Miss Lou hastened to her room with hot cheeks.
CHAPTER XIII
THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
Scoville soon learned that his opponent, so far from being killed or
even wounded, had escaped. He was not much worried by this fact,
believing that before the Confederate officer could reach his
friends and bring back an attacking force, the Federal column would
be on the ground. Indeed, he was glad that the family upon which he
had quartered himself could not associate him with so terrible a
calamity. The young girl might not wish to marry her cousin, yet be
sorry if he were fatally or even seriously wounded, while the rest
of the household would be plunged in the deepest distress. Although
a resolute soldier, Scoville was a kind-hearted fellow, and disposed
to take the most genial views of life that circumstances permitted.
There was a humor about his present situation which he relished
exceedingly. He was buoyant over the interrupted wedding, and bent
upon disappointing Mr. Baron in all his grewsome expectations in
regard to the Yankees.
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