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From the Atlantic Monthly.
STRATEGY AT THE FIRESIDE
(CONCLUDED. )
At seventeen the process of conversion
is apt to be rapid. Barbara lay awake
nearly all that night, thinking, praying,
and weeping. With her sudden detesta
rion of l'egrarn mingled the personal con
sideration that he knew that Tony was
the son of her own favorite, Aniy,—the
friend of her childhood.
" if he had one spark of true re
,ard , tor me," t hou f! ht Barbara, "not to
:aye the win ,le :'-ourt hero Confederacy
would he have shot. the son of A njy.
l'e;/ ra ff. is a brutal ruffian, and Slavery
has wade him that."
Atli)? helped on the work of eonver
don by her anguish and her solemn ad
joratinm4. The old woman had picked
up arguments, both moral and ticontithical,
trough to hare posed vii Mr. Alexan
tt r II Stephens him , cll. the phil sophi
cid apostle of that new dispen-ation whose
ilidry was born of the cotton gin and
d by the devil Avarice.
Bat tiara rise and brealrfasted late that
tiormtig At eleven o'clock she took her
music-lesson. Let us leave her for a few
minutes, and Ay to another part of the
city, wFf'ere, in one of the MMUS of the
Provost-Marshal's office, the Rebel mail
was being examined. Captain Yu nrose
entered, and Detective Wilkins handed
hint a letter he had just opened. It was
addressed to Colonel Pegram, an•l was
signed by Mrs Daniel Diriwiddie. We
will take the liberty of quoting a portion
of it
" I know toy dear Charley, that you
have been obliged to draw largely un
your financial resources in aid of the greet
cause rd.-.Sout hero independence, and I
am nut ,urprised that you should find
yourself so severely pushed for money.
I sent you five hundred dollars in greeri
backs in my last, the savings of Brrbara
and myself. I hope to send you as much
by the next mail. I regret to say that
fur the last six months my husband has
utterly refused to allow me one cent for
what he calls disloyal purposes. I con
sequently have to practise sortie finesse
in getting what I do. The money he
gives us for dressVs, and for charity is all
-aved up for you ; add then I manage to
make our grocer's and butcher's bills ap
pear twice as large as they really are, and
thus add to our savings. It is mortify
ing to have to resort to these shifts ; but
when I reflect on what it is till tor, I feel
abundantly justified. Mr. Din-widdie'
income the last two years his been etior
mous. Ile is taxed fir upwards of a
million. A good part of this, my dear
Charley, shall be yours as soon as you
change the title of friend for the nearer
cmc,of son in- law. You complain that
B.irbara wouldn't cw•age herself the last
tmic you met. II er relusal was merely
aid act of maiden coyness, and only
meant, l won't to be won, but not too
easily.' She sees no young tnen, and I
watch her closely, for I am resolved ti.at
your interests shall be as well looked after
as if yen were on the ~p)t."
As Captain Penro-e ftni,hed read ng
the letter, Mr Dinwiddie walked in, and
it was handed to Into for perusal. 'I ha;
worthy merchant glanced through it rap
idly, and a grim smile over,meo his feu
tures. "We shall see, Madam," he said.
folding up the letter, and handing it to
Detective Wilkins for filing. Then turn
ing to the Captain, he remarked,—
" You are from Maine, I believe Cap
tain Penrose 7"
" Yes, Mr. Dinwiddie,— from the
very extrerriiiy of Vanliecdom."
" Well, Captain, I have this morning
seen a friend of your father's, who bade
me say to you he is in the city for a day
or two, and hopes to see you before ho
leaves"
"To whom do you refer?"
"To Mr. Calvin Carver, of Montreal."
" Oh, yes ; I've often heard my father
speak of him as one of the best men in
the world."
" • man, Captain Penrose, of whom
you may truly say, ' His word is as good
as his bond.' I never knew him to over
state a fact, and that is saying a great
deal of an active business Dan. I have
not seen him before to-dajeince my mar-
Tinge."
4 • I shall take an early opportunity of
Calling on him, Mr. Dinwiddie "
4 , He . told me, Captain, of your gallant
conduet I,fichother day at Nashville, dur
ing Hood's attack. He said I ought to
give Stanton no peace till he has( you
promoted to a colonelcy."
