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"Would you? Then you are not afraid lest the rebels should

take Washington and confiscate the whole of us?"

"Major Fairbairn thinks the danger of that is past"

"He does! However, other dangers ton very safe ground for

us," Mrs Sandford rejoined

"Mrs Sandford is at her own risk But I should hardly be

doing the duty of a good guardian if I risked anything, where

so iet you away

from here without delay How soon can you both be ready?"

I wanted to say I was ready, but I could not get out the

words My two friends debated the matter, and the doctor fixed

his own tiood for e of my own

interests; or I never could have maintained the ease of manner

which it was desirable to maintain in face of this

proposition I was very cal that "a man's heart

deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps" I went on

withunder the eye of the doctor I do

not knohy he watched me so

"Has anybody ventured to tell you, Miss Randolph, that you

have changed within a few otten the doctor and wassomewhere before a

battery in Patterson's column I started a little

"Yes, indeed! has she not?" exclaied!

She cairl that ever