. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . XV. AWAKENING FROM LOVES YOUNG DREAM. HROUGHOUT all the long winter that followed, —awinter unequaled in duration and severity by anywithin the memory of the oldest inhabitant—Victorhad looked forward with yearning heart. Not that time passedheavily with him. What with his duties at the case and press ;with now and then an hour or two devoted to the penning oflocal items for the Chronicle of the Southwest, and thepursuit of his studies under the guidance of Mr. Yancey, hewas kept busy enough. Nor was it alone the coming ofSpring, — t
. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . XV. AWAKENING FROM LOVES YOUNG DREAM. HROUGHOUT all the long winter that followed, —awinter unequaled in duration and severity by anywithin the memory of the oldest inhabitant—Victorhad looked forward with yearning heart. Not that time passedheavily with him. What with his duties at the case and press ;with now and then an hour or two devoted to the penning oflocal items for the Chronicle of the Southwest, and thepursuit of his studies under the guidance of Mr. Yancey, hewas kept busy enough. Nor was it alone the coming ofSpring, — that season so full of promise and delight to theyoung and hopeful — that he so eagerly awaited. Life seemedpleasant enough to the aspiring young man, who had con-vinced himself that he was preparing for a life of usefulnessand activity, — not void, either, of a lurking hope, thatsuccess, perhaps, was in store for him. How hapj^y it wouldmake him, if he should justify the good opinion of his friends —of Colonel May, of Leslie—, Might not Nelli
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