4, All in good time, Mr. Diuwdidie
Were waslitinWrichiTA brave fellowswho
have a prior Claim. And now, Sir, per
mit we to soy, that I have consulted with
the Provost-Marshal, and my official duty
requirt4; me to call on you' wife and daugh
ter, and notify them that they are at lib
erty, to go 'where they please
: The Captain might have added, had
he thought if discreet, that the police au
thorities had concluded they shOuld learn
wo7 of the secrets of the Rebel plotters
by allowing Madam.to go . at
. large than
by keeping : her shut up. ,
. Din widdie stood nervously playing, with
his wtOoh-kep- - Aia itlcia•hud occurred Id
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hirn,—a glorious, a ravishing idea,—.an
idea which, if concreted successfully into
notion, would revenge him triumphantly
on his wife "for the tricks revealed in the
letter he had just read.
" Captain," said he, "if you P are go
ing to my house, have you any objection
to take a letter for my daughter ?"
"T shall be pleased to doso," returned
the Captain ; but he wouldAave put more
warmth into hia reply, had it not been
for eertlin chilly misgivings in regard
to the preoccupation of Barbara's heart
Mr. Dinwiddie sat down at stable and
wrote these lines :
" BARBARA,—Captain Arthur Penrose
of Maine, visits you in pursuance of his
yesterday's promise if you. have any
regard for your poor, distracted father,
if you would save me from the deepest,
the direst mortification,—exert all your
powers to conciliate Captain PenrosX
and to detain him till I return home and
relieve you. I will explain all to you
hereafter. My peace of mind depends
largely on your being able. to do , this
Urge him to call again In baste, your
father."
'1 he Captain received this missive, bow
ed, and walked off in the direction of
Dinwitidie's house
Nero came t•o the door
"Is Mrs. Dinwiddie in ?"
Cap'n, but. Miss Barbara is in,"
said the consHring Nero, in a tone of en
oouragetnent
Madam, it should he remarked, was
out waking calls on a few leading feud
nine sympa , hizers ; but she did not no
Lice, ti at. wherever she went, a little man
in black, with a postman's big pocket
book in his hands, followed, as if busily
employed in delivering-letters.
Captain Penrose sent up his card, to
gether with the missive he was charged
with. Nero returned the next minute,
and ushered him into the drawing-room,
assuring him, with overflowing suavity,
that Miss Barbara 'Would be down
minute,. It was with profound agitation
that tho, young lady read her father's note
What could be the matter ?
She Looked in the glirss.=combed back
her profuse flaxen hair so as to expose
her fitir temples in the most approved
fashion of the hour,—tnok a little tea rosy.
front the silver vase on her bureau,—and
then, with a beating heart, stepped down
the broad, low stairs into the drawing
MEM
Captain Penrose was examining an ex
quisite painting of an iceberg, which hung
Oil the wall over the piano. He turned
to Barbara, bowed gravely, and said,-
-I merely came to say, Miss Dinwiddie,
that there is no longer any restraint upon
your movements. You are at liberty to
go where you please. Your mother, I
learn, ha:, already anticipated the perm's•
sion kir her. elf Yuu may say to her that
in her case also, the prohibition is remov
ed. I will bid you a very good morning."
He bowed, and had almost reached the
door before Barbara could recover her
cootposure sufficiently to say,-
-Sir,—Cuptain Penrose.-1 beg you
nut to leave me t , o abruptly. Pray be
ea!ed "
The Captain, arch-hypocrite that he
looked at the clock as if he were
.sely pu,hed fur tune, and replied,—
••Jly official duties, 'Alias Diuwiddie
are so pre,sing— so"
'•But. 1 'ye something particular to say
to you," said Barbara, grown desperate.
"Indeed ! Then I'm at your servi -e."
Barbara pointed to an arm-chair ; but
the Captain wheeled it upJo her, arid at
the same time pushed along an ottoman
for himself. As soon as the lady was
seated, he, too, sat
There was a pause, and rather a long
10:1
"Now, Miss Diawiddie, I shall be hap
py to hear your coutuauuleation."
"Ahew ! I noticed, Sir, as 1 came in
hat you were looking at yonder paiuting.'
"les ; is it not most admirable? "1' is
by a Boston artist, 1 see,—by Curtis."
