But you, Calhoun ?" "I have no property in these, sir; and I should scorn to wear one, or to take part in the deeds you have spoken of." "Right.

I am no Republican, and was as strong for secession as any man in the South, but I am for open, fair fight with my own enemies or those of my country; no underhand dealings for me; no cowardly attacks in overwhelming numbers upon the weak and defenceless.

But if these disguises are not yours, whose are they?
and how came they here ?" "I must beg leave to decline answering that question, sir," replied Calhoun respectfully.
His mother and aunt exchanged glances.
"Ah!" exclaimed their father, turning to Enna, as with a sudden recollection, "I think I heard you claiming some property in these scarecrows speak out; are they yours ?" "No, sir; but I'm not ashamed to own that I helped to make them, and that if I were a man, I would wear one." "You?
you helped make them?
and who, pray, helped you?
Louise--" "Yes, sir, Louise it was," replied Mrs.Conly drawing herself up to her full height, "and she is no more ashamed to own it, than is her sister.
And if Calhoun was a dutiful son he would be more than willing to wear one." "If you were a dutiful daughter, you would never have engaged in such business in my house without my knowledge and consent," retorted her father, "and I'll have no more of it, let me tell you, Madams Conly and Johnson; no aiding or abetting of these midnight raiders." Then turning to a servant he ordered her to "take the hideous things into the yard and make a bonfire of them." "No, no!" cried Enna.

"Papa, do you understand that you are ordering the destruction of other men's property ?" "It makes no difference," he answered coolly, "they are forfeit by having been brought surreptitiously into my house.

Carry them out, Fanny, do you hear?
carry them out and burn them." "And pray, sir, what am I to say to the owners when they claim their property ?" asked Enna with flashing eyes.
"Refer them to me," replied her father leaving the room to see that his orders were duly executed.
Calhoun and Arthur had already slipped away.