rly of anything; he only felt grateful that
his captor was a gentleman, and quietly submitted himself to the
sergeant's guidance.

The battle was ended,--in whose favor it does not matter, so far
as this story is concerned,--and Captain Dumars obtained
permission to take Lieutenant Gregory to his mother's house until
he should recover from his wound or be exchanged.

When Hugh found himself established in a pleasant little chamber
with windows looking out upon the flower-garden and the woods
beyond, fading away into his own loved North land, he thought
that, after all, it was not so terrible to be a prisoner of war.
He was decidedly confirmed in this opinion when he occasionally
caught a glimpse of the lithe form of Annie Dumars flitting about
among the flowers; and being somewhat of a philosopher, in his
way, he determined to take it easy.

The presence of one of the 'Hessians' at Mrs. Dumars' house gave
it much the same attraction that is attached to a menagerie.
Feminine curiosity is an article that the blockade can not keep
out of Dixie, and many were the morning calls that Annie received,
and many and various were the methods of pumping adopted to learn
something of the prisoner,--how he looked, how he acted, how he
was dressed, and so forth.

'Impertinence!' he heard Annie exclaim, as one of these gossips
passed through the gate, after putting her through a more minute
inquisition than usual. And he heard dainty shoe-heels impatiently
tapping along the hall, and when she brought in a bouquet of fresh
flowers he saw in her face traces of vexation.

'I seem to be quite a "What-is-it?"'

'Shame!'--and she broke off a stem and threw it out of the window
with altogether unnecessary vehemence.

'Splendid girl!' thought Hugh; 'where have I seen her?'

And he turned his thoughts back through the years that were past,
calling up the old scenes; the balls, with their mazy, passionate
waltzes, and their promenades on the balcony in the moonlight's
mild glow, when sweet lips recited choice selections from Moore,
and white hands swayed dainty sandal-wood fans with the potency of
the most despotic sceptres; the sleigh-rides, with their wild
rollicking fun, keeping time to the merry music of the bells and
culminating in the inevitable upset; the closing exercises of the