"Indeed I ' Tie a picture my father
bought only last week. 'Twas recom
mended to him by Mr. Carver ; for filth
er dues not pretend to be a connoisseur.
Yuu think it good 1" "
"food? 'Tis exquisite 1 Look at the
atmosphere over that water. You might
feel a cool exhalation fruw it on a hot day.
The misty freshness rolling off, and lit up
by the cheery sunlight, is Nature itself.
It carries me away—far away—once wore
to the coast of Labrador, where 1 spent a
Summer month' in my youth But, Miss
Dinwiddie, how happens it that you eon
descend, in times like these, to.patroniie
a Yankee artist ? When Colonel-Pegram
comes, you must take down that picture
and hide it."
- 13nrbarwatarted,and- blushed. -
“Whet do you know, Sir, of Colone
Pegraw ?"
"Nothing, except that ho is a fortunate
iiian, unless Rumor belies hint."
"If you refer, Sir, to that foolish re
port in regard to inysellf-which was our•
rent last„win er, I bog to assure you there
is no truth in it."
"Not now, perhaps."
"Never shall 'it be true I"- exclaimed
Barbara, starting up and' pacing th.: floor.
"Excuse me," said the Captain,. also
rising,.—"excuse we, if I have been
pertinent on so slight an acquaintance!
Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 3, 1865
He had his hat in his band, and walk
ed towards the door.
"Dense take the fellow ! can't he stay
patiently here five minutes ?" thought
Barbara. She dropped the rose she had
been holding. The Captain picked itup
and offered it.
"Keep it., Sir, if you think it worth
while," said Barbara,—driven to this in
cipient impropriety by the vague appre
h nsions excited by her father's letter.
"Thank you," replied the Captain, an
taken by surprise that he forgot his ruin
tary laurels, and showed a faint heart by a
blush.
Barbara esteemed it a very charming
symptom; and as the Captain, with his
one unwounded arm, tried rather awk•
wardly to put the flovier in the button
hole of his waistcoat, she stepped up with
a "Let me aid you" ; and, taking from
her own dress a pin, fastened the rose
nicely as near as she could to the beating
heart of the imperilled soldier Alas !it
his thoughts had been put into words, he
wouhr Wave soliloquized,"Look here, Cap
tain, I 'to it!raid you are deporting your•
self very much like a simpleton Pluck
up a spirit, wan 1"
'l'here ! I'm sure 'tis very becom
tm," quoth Barbara, mischieveLisly.
"You see how convenient it is to have
wo hands," returned the Captain "And
our having two hands, Miss Dinwiddie,
reminds we that your piano stands open,
showing its teeth, as if it, smiling, want.
ed to say, 'Come, play on we." ,
"What a lucky idea!" thought Bar
bara. "Now I have hint, and will hold
hint. He shill get enough of it. When
will pa come, I wonder ?—.Aire you fond
of music, Captain Penrose ?"
'Yes; I use d to be a performer before
I was disabled.
"But your voice is not disabled. You
sine ?"
"A little ; but I 'm out of practice "
"No matter. Come ! Here 's a mar
tial piece, suitable for the times : •To
Greece we give our shining blades' "
It was one of the Captain's favorites;
and as the two voices, resonant and pone.
trating, rose on the eborus in Perfect ac-
cord, the singers thought they had never
sung so well before, and each attributed
it to the excellent time of the other.
Nero and anotl er person listened at the
aperture of the folding-doors : Nero, who
was musical, going through a show of
vehement app1au5e,,.,9,0 4 , throwing him
self about in n manner that would have
made his fortune as an Ethiopian min
strel.
Other songs followed in rapid succes
sion ; and when the Captain sang "Annie
Lawrie," coa espression,, accompanying
himself on the piano with one hand, Bar
bara exclaimed, with a frank burst of gee.
uine admiration,—
'•Uh, but you sang that superbly !"
She had quite forgotten her'anxiety a
bout her father's return.
Then they talked of t e popular corn
posers ; and from music their conversa
tion glanced on literature; and(drom lit
erature the Captain ventured on thedan•
genius ground of politics.
"Are you incorrigibly a Rebel ?" he
asked.
Barbara looked down.' She feared that
any confession of change in her notions
would seem too much like insincerity.
