"
A genuine friendship had also grown between the girl and Captain
Hanfield, the Federal officer, and she was heartily sorry when he
told her that he would be sent to the railroad town the next day.
"My wound isn't doing well and I seem to be running down," he
explained. "Dr. Borden has been able to keep me thus far, but I must
go to-morrow. Perhaps it's best. He is trying to get me paroled. If
I could only get home to my wife and children I'd rally fast enough.
I'm all run down and this climate is enervating to me."
She tried to hearten him by kind, hopeful words, and he listened to
her with a wistful look on his handsome face. "How I'd like you to
meet my little girl!" he said. "Won't I make her blue eyes open when
I tell her about you!"
Another bond of union between them was the captain's acquaintance
with Scoville, and he soon observed that she listened very patiently
and attentively when he spoke of the brave scout's exploits. "I
declare," he had said, laughing, "I keep forgetting that you are a
Southern girl and that you may not enjoy hearing of the successes of
so active an enemy.
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