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"Every blow I strike to-day, Miss Vosburgh, will be nerved by the thought that you have one enemy, one danger, the less; and I shall esteem it the greatest of privileges if I can remain here to-night again as one of your protectors." "I cannot tell you what a sense of security your presence gives me," she replied. "You seem to know just what to do and how to do it."
As Carpenter went forward to the head of his column, his face as dark with his sanguinary puipose as the lowering west, Merwyn saw that Mr. Vosburgh, quiet and observant, was present. The government officer, with his trained instincts, knew just where to be, in order to obtain the most vital information.
Vosburgh's residence; as it was nearly time for him to be relieved of duty he told them that in a few moments he could guide them to their destination. Marian's thanks rewarded him abundantly, and Mrs. Vosburgh told him that if he would go to the kitchen he should have a cup of coffee and something nice to take home to his wife.
Vosburgh rang the bell furiously. Only a moment or two elapsed before the scared face of Thomas appeared, but as Merwyn crossed the threshold he fainted. They carried him to his room, and then Mr. Vosburgh said, "Bring a physician and lose not a second. Say it is a case of life and death. Hold! first bring me some brandy." "Oh, oh!" Marian moaned, "I fear it's death!
The glad intelligence was despatched, and then Merwyn said: "After you have breakfasted I will send you down in my coupe." "You will go with me?" "No. There is no reason why I should be present when Miss Vosburgh greets her friends. I remained last night by request, that I might be better informed in prosecuting my search." Strahan changed the subject, but thought: "She's loyal to her friends.
With them it was a question of manhood, of life, and of that which gives the highest value and incentive to life. It was inevitable, therefore, that Marian Vosburgh should become a mirage to more than one man; and when at last the delusion vanished, there was usually a flinty desert to be crossed before the right, safe path was gained. From year to year Mr.
She then learned, through her father, that the entire army was again on the move, and that another terrific battle would be fought in a day or two. "Burnside should cross the Rappahannock to-day or to-morrow, at the latest," Mr. Vosburgh had remarked at breakfast, to which he had come from the Washington owl-train.
With difficulty the troops were led back to their old quarters, and so ended the disastrous campaigns of the year, so far as the army of the Potomac was concerned. The storm that drenched and benumbed the soldiers on the Rappahannock was equally furious in the city of New York, and Mr. Vosburgh sat down to dinner frowning and depressed. "It seems as if fate is against us," he said.
Should I see Miss Vosburgh again I shall tell her about you, just as I have told you about her." "You were born on the wrong side of the line, Captain Lane. You are a Southerner at heart." "Oh, nonsense! Wait till you visit us at the North. You will find people to your mind on both sides of the line.
"This will not answer," said Mr. Vosburgh, in a tone that quieted both mother and daughter, who at this stage were inclined to be a little hysterical. "A moment's rational thought will convince you that words cannot influence me. I know exactly what I owe to you and to my country, and no earthly power can change my course a hair's breadth.
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