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changed each week;          Maryland! With Northern Vandals thou wast meek; 

With   sympathizers   thou   wouldst   shriek;   I   know   theeO;   'twas   like   thy 

cheek! Maryland! my Maryland!〃 

       After   committing   the   act   described   in   the   preceding   chapter;   which 

every English reader will pardon; I went up stairs; put on a clean pair of 

stockings; and; placing a rose in my lustrous black hair; proceeded at once 

to   the   camp   of   Generals   Price   and   Mosby   to   put   them   in   possession   of 

information which would lead to the destruction of a portion of the Federal 

Army。   During   a   great   part   of   my  flight   I   was   exposed   to   a   running   fire 

from the Federal pickets of such coarse expressions as; 〃Go it; Sally Reb;〃 

〃Dust it; my Confederate beauty;〃 but I succeeded in reaching the glorious 

Southern camp uninjured。 

     In   a   week   afterwards   I   was   arrested;   by   a   lettre   de   cachet   of   Mr。 

Stanton; and placed in the Bastile。 British readers of my story will express 

surprise at these terms; but I assure them that not only these articles but 

tumbrils;    guillotines;    and   conciergeries    were    in  active   use  among     the 

Federals。 If substantiation be required; I refer to the Charleston Mercury; 

the only reliable organ; next to the New York Daily News; published in the 

country。 At the Bastile I made the acquaintance of the accomplished and 

elegant   author   of   Guy   Livingstone;*   to   whom   I   presented   a   curiously 

carved   thigh…bone   of   a    Union   officer;   and   from   whom   I   received     the 

following beautiful acknowledgment: 

       〃Demoiselle:Should   I   ever   win   hame   to   my   ain   countrie;   I   make 

mine avow to enshrine in my reliquaire this elegant bijouterie and offering 

of La Belle   Rebelle。 Nay;   methinks this   fraction of   man's anatomy   were 

some compensation for the rib lost by the 'grand old gardener;' Adam。〃 

       * The recent conduct of Mr。 Livingstone renders him unworthy of my 

notice。 His disgusting praise of Belle Boyd; and complete ignoring of my 

claims; show the artfulness of some females and puppyism of some men。 

M。 McG。 



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                                   CONDENSED NOVELS 



                                    CHAPTER VI。 



       Released   at   last   from   durance   vile   and   placed   on   board   of   an   Erie 

canal…boat; on my way to Canada; I for a moment breathed the sweets of 

liberty。   Perhaps   the   interval   gave   me   opportunity   to   indulge   in   certain 

reveries which I had hitherto sternly dismissed。 Henry Breckinridge Folair; 

a   consistent    copperhead;      captain    of  the   canal…   boat;   again   and   again 

pressed that suit I had so often rejected。 

     It was a lovely moonlight night。 We sat on the deck of the gliding craft。 

The moonbeam and the lash of the driver fell softly on the flanks of the off 

horse; and only the surging of the tow…rope broke the silence。 Folair's arm 

clasped my waist。 I suffered it to remain。 Placing in my lap a small but not 

ungrateful   roll   of   checkerberry   lozenges;   he   took   the   occasion   to   repeat 

softly   in   my   ear   the   words   of   a   motto   he   had   just   unwrappedwith   its 

graceful covering of the tissue paperfrom a sugar almond。 The heart of 

the wicked little rebel; Mary McGillup; was won! 

     The story of Mary McGillup is done。 I might have added the journal of 

my   husband;   Henry   Breckinridge   Folair;   but   as   it   refers   chiefly   to   his 

freights; and a schedule of his passengers; I have been obliged; reluctantly; 

to suppress it。 

     It is due to my friends to say that I have been requested not to write 

this    book。     Expressions       have     reached     my     ears;    the   reverse     of 

complimentary。 I have been told that its publication will probably insure 

my   banishment   for   life。   Be   it   so。   If   the   cause   for   which   I   labored   have 

been subserved; I am content。 

     LONDON; May; 1865。 



     End   of   The   Project   Gutenberg   Etext   of   Condensed   Novels;   by   Bret 

Harte 



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