. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . n. The country needs much the counsel of good andwise men in these times. Nellie was touched by Auf dem Buschs tribute to thecharacter of her father, even though she may have resented thereflection on Paytons integrity. JUDGE AND ADVOCATE. 611 Victor cast a grateful look at his uncle for the opiuiou ex-pressed by him, which so completely agreed with his owu; buthe contented himself by saying that it was sad to know thatsuch men as Senator May and his son Leslie must be found inthe ranks of the enemy. And yet I could wish that he were
. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . n. The country needs much the counsel of good andwise men in these times. Nellie was touched by Auf dem Buschs tribute to thecharacter of her father, even though she may have resented thereflection on Paytons integrity. JUDGE AND ADVOCATE. 611 Victor cast a grateful look at his uncle for the opiuiou ex-pressed by him, which so completely agreed with his owu; buthe contented himself by saying that it was sad to know thatsuch men as Senator May and his son Leslie must be found inthe ranks of the enemy. And yet I could wish that he were there now, said Nellie. My brother Leslie, I mean. And Mr. Payton? suggested Woldemar. I was not thinking of him, the girl replied. He willtake care of himself. Yes, chuckled the old gentleman, better as Mr. Payton knows the German sang, that • Far away is wisein danger. Nellie made no answering remark, and it was impossible forVictor to tell,—though he watched her features ever sosharply — whether she was offended by his uncles XXXIX. JUSTICE AT THE DRUM-HEAD. HE trial of the two prisoners at Brookfield. before a verit-able court-martial, had for some days been the talk of thetown and the country around, among civilians as well asin the tents of the Federal army. The town was rife, of course,with wild speculations and rumors. It had become known tliatthe former overseer of Senator May was to be tried for theattempted kidnaping of one of his slaves ; and was vaguelyconnected^ with the emancipation proclamation by the znajor-general commanding the Department of the West, which hadjust been promulgated; and that Leslie May was undercharges for shooting a Federal otticer implicated in the kidnap-ing. Busy was Bob Rountree in explaining the condition ofaffairs to the numerous customers, in those days, at Burdensbar-room ; for Leslie May was very popular, and the recruitshe had enlisted were impatient to take pait in the fighting,uuder his leadership. But,
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