"Now I 'am going to lecture you," he
continued. "Are you not rttjoiced that
Maryland is a Free State ? that no long
er on this boil a man has power to rob a
fellow-man of his labor, and to shoot him
down, if he lifts a hand in opposition to
brutal oppression ? Does not your gener
ous heart tell you that the system under
which such injustice is organized is wrong,
unol.ristian, devilish ? Are we not well
rid of the curse ?'
Barbara looked up, and responded in a
hearty, emphatic Yes.
"But" she added, "my conversion is
recent. And who do you suppose con
verted me?"
"I cannot imagine.
Here a door was thrown open, and Mr.
Dinwiddie entered. The perf i dious man
had been listening. Captain Penrose
glanced guiltily at the clock, and saw, to
his
,consternation, that two hours had
somehow unaccountably sl.pped away.
I have been a loiterer, you see, Mr.
Dinwiddie, he said; "but the fault is
your daughter's. I will now take my
leave "
"We shall be happy to•see you again,"
said Barbara, glancing assent to a nod
from her father.
"Yes, Captiin.k!enrose," said Dinwid
hope 3iotill not drop on; acquaint
ance, notwithstanding the circumstances
u;•der which it was made." ,
die,
"I shall esteem any circumstances for
tinate," replied the Captain, "that Inive
given me so agreeable a visit"; and bow.
ing, ho left the room, and Barbara rang
the bell for Nero to open the outer door.
"Saved 1 saved 1" cried Dinwiddie, ,
sinking into a chair, and covering his face
with his handkerchief.
'Saved ?sHtl saved ?" asked Barbara,
alarTed
no," exclaimed Dinwiddio, start=
ing up with a very tragic expressson ,
"Perhaps it waq but a transient pow—
pow :LpoWe r yoO exerted over hiM' Bar.
kara, should you 'meet again, put forth
all your attractions to-,-to--qi• bind him'
as with a ep—ep—spell to keep my fatal
MEM
"What secret, father ?"
"Hush—sh—sh!" said Dinwiddie,
stepping on tiptoe to one door and then
to another, and then looking with a cau
tious air under the sofa. He beckoned
to his daughter. She drew near. Once
more ho looked anxiously around the
room, and then whispered, in a hoarse.
low tone. in her ear, these,,urds, "You
shall know all in duo tiMe.'"
Little Barbara drew a long breath, and
resolved that it should not be her fault, if
the Captain was not captivated.
At that moment there was a ring at
the door-bell ? and Mrs. Dinwiddie came
in from high conference with a select con
olave of fashionable ladies, who yet clung
with pathetic tenacity to the declining
fortunes Of Slavery .and Secession.
For a fortnight matters seemed to go
en swiwingly. Dinwiddie had, 'as he
thought so managed as to bring the young
people repeatedly together without his
wife's having a suspicion of what was in
the wind ; and when Captain Penrose
called on , him at his counting room and
asked whether he might pay his addresses
to Barbara, Dinwiddie whirled round or.
his office stool, jumped down, and gave
the young soldier a cordial hug.
"Germ nly my dear boy ! Win her.
She likes you. I like you. Everybody
likes you. Go ahead "
"It is proper to inform yru, Sir," said
the Captain, -that my income is only
twelve hundred a year ; but"
'Psl aw ! What do I care for your in
come? There ! Go and settle it with Bar
bara You'll ft , id her alone, I think.—
Mrs. Dinwiddie, for the last week, has
been as busy as—as—we'll not say who
—in a gale of wind. Remember, 'For
tune favors the brave.' I'w obliged to
go to Philadelphia this afternoon. Good
bye."
In a transport of delight, the Captain
darted from the office, took a carriage,
and drove to Dinwiddie's.
"Yes, Miss Barbara is in. Walk. up,
Captain." - - - • .
"What could be more propitious?
Poets are not always in the right. Is n't
my love true love, and does n't it run
smooth r
Wait awhile, my Captain ! Perhaps
Shak , peare was not so much in error.
after all.
Barbara's eyes plainly spoke her pleas
ure at seeing him. Adjoining the draw
ing room was a litile boudoir filled with
sunshine and flowers. Into that she led
him. They sat down ou one uf those snug
contrivances for a toe.u.tefr. formed like
the capital letter S. A fragrance as of
spring was shed through the room from
the open door of a conservatory, and a
canary bird near by was tuning his voice
for a song.
