y.

The "some day" came sooner than they expected.

The morning before the wedding, word came that there were at the
railroad station several boxes for their mother. The ox-cart was sent
for them. When the boxes arrived, that evening, there was a letter
from their friend in Delaware, congratulating Cousin Belle and
apologizing for having sent "a few things" to her Southern friends.

[Illustration: SOME OF THE SERVANTS CAME BACK TO THEIR OLD HOME.]

The "few things" consisted not only of necessaries, but of everything
which good taste could suggest. There was a complete trousseau for
Cousin Belle, and clothes for each member of the family. The boys had
new suits of fine cloth with shirts and underclothes in plenty.

But the best surprise of all was found when they came to the bottom of
the biggest box, and found two long, narrow cases, marked, "For the
Oakland boys." These cases held beautiful, new double-barrelled guns
of the finest make. There was a large supply of ammunition, and in
each case there was a letter from Dupont promising to come and spend
his vacation with them, and sending his love and good wishes and
thanks to his friends--the "Two Little Confederates."

THE END.

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Transcriber's Notes

Original spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, and punctuation have
been retained except for the following changes:

Page 20: oe in Coeur was originally a ligature (C[oe]ur de Lion.)

Page 20: hen-roots changed to hen-roosts (hen-roots were robbed).

Page 86: litttle changed to little (looked a litttle rustier).

Page 107: throughly changed to thoroughly (throughly enjoyed their
holiday;).

Page 121: oe in manoeuvres was originally a ligature (their
man[oe]uvres for some time.).

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