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splinters lay in all directions, and the wounded soldiers were crying for aid and for mercy, thinking the enemy close at hand. Under a mass of wreckage on the floor lay George Walden, senseless, and with the blood flowing from a wound in his temple. "Oh, Mr. Walden is hurt, mamma!" shrieked Marion, and ran to raise him up. They carried the wounded soldier to another part of the house and laid him on a fresh cot. Then, while Marion cared for him, Mrs. Ruthven went back to aid the others. In the meantime Old Ben was instructed to hoist the hospital flag to a higher point on the mansion. The shot appeared to be about the last fired in that vicinity, and soon the shooting came from a distance, as Federals and Confederates withdrew in the direction of the mountains. "Mother! Marion! are you safe?" It was the cry from Jack as he came up, almost out of breath from running. "Yes, thank Heaven, we are safe so far," answered Mrs. Ruthven. "Where have you been--at the town?" "No, I was over to St. John's place," answered our hero, and in a few words told about the fire. "We, too, have suffered," said Mrs. Ruthven. "A solid shot passed through the sitting room." "Did it hurt anybody?" "One of the wounded soldiers was knocked senseless. The others were more frightened than hurt." "It has been a hot fight all around. And, oh, mother! what do you think? I saw Colonel Stanton shot down!" "Is that true, Jack?" "Yes, I saw the whole thing as plain as day. It's too bad. He was such a nice gentleman, even if he was a Yankee." "You are right. Jack; he was indeed a gentleman. I felt perfectly safe while he was in the vicinity." It was not long before Jack went upstairs to see how Marion was faring. He found his sister working over George Walden, trying to restore the hurt soldier to his senses. "He is pretty badly off," said Marion. "I wish we had a doctor." "Where is that surgeon who was here?" "Gone to the battlefield." "I don't know of any doctor to get just now, Marion." "Then we must do the best we can ourselves. And by the way, Jack, this soldier knows Dr. Mackey." "What?" "Yes, and he said that Dr. Mackey is more or less of a fraud, and never was married." "Oh, Marion! if he could only prove that." "He thinks he can. He told me that the doctor came from Philadelphia, and Cousin Harry told me the same thing." "We must follow up this man's record. I am now certain he is not my
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