"Barbara, do you know it is a whole
fortnight that we have known each oth-
Eli
She looked up at him inquiringly, fur
this was the third time he had called her
by he'r first name Ile continued,—
"Parbara, I had a ploasant interview
with your father this mourning, aim what
do you suppose 1 said to him ?"
"Said it was a fine day, most`like," re
turned Barbara, intend on spreading out
the leaves o: a hull-blown rose.
"No, I said not a word about the weath
er. I asked him if he would have any
objection to me ter a son-in law."
‘‘,.And what did be reply ?" asked Bar
barn, after a pause, during which her
tle heart beat wildly.
"He told me 1 could settle it all with
von."
"Indeed !" said Barbara. "But I
never had any genius for settlements, I
always hated business."
"But this is a matter of pleasure, not
of business," urged the Captain; and
then coming round to ber'side, and fall
ing on one knee, he took her unreluctant
little haid, put it to his lips, and said,
"May I not have it for my own ?"
Before she could reply, approaching
steps were heard, and a youth of some
nineteen years, wearing the coarse pea
jacket, red baize shirt, and glazed hat of
a sailor, made his appearance.
"Culpepper 1" exclaimed Barbara,
while the Captain resumed his seat.—"is
it you?"
"Yes," replied the youth. "Sister, I
have a few words to say to this man pri
vately. Please—leave.the.room.t.
Master Culpepper was one of those
nondeseripts . in social zoology, classed by
some philosophers as "cubs," and by oth
ers as "hobbledehoys,"—"not a man, nor
a boy, but a hobbledehoy." At school
he, had been set sown as a hopeless block-
bead - fend Itiabanila — seierely tasked
her patience, trying to insinuate., into his
brains the, little knowledge of the ordi
nary branches of education w jiioh he pos
sessed.' Consequently, though' she was
tw&yefirs-his junior, she had been accus
tomed to regard herself as severalilyears
his senior; and.to talk 'to him ,hs to 'the in
ferior he' really was in" evirything but
brute strength. The cub's strong points,
Morally considered, werehis ftintly pride
and his hatred of "AbonLioliistn!': in
,these he bade fair to surpass.even the
maternal proficiency.
"Captain Peurnse," said Barbari "this
LL\ tt „,
Cpl
is my brother Culpepper. Now, Cully,
go and play in the stable, that's a good
boy."
"Do you know, Miss Barbara, that you
are addressing a Major in the Confeder
ate army," replied Cullyafolding his arms
with a great effort at dignity "You will
accost me hereafter as Major Dinwiddie,
if you please."
"Well, Major, this gentleman and my
self are engaged, so"
“Engaged I" howled Cully, with flash
ing eyeti and vociferous speech. "Vn
gaged ! And you dare to confess it to me,
your brother ! Engaged ! And to an AO
olitionist,—a low-born Yankee ! I cancel
the engagement."
Barbara was too much roused by the
cub's insolence to care to correct the finis
apprehension which he had blundered in•
to 3o precipitately, and which she was now
disposed to. wake a verity.
"Do you mean io tell we," demL.nded
the cub, "that ! t oll are engaged to he mar
ried to this man ?"
"Yes, if he 'II have me," said Bar
bara, putting forth•her hand, which Pen
rose eagerly seized, exclaiming,—
"Will I hair you, Barbara 7 Yes, as
the best treasure life can offer.".,
And the firt.t kiss was exchanged
"Look here," said Cully, "this busi
ness must stop where it is. i demand,
:Sir, that you leave the house with me
his instant."
And then, as an amused expression
flitted over the Captain's face, the cub
sked angrily,—
" Why do 3 ,, ,u smile, Sir?"
" Sir," said the Captain, " your sister
and I have have cause fur smiling ; we
are happy."
The cub took from hia side-pocket a
revolver and cocked it. Penrose stood
up, and R trbara threw herself between
him and her brother .
" Coward !" crie,i the cub, " to allow
yourself to be shielded I , y a woman
The , cub, under the influence of Pro
slavery precedents, and really got it into
his thick head, that he, under the cir
cumstances, was the man of chivalry and
valor, .and that because the unarmed
Penrose would not present a fair shot to
his revolver, that gentleman was char
geable with an excess of poltroonery of
which only a Yankee could be guilty.
