XIV. LIFE IN CHARLESTON--PREPARATIONS FOR WAR 160 XV. BOARDING-SCHOOL IN WAR TIMES 176 PART IV--WAR TIMES XVI. THE WEDDING 187 XVII. CROWLEY HILL--OUR PLACE OF REFUGE DURING THE WAR 192 XVIII. SORROW 200 XIX. LOCH ADÈLE 213 XX. SHADOWS 218 XXI. PREPARING TO MEET SHERMAN 221 XXII. THEY COME! 229 XXIII. DADDY HAMEDY’S APPEAL--IN THE TRACK OF SHERMAN’S ARMY 239 XXIV. SHADOWS DEEPEN 248 XXV. GLEAMS OF LIGHT 250 XXVI. TAKING THE OATH 260 PART V--READJUSTMENT XXVII. GLEAMS OF LIGHT FROM MY DIARY 283 XXVIII. AUNT PETIGRU--MY FIRST GERMAN 298 XXIX. MAMMA’S SCHOOL 307 XXX. THE SCHOOL A SUCCESS 316 XXXI. 1868 331 XXXII. CHICORA WOOD 340 XXXIII. DADDY ANCRUM’S STORY 349 ILLUSTRATIONS Mrs. Pringle at Chicora Wood _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Robert Francis Withers Allston, President of the Senate 20 Portrait by Flagg about 1850 James Louis Petigru 46 Miniature by Fraser Mrs. Benjamin Allston (née Charlotte Anne Allston), Mother of R. F. W. Allston 90 Miniature by Fraser Mrs. R. F. W. Allston (née Adèle Petigru) 140 Portrait by Flagg about 1850 Adèle Allston at Sixteen 188 Chicora Wood 244 Mrs. William Allston (née Ester La Brosse de Mahboeuf) 294 _PART I_ MY FATHER CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE TWO L ALLSTONS