. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . of all references to hisformer life in his last letter andbequests, the heartiness withwhich he accepted the secludedFlemingsburg as his new home, Jamss j. .V!>:Er-*i. Fr—together with a kind of pensive- ness and melancholy which were manifest when notall p>oint to some decisive break in his history. Most of the people of Flemingsburg were convinced that Mr. Andrewswas anxious to make money. Yet this conviction seemed to haveno other basis than his own words. He was not at all penurious, was
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . of all references to hisformer life in his last letter andbequests, the heartiness withwhich he accepted the secludedFlemingsburg as his new home, Jamss j. .V!>:Er-*i. Fr—together with a kind of pensive- ness and melancholy which were manifest when notall p>oint to some decisive break in his history. Most of the people of Flemingsburg were convinced that Mr. Andrewswas anxious to make money. Yet this conviction seemed to haveno other basis than his own words. He was not at all penurious, wasstrictly honest, and seemed to have done no more than maintain himselfrespectably. Some months later, an incident occurred which made Mr. Andrewsfeel still more at home in Fleming County. An old gentleman, namedLindsey, who lived some seven or eight miles from Flemingsburg, on tneMaysville Turnpike, partially rebuilt his house and employed do the necessary painting. While thus engaged, he became intimatewith Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, and they frequently jested with him about. actively engaged. - See Chapter XXI. t;e) Daring and Suffering. nis growing so old without marrying. He answered that he could find nclady willing to accept him, who would not be extravagant and wasteful otthe property that he wished to earn. Lindsey rejoined that he knew onewho possessed every desirable quality, without being in the least taintedwith the defect feared. Andrews, still jesting, promised that if introducedto such a model woman, he would at least try to win her. Mr. Lindseywas a sympathizer with the South in the angry controversies that alreadybegan to presage war, while Andrews was as firm on the other side; but
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