The cub's heroics were ignominiously
cut short. Suddenly his two arms were
seized from behind, while his pistol was
wrenched from his grasp. Two armed
policemen, followed by Mr Dinwiddie
and Nero, had entered the room.
" Ain I betrayed ?" ex lahned the cub
"Blockhead !" said his father, " Fort
Warren shall henceforth be your school,
ill we knock a tittle common sense into
hat obstinate shell of yours."
" Fort Warren !" cried Cully, gnash
rig his teeth " But here on a fur
uugh, disguised as a sailor, you perceive.
promised to be back to toy regiment, by
H'riday. Fort Warren '?"
"`lever!" shrieked Mrs. I inwiddie.
entering the room front the cunservatiiry,
where she had been hiding. " Kill one.
but don't compel my`' son to break his
pledge to the Contederate authori'y."
"13rh I" said Dinwiddie " Officers,
take the booby away."
Nero almost sank into his boots with
excess of enjoyment, but abruptly put on
a very agonized face, and showed the
whites of his eyes, as Mrs. Dinwiddie
looked towards him.
Cully submitted, though with an ill
grace to what was plainly a case of ne
cessity ; but he turned. before crossing
the threshold, and said to Penrose,—
"I take everybody to witness, Sir, that
I prohibit your having anything further
to dcrwith my sister. The commquences
be on 'your own head if you disobey."
- "And Captain Penrose," said Din
widdie, "take everybody to witness, that,
'if, after having paid the court that_you
have to my daughter, you now refuse to
take her as your• wife, the consequen
ces, Sir, must be on your own head."
" Sir ," said the Captain, '' that is the
most agreeable threat that I can imagine.
I have already committed myself to your•
daughter." .„ J
"Ah ! disgraceful I" groaned Mrs.
Dinwiddie.
" What do you say to that, Cully ?"
said the lather, as, with no , very gentle
thurst, he replaced the glazed hat on the
youth's h ad. Cully kept silent. The
recollection of certain debts which could
by paid pater al . purse i n-'
spired a prudent reserve.
• "Talte him now," said Dinwiddie'-to
the officers; give him as much ginger
bread as he wants, and charge it tope."
Cully and the officers disappeared;',
" And, uow," resumed Dinwiddic, " it
is time fir me to drive to the oars. Mrs.
Dinwiddie, this is Captain Penrose, your
future son-in-law. Treat him kindly in
my absence. Farewell."
The lady , bowed not ungraciously; as
'Dinwiddie.departed. She had been me
'ditating, during the last minute, a new
flunk Movement in favor of Colonel Pe
gram. She determined to change her
base of operations. Barbara was amazed,
;but, in her inexperience, was wholly un
smpieious of
„strategy:
" Captain Penrose, you!ll stop anti. take
_ .
tea wish ue 7", said the wily - 'lady of the
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" I shall be charmed to," replied the
Captain.
" Mother, let me kiss you !" cried the
innocent Barbara ; delighted at what
seemed the vanishing of the only obsta
ole to the betrothal of herself and the
Yankee officer.
There was an ambush in preparation,
of which these two did not dream. '
Two days after Barbara and her moth
er wero on their way to Montreal.
This was the flank movement, and it
was thus accomplished. Theseeond morn
ing after her husband's departure, Mrs.
Dinwiddie burst into Barbara's apartment
with the intelligence that she had just
received a telegraphic dispatch from Mr
Dinwiddie, bidding'her start at once for
Montreal to procure certain funds in the
hands of a esrtain party there,which fund,
were immediately wanted Barbara, to
whom all business matters were mysteries
profound us the income tax or the nation
al debt., received it all wit hodt a question.
She did not stop to ask, " Why doesn't
father send one of his clerks ?" or " Why
can't he do it all by letter ?" She took
it for granted that there was a great
hurry about sonrething that required an
instant journey to Montreal So she
wrote a let ter to Captain Penrose, ( which
Mrs Dinwiddie took good care to inter
cept,) and, before aria. er hour had slip
ped by, mother and daughter were at the
Northern railway station.
The old lady had taken the precaution
to send Nero on an errrnd out of the city,
arid bad hired a hack to convey her to
the cars But as she was attending to
her trunk, an officious gentleman in black
stepped up to Barbara, and asked for
what, place she wished to have the bag
gage el eared. Before Mrs. Dinwiddie
could inter pose, Barbara had answered.
