. The southerners, a story of the Civil War . lf, in fact, Boyd Peyton wasyet on the royal road to his first sight of her he had seennothing more of Mary Annan. WhenDr. Venosste had assured her that hewould get well his mother had goneaway, and he had not seen her Morgan had fallen after an heroicdefence, before the combined assaultsof ships and army, but its flag had notcome down until it had been ham-mered to ruins by the fierce bombard-ment and not a gun had been left ser-viceable. General Peyton had beensent North as a prisoner of war and Madame Peytonhad accompa
. The southerners, a story of the Civil War . lf, in fact, Boyd Peyton wasyet on the royal road to his first sight of her he had seennothing more of Mary Annan. WhenDr. Venosste had assured her that hewould get well his mother had goneaway, and he had not seen her Morgan had fallen after an heroicdefence, before the combined assaultsof ships and army, but its flag had notcome down until it had been ham-mered to ruins by the fierce bombard-ment and not a gun had been left ser-viceable. General Peyton had beensent North as a prisoner of war and Madame Peytonhad accompanied him. Willis had been exchanged andwas now with General Maurys army defending Mo-bile. The care of the Annandale household had beenleft to Pink and little Tenipe, for when Boyd Peytonsrecovery had seemed assured Mary Annan had givenway under the strains and anxieties and bereavementsshe had sustained. She had borne up heroically solong as there had been any doubt and so long as therehad been need for her, but when assurance came that 394. MARY ANNAN BEGS FORGIVENESS her lovers life would be spared she had given way com-pletely. Poor Pink, encouraged and cheered by brief visitsfrom Pleasants whenever his duties permitted him tocome across to Mobile, and assisted by one or two ofthe old slaves who still remained faithful, had donenobly by the sufferers. Dr. Bampney had been kind-ness itself, but there were many sick and there wasmuch suffering in Mobile during those last months ofclose and final blockade, and he could only give thema small portion of his time. So Pink had mainly beencompelled to worry along alone! Utterly unused toresponsibilities of any kind, she had risen to the situa-tion nobly, and the two patients owed their lives to hervigilant attention. Peyton had begged so hard and so constantly tosee Mary Annan that Dr. Venosste had at last givenhis permission. The girl had been miserably ill, butwas now somewhat better, and the old doctor hopedthat the interview mi
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