They believe he was captured, and some say he was taken prisoner on purpose.

Everybody's saying, "I told you so," and Mrs.Glen has not been on the street or to church since the news came.

I am so sorry for her, but then you know that she used to put on quite as many airs as her position justified.
P.S .-- Hoop-skirts are getting smaller every month, and some are confident that they will go entirely out of fashion by next year.

I do so hope not.

I so dread having to cOme back to the old way of wearing a whole clothes-basketful of white skirts.