Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/deepwatersorstra00croz DEEP WATERS, Or A Strange Story by REV. R. H. CROZIER, Author of “Fiery Trials,” “Araphel,” “Cave of Hegobar,” “Confederate Spy,” “Bloody Junto,” &c., &c. “When through the Deep Waters I call thee to go.” St. Louis: Publishing House Of Farris, Smith & Co. 919 Olive Street. Copyright by R. H. Crozier. All Rights Reserved. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. The Young Graduate 5 CHAPTER II. A Great Change 30 CHAPTER III. The Mysterious Voice 51 CHAPTER IV. A Rival 76 CHAPTER V. Deep Waters 99 CHAPTER VI. Manassas 126 CHAPTER VII. After the Battle 136 CHAPTER VIII. Hard Truths 151 CHAPTER IX. “Off to the Wars” 168 CHAPTER X. A Dangerous Mission 182 CHAPTER XI. A Brave Girl 196 CHAPTER XII. In Prison 209 CHAPTER XIII. A Desperate Man 226 CHAPTER XIV. Dark Hours 245 CHAPTER XV. A Remarkable Event 260 CHAPTER XVI. A Confederate Marriage 277 CHAPTER XVII. Peace 283 CHAPTER XVIII. The Drunkard 295 CHAPTER XIX. The Crime 308 CHAPTER XX. The Prison 317 CHAPTER XXI. The Trial 329 CHAPTER XXII. The Last Scene 341 The Sermon 350 DEEP WATERS. CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG GRADUATE. In the latter part of June 18-- the little city of Oxford, Miss., was teeming with visitors, not only from various portions of the State, but from the adjoining States of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana. This concourse of people was no unusual spectacle to the citizens of Oxford; for it was but the gathering that occurred regularly once a year. The center of attraction to this fashionable, well-dressed assemblage was the University of Mississippi, which has sent forth hundreds of young men intellectually equipped for the stern struggle for existence--a struggle, the contemplation and investigation of which gave birth to Mr. Darwin’s doctrine of “The survival of the fittest.” What was the meaning of this concourse? It was _Commencement day_. The University would again dismiss another class of her children to assume the grave responsibilities of citizenship, and to enter into the new and strange relations for which they had been preparing by years of diligent study. At last, they were to lay aside the _toga virilis trita_, and don the _toga pexa_ of manhood. It was the last day, and the exercises of the graduating class were to close the week’s programme.