. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . e morning, it was deemed safest to lie perdu ; so,thanking the good Providence which had sped themthus far on their journey, they lay down and slept. The enemys camp, which upon closer inspection,turned out to be simply the resting-place of a localpatrol, unconnected with any regular command, brokeup early in the morning, and Glazier and his companiononce more had a clear road. Although hungry .fromlong fasting, they ran swiftly over the swanipy ground,and felt so elated to find themselves again in a state
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . e morning, it was deemed safest to lie perdu ; so,thanking the good Providence which had sped themthus far on their journey, they lay down and slept. The enemys camp, which upon closer inspection,turned out to be simply the resting-place of a localpatrol, unconnected with any regular command, brokeup early in the morning, and Glazier and his companiononce more had a clear road. Although hungry .fromlong fasting, they ran swiftly over the swanipy ground,and felt so elated to find themselves again in a state offreedom, that they laughed and joked like boysreleased from school, and pushed on until the verge ofan extensive morass was reached and passed, and theyfound themselves in a section of country well woodedand watered, the alternate hills and vales presenting apleasing variety to the eye. There was here also a public road, but it would havebeen dangerous to travel thereon, and they thereforestrode on beneath the trees and umbrageous under-growth of the wood. Having had no breakfast,. PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES!. PUBL ASTOR, LENOXTTLDEI^ ^ GROPING THEIR WAY. 225 ** blueberries were not precisely the diet they wouldhave selected for dinner, but as necessitas non habetleges, they quietly munched their berries, and we mayhope felt grateful that matters were no worse. Aftera while they made a sudden detour, crossing the high-road, and by so doing, again broke the trail. Nextthey came to a clearing, but the sight of a planterleaning against a fence, soon sent them back to thefriendly shelter of the wood. Late in the afternoonthey came to a large plantation on the border ofwhich was a copse, in which they lay down andwatched for the opportunity of communicating withsome of the house slaves. At the expiration of about anhour, a lady, probably the mistress of the estate, passedwithin a few yards of them, accompanied by a troupeof merry children. They however went on their
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