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84 ROXY HASTINGS. “Den go on little way, you see four little old wooden houses in a row.” “ Ves—four—wooden—houses; go on,” “No, you don’t goon. You stop dare. De fust 0’ dem houses ig mine. Dare will be a light in de room, up stairs in de end toward you.” 66 Yes. PB ] “You'll know it by de light ’fore you git in sight ov it ‘most,’ cause you can see it eber so far. I shall keep it burnin’ ebery night till you come, or till—” “Till they put out my light,” said Lee, gravely. “ Well, IT understand it now, Luke. Take these, and come again to-morrow, if you can. Probably I shall be in another room, but this man will be there, and will let you in, I presume.” “Yes, sah. Tank you, sah.” CHAPTER XV. EFFECT OF THE NEWS. Alfred had written to his brother in the Union camp im- mediately after receiving his letter and money, and he now wrote to him again, informing him of his perilous situa- tion. “You will probably see it allin the newspapers,” he said. ‘“ But keep it from dear mother and Laura if possi- ble, and if I perish let them think that I fell in battle. Let them not know my horrible fate. At all events, keep it from them until all is over, for I know that the anticipa- tion of it would kill mother, or drive her mad. It is far easier to bear these horrors in the retrospect than to look forward to them,” Early on the next morning Hess came in, with a Rich- mond newspaper in his hand, with so cheerful a counte- nance, that Alfred for a moment believed he was the bearer of good news. He was soon undeceived. “Gray is convicted,” he said, ‘‘and sentenced to be hung to-morrow at noon.” Alfred’s heart palpitated a moment, but he replied, calmly, as he took the paper and examined the paragraph which conveyed the sad intelligence. ‘Tt is as I expected.” He then read it aloud, with the following addenda; Gomicbooks.co