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You may remember talking to him one evening at my house." "He's one of my boys!" cried the General. "Remember him? Guess I do!" He paused on the very brink of relating again the incident at Camp Jackson, when Stephen had saved the life of Mr. Brinsmade's own son. "Brinsmade, for three days I've had it on my mind to send for that boy. I'll have him at headquarters now.
Then he went over to the fireplace and began tearing the note into little bits. Only once did he pause, to look again at his name on the envelope. "It is an invitation to Miss Carvel's party," he said. By Thursday of that week the Brices, with thanksgiving in their hearts, had taken possession of Mr. Brinsmade's little house.
VII. An Excursion VIII. The Colonel is Warned IX. Signs of the Times X. Richter's Scar, XI. How a Prince Came XII. Into Which a Potentate Comes XIII. At Mr. Brinsmade's Gate XIV. The Breach becomes Too Wide XV. Mutterings XVI. The Guns of Sumter XVII. Camp Jackson XVIII. The Stone that is Rejected XIX. The Tenth of May.
They were all the remembrance I had of that night at Mr. Brinsmade's gate, when we came so near to each other." "Virginia," he said, "some force that we cannot understand has brought us together, some force that we could not hinder.
Brinsmade's place, the moon hung like a great round lantern under the spreading trees about the house. Clarence caught a glimpse of his cousin's face in the light. She was leaning forward, her gaze fixed intently on the stone posts which stood like monuments between the bushes at the entrance. Then she drew back again into the dark corner of the barouche.
They were all the remembrance I had of that night at Mr. Brinsmade's gate, when we came so near to each other." "Virginia," he said, "some force that we cannot understand has brought us together, some force that we could not hinder.
Brinsmade's. Her face was troubled, as well it might be. The most alarming reports were cried up to her from the street, and she looked every moment for the black smoke of destruction to appear to the southward. Around her were gathered the Carvel servants, most of them crying, and imploring her not to leave them. And when Mrs.
"Rosetta, tell Ned I wish the carriage at once." Her aunt seized her convulsively by the arm. "Where are you going, Jinny?" she demanded. "Your Pa would never forgive me if anything happened to you." A smile, half pity, crossed the girl's anxious face. "I am afraid that I must risk adding to your misfortune, Aunt Lillian," she said, and left the room. Virginia drove to Mr. Brinsmade's.
A great fear was in Ned's heart, but he went. And he believed devoutly that he would never see his young mistress any more. And while Ned is running to Mr. Brinsmade's, Mrs. Colfax is summoning that courage which comes to persons of her character at such times. She gathers her jewels into a bag, and her fine dresses into her trunk, with trembling hands, although she is well enough now.
Brinsmade's own carriage was drawn up at his door; and that gentleman himself standing on the threshold. He came down his steps bareheaded in the wet to hand Virginia from her carriage. Courteous and kind as ever, he asked for her father and her aunt as he led her into the house.
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