and others, that I am not in a position to confront him with proofs of his folly. Iiemera- ber, I rely upon your silence ' and watchfulness there must be no lack of eoniidence between us two now or ever again. And your asking me this, re minds mo to inquire what sort of a fel low is James Lawaon, who claims to bo a companion of your early days." "Well," Frank Iwsitnted, for ho hated to set the Major against his old play mate by speaking the open trutlv, "he's not an intensely iftoral young man, I believe " "A bit of a scamp. Ah, I judged aa much," and Major llopkinshurried away to his duties. fcJo, Frank thought, tho mystery thickens; and James Lawson is some how orTothor mixed up in it: yet, how tho deuce could ho know any thing about it Surely Charlie Fulton, with all his folly, could never have been so rash as to uso this worthless fellow as a go-between; but such a misfortune was quite possible, for Lawaon wan in Charlie's company, and had all the 1 w. 11 ,u 1 > v/'i (,i LhiKi ll into the t I in e <">Jbc< St *> confide net, if once the ' ' m. Meanwhile Kev. Abel Green or P.irson.Abe, as his rural admirers so Lieu- , u. ' -c- ', V, I ll JT1 ." mid' is. \ Jn. ll.it lo"int ly called him was hustling his lo.'hto believe even now iveie any I old mule along at a very unclerica pace -1..+.:______ * a id uung some very unsanctiraonious t'.i: \f but sincere. By this time tho mounted strangei* had approached a short, thick-set old man, dressed in the garb of a minister, with IJible and hymn book sticking con spicuously out of his coat-poclcet, and mounted on a lank, ill-fed mule. lie greeted them "warmly as ho rodo up to them. "Ah,, gentlemen," ho Bald, "it la in deed a blessed privilege to see a North- < i-u face in this unhappy country, where it is a crime to remember that one onca swore fealty to the stars and stripes." Both oinccrs shook hands with liim. ' \vrti are a Northerner?" the Major asked. "Yen, by birth and education, but the best years of mxlife have been spent in Tennessee and Georgia, and other Bon thorn States, for a soldier's path yon know Is ever a wandering: one." "A solder's, you say? Havo you ever Bcrved?" "Am I not serving now, frlend7 Are wo not both soldiers you of tho sword, I of the cross?". *|0h, yen, exactly I did noi look at it irrfchut light, Mr. ," ho tiaiiaod for the btrangor to flU up tho blank. "Abel Ureen, or as tho simple ioik around hero generally dub mo l>arsou Abo." i.,jr<.,jlon every time the poor beast attempted to slacken Its speed, eo that in threo-^unrters, of jm Jhour ho was nearly six mllos frdnTtho spot where his dear compatriots from tho North wero making ready for their descent on the hospitable inhabitants of Winstan ley. Turning from the road into the woods at a gap in a fence which secmod familiar to him, ho cantered along* under tho trees till he reached a clear ing, whore a sight presented itself that would havo charmed' an artist in its picturesque aspect throe hundred dis mounted Confederate cavalrymen, re clining hare mid there in little groups, while their horses wero busily cropping tho sweet grass, which grow on tho bank of a stream. Hardly pausing to give the sentry tho countersign, bo rode straight to a knot of ofllcors,~wliQ hailed him gleefully. 1'Hullo, Loseolloa, what uowb from the Yanks?" , "Sold them Into bondage like hte brethren did Jpsephl" ho laughed, , aa ho sprang' from tho saddle- with tho elasticity of youth. lMSay, boys, mother ' .' i < r aU 1 ij t. i.u'i j r f v rd.ioc i .*,, io ',- tr fs ';, 1 me li w > :x' . mi o' .. k' . \. ' 10 1 111 SV\ .ilke.% I .nl "> n, , o ii ii he would not be a bolder who laid him self to rest in one of these huts." "Yet that may be our fate," Franlr prophesied. "The Lord forbid!" Won the pioua ro- jolndcr s But amid all this squalor, one house stood high on a hill at the further end of tho village, which boasted greater pretensions than Ub humble neighbors. It was a great, tquaro, stone building, utterly without ornament, but roomy and capacious, which never by any pos sibility could have suggested home, hut which was large enough to promise accommodation for a host; and out of its square, ugly gateway, a tall, spare, middle-aged man was coming at a rapid walk towards tho advancing column. "Howdy! Howdy!" cried one pf the cracker gentry, coolly offering a be grimed paw to Major Hopkins, a court esy which that gentleman\iretended not to notice. "Who is this person coming down tho hill?" tho officer asked. "Him's Squar' Dixon, him is. We 'uns don1 tako much stock in he lcyind o* peart on his raisin', an' thinks his- ~self botter'n res' o' us." Squire Dixon< forthwith roio one hundred per cent, in the Major's estima tion, a good opinion, which was forti fied by hia unaffected expression of pleasure at the presence of Northern troops, and his kindly offcra of hospi tality. . "lam sorry I kyant house yon all," he said, heartily; "but your officers will find a welcomo in my pore home, an' your men can take up their quarters in the village church," a proposition which was gratefully accepted, All went merry as a marriage-bell. Considering the times, a bountiful sup per was done ample justice to by tho grateful oftb'ors, who did not fnfl also pi.VHlk it 1->J\. of ii.\a'I v'l.'. ..uti n' uhuiidaiaM* of \vhu>! v, hah, llio-i, h forced 171011 thou with u r-.2ier- us 'is'day of hofipitalHy, *n , *n- hilf( 1 in with moderation. 1 ..c qu,re irr.ved 1 imsc-lf an lulmirablo host, ind won golden opinions from hUl well* pleased guests, ihs was 11 peculiar em o, as ho oxplitbicd to them. Sent ub a boy to a school in Massachusetts, ho had acquired sentiments which were at variance with tho opinions of his neigh bors, particularly as regards tho ques tion of the abolition of slavery, ofwhioh he approved and which, of course, Jmd made him a marked man in tho" comu raunlty. When tho war broke out/ though his flympathioa had been entire ly with tho North, ho had nover dared to declare them, though ho was willing now and at all times to sacrifice any thing in reason to his conviction any thing, In foot, abort'of beggaring his family. IHfl family? Oh, yes, he had a wife and three daughters who wore now In Cincinnati, jbhatik Hettvcnl be yond tho reach of Immediate dattgor. s As the Major said, when they reached*' their chamberfl,. Mr. Dbcon, was alto gether a most i interesting pers&Ji. Lieutenant Cuthbortson, of Charlie Ful ton's company, was on guard duty: the rest of the officers wore assigned to* a suite of chambers side by side at th hack of the mansion overlook tug a neg lected garden. 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