"What are you going to do?" asked the wife.
"Do!" exploded the husband in desperation, "why, hump myself and
restore everything in a twinkling as it was five years ago. What
else can I do?"
Even Mrs. Baron was speechless at this admission that events had now
passed far beyond his control.
CHAPTER XX
SCOVILLE'S HOPE
Mrs. Whately found her niece on the veranda watching the proceedings
without, and she lost no time in expressing her purpose. To her
surprise, a pair of arms were around her neck instantly, and a kiss
was pressed upon her lips.
"That's my answer," said Miss Lou, who was as ready to forgive and
forget as a child. "If you say a word about going home I shall be
unhappy. See, auntie, the Yankees are retreating again as our men
advance."
The morning sun was now shining brightly and the day growing very
warm. Before them was the scene of military operations. At present,
it afforded a deeply exciting spectacle, yet oppressed with no sense
of personal danger. Scoville's little force was slowly retiring
along the ridge which the Confederates were approaching, thus
removing the theatre of actual conflict from the vicinity of the
dwelling.
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