Before him lay the uplands and the ridges, and in another day he would be in another land.
He crossed the low mountains, passed through Nashville again, although he did not stop there, his train making immediate connection, and once more and with a thrill, entered his own state.

He learned from casual talk on the trains that affairs in Kentucky were very hot.

The special session of the Legislature, called by Governor Magoffin, was to meet at Frankfort early in May.

The women of the state had already prepared an appeal to the Legislature to save them from the horrors of civil war.
Harry saw that he had not left active life behind him when he came away from Charleston.

The feeling of strife had spread over a vast area.
The atmosphere of Kentucky, like that of South Carolina, was surcharged with intensity and passion, but it had a difference.