items of plate or money hastily packed up, negroes mustered and the
whole caravan put upon a hurried march for Prince George's, Montgomery
or other upper counties of the State. With very few exceptions, the
farms and plantations were evacuated and left to the mercy of the
invaders.

At sunrise all was noise, bustle and confusion at Luckenough.

The lawn was filled with baggage wagons, horses, mules, cows, oxen,
sheep, swine, baskets of poultry, barrels of provisions, boxes of
property, and men and maid servants hurrying wildly about among them,
carrying trunks and parcels, loading carts, tackling harness, marshaling
cattle and making other preparations for a rapid retreat toward
Commodore Waugh's patrimonial estate in Montgomery County.

Edith was placed upon her pony and attended by her old maid Jenny and
her old groom Oliver.

Commodore and Mrs. Waugh entered the family carriage, which they pretty
well filled up. Mrs. Waugh's woman sat upon the box behind and the
Commodore's man drove the coach.

And the whole family party set forward on their journey. They went in
advance of the caravan so as not to be hindered and inconvenienced by
its slow and cumbrous movements. A ride of three miles through the old
forest brought them to the open, hilly country. Here the road forked.
And here the family were to separate.

It had been arranged that as Edith was too delicate to bear the forced
march of days' and nights' continuance before they could reach