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was his name, and his parents, much advanced in years, were long-time and prominent residents of the quaint old town. The other occupants of the farm were his dear wife and child, their first-born, an infant in arms, and the slaves. Altho opposed to the secession of Virginia, as were a majority of the people of that Commonwealth, nevertheless when the State seceded and joined its fortunes with the Cotton States, he threw himself heart and soul into the contest and busied himself promptly with raising a regiment of which he was chosen Colonel. The anguish of his wife when he announced his purpose and donned the Confederate gray almost prostrated her, but patriotism nerved her to endure the sacrifice, and with heart-breaking tears she approved his decision and bade him go forth to do his full duty to his country. But the dread problem presented itself— : To whom is to be entrusted the care of the loved ones and the property during his absence? for, his mother and father had died several years before. In the household was an old servant, George, formerly owned by Colonel Frazier's father, and who had been transferred to the new owner upon
his father's death. George had carried Jack in his arms in infancy; he had toted him on his back until the child outgrew that fascinating method of travel, and had always held toward him almost the relation of parent. In fact, he really felt that he had been in some sense the equal of a father, and surely he had not been second to him in his tender affection and devotion. He was, moreover, a sort of "head-over/7 and oracle, of the other domestics. To him, therefore, Colonel Jack naturally turned for the protection he desired.
"George," said Colonel Jack to the old negro one day, "you see that I have joined hands with my beloved State and am going to the war. It may be a long one and perhaps I may never return. I have no one to whom to entrust my dear ones, and the care of the farm, but you. You have nurtured and cared for me from my infancy. I have brought you into my domestic household because of this life-long guardianship and affection. Today my regiment goes to the front. My darling wife and child I must leave behind. Around her perhaps the battle may sometimes rage, and she may be subjected to the incursions of the
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