Montreal." Thereupon the gentlemen
had simply remarked, "1 don't think they
check baggage so far," and then had
walked away in the direction of the tele
graph-office,—for what purpose the sequel
must suggest. Mrs. Dinwiddie thought
nothing mole of the mutter. They pass
ed through Philadelphia and New York
the next day uninterrupted.
At Rutland, Vt , a Very civil sort of
gentleman accosted them in the car, and,
on learning that they were on their way
Canada, asked if they had a passport.—
On Mrs. Dinwiddio's replying in the neg
ative, he iuflulned her, that by a recent
order of the United States Government,
persons traveling to and from Canada
were required to have passports ; and he
advised her to stop at Rutland, and he
would telegraph to New York and procure
them After some hesitation, she con
rented to do this The third day of her
detention, her volunteer informant came
with the necessary papers, and at the
sane time introduced Mr. Glide. an ob
sequious little gentleman, who said he
was going to :11ontreal, and should b..
happy to render any service in hi: power
to the ladies .
"Surely, Sir, I have seen von before."
said Mrs. Dinwiddie. .'Are you not from
Baltimore ?"
"Yes, Madan] ; and I will tell you
where we last met : 't was at the secret
gathering of ladies • and gentleman for
purchasing a new outfit for Mrs. Jefferson
Davis."
-Gush 1" said Mrs. Dinwiddie, sligtt
ly alarmed
"Oh, there's no danger," returned Mr.
Glide. "I'm discreet. Your devotion to
the Confederate cause, Madam, your noble
efforts, your sacrifices, ha :e long been
known to me ; and I rejoice at having this
opportunity of expressing my thanks and
my admiration. Is there anything I can
do for you ?"
Mrs Dinwidaie looked significantly
at him, 'nodded her head by way of warn
ing, and - glanced at her daughter.
I see, Madam," murmured Mr. Glide,
in a ocrifi.lential tone.
" Barbara, go and pack my trunk,"
said she
Barbara left the room.
." Now, Sir," resumed Mrs. Dinwiddie,
" I will confide to you my troubles. .That
young girl has recently engaged herself,
against my wishes, to a young man,—a
captain in the Yankee army."
" Engaged herself to a Yankee? But
oh, Madam, what an affliction I what a
humiliation !"
" Yes, Sir,' t is all that."
" 1 agree with Mr 'Davis, Madam, that
`the Yankees are the scum of-the world-,
Is thel•e no way by Which you can avert
from your fainily the - threatened die:
grace ?"
" Well, Sir, I have formed a plan, and,
if you will lend 'me your aid, I 'think we
may manage to put the infatuated girl
for a time where she will have an op
portunity of recovering her senses."
"My dear Madam I shall-be delighted
to servo you in any such good work. To
save youth and beauty from the polliiting
touch of a .Yankae captain might welt
call forth thti wannest zeal, the most de.
voted daring, of any native of the sunny
South "
Sir, your sentiments, do you honor.
This, then, is ray scheme.— Is thorn
any chance of our being overheard v",
! , ,By none except theinvisibleS," said
Gli le ;'"and !hey probublfixist only in,
the imagination of Yankee fanatics."'
"My whispereetko lady, << is
to put my daughter in a donvent ,until
the gentleman to whOm I have promised
her, Colonel Pegram, of the Confederate
army, can have tin oiiiiiiitunity of seeing
her. Of course it would not take him
five minutes to drive out of her head all
thought of this Yanked lover."
" And has your daughter, Madam, no
suspicion of thie s admirable scheme of
yours ?"
NO, 44.
" Not the slightest. She supposes we
are going to Montreal on business of her
Whey's."
" Madam,: you couldn't have been
more fortunate in your confidence. It
happens that I am on most intimate terms
with Father Basil, the confessor of the
nuns, and who, by the rules of - the con
vent, must interrogate your diOhter
before she can ba admitted to its privi
leges."
" But;" said Mrs. Dinwiddie, anxious
ly, " will Father Basil have the proper
sympathy with my maternal motives and
my Southern sentiments ? Will he be
disposed to strain his authority a little
in order to put my daughter in durance ?"
" I think I may venture to promise,' „
answered Glide, " that, such is my in
fluence with him, he will do in the mat
ter whatever I may request."
" flow fortunate !"
"And now, i\ladam, you must make
preparations for your departure.' The
cars start in ten minutes."
Before seven o'clock that evening the
whole party were comfortably disposed
in one of the best, of the Montreal hotels.
The obliging Mr. Glide went forth im
mediately to make inquiries in Mrs. Din
widdie's behalf." ,
After breakfast, the next day, he pre
sented himself to her and asked—
" You have said nothing as 'yet to your
daughter ?"
Not a word," she i eplied
" Then," said he, " out course will be
to drive at once to Father Basil's resi
dence, and get him to broach the whole
matter to hiss Barbara Ile has a very
persuasive tongue, and I think she will
at once yield to his exhortations. Should
she, however, be disposed to resist fhr
cibly our measures fbr her benefit, there
will be the means at hand to carry them
MEII
Barbara entered the room, wholly un
suspicious of the plots against her• liberty.
"The carriage will soon be at the
door," said her mother. "Go and get
ready." And after a whispered hint
from Mr. Glide, she added. •'Yut on your
pearl silk, Barbara.ll e sha ll have to
call on certain persons of distinction."
Barbara was soon ready. They all
three entered the carriage, and after a
drive of about a mile. it stopped before a
large and el.'g;snt house.
"Our father confessor lives in style; - "
whispered Mrs. Dinwiddie.
•• Yes," returned Glide ; •• one of his
wealthy neophytes gives him a home
here. It you will wait in this little base
ment room, l\ladam, I will conduct your
daughter up to his library."
Go with :Mr. Glide. Barbara," said
Mrs. Dinwiddie.
Supposing it was merely one of the
mysterious forms of business., little Bar
bara at once took the gentleman's prof
fered arm and ascended the stairs with
him.
Ten minutes,—twenty,—thirty— rs.
Dinwiddie waited, and nobody came.—
: 4 he looked at the furniture, the carpets.
the paintings, till she had exhausted the
curiosities o! the apartment. Suddenly
there was a sound of music from above,
—not sacred music,—it 'sounded very
much like the waltz from " Gustavus."
What could it all mean ?
At last M r. Glide made his appe 'ranee.
" Now, Madam, it is all arranged,''
said he '" 1 regret to say that we had
to use the most stringent _Measures for
reducing your daughter to tffMs, But
she is so bound at last that she.- have
little hope of regaining heyfteedom."
" Bound, Sir! Bid piii.liave to bind
her ?" asked Mrs. Diilwiddie, with a
throb of maternal solicitude.
" You shall see, Madam "
Ile threw open the door at the head of
the landing, and they entered a stately
room, where some thirty or forty ladies
and gentlemen seemed to be assembled.
Mrs. Dinwiddie drew away her arm and
almost swooned with amazgment and
consternation.
At the front end of the apartment, be
fore a gorgeous mirror, stood Barbara
and Captain Penrose. A . 'veil and 4
bunch of orange-blossoms had been ad
ded to the young lady's coiffure. At
her side steed a handsome old gentle
man, with bright, affectionate eyes, (very
much like the Captain's,) who seemed
to regard liar with a gratified look. On
the side of Penrose stood—horrors !—Mr.
Dinwiddie himself, a smile of fiendish
exultation on his face ; while a .gentle
man with a white cravat and a narrow
collar to his coat, evidently an Episcopal
clergyman, went up and shook hands
with Barbara, and then mingled with
the rest of the company.
A: middle aged g entleman, whom the
guests accosted as Air. Carver, drew near
to ninwiddie, and sail,—
" Now introduce me to your wife."
Dinwiddie took his armouni, leading
him to whore the lady stood, said,—
" Wife, this is my old ,friend Carver,
of whom you have so often heard me
'speak Yonder stands your daughter s
Mrs. Penrose, Waiting for your maternal
kiss of congratulatiou."
Mrs. Dinwiddie debated with herself
a. moment whether to shriek or full into
hysterics; tQ explode in' a philippin;or
to rush froiMobservation. Her husband, .
seeing her -11.esitation, tooiC Ater, by the.
hand and led , :her into an -unoccupied''
room. A vbil . Must be drOpped
the connubitifi interview which thervitta
there took place' ' , ,
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