sent toward the mountains. Stuart set out apparently to follow
them--but that was only a ruse to blind busybodies.

A quarter of a mile from head-quarters he leaped a fence, and doubled
back, going in the direction now of Manassas.

At daylight on the next morning he had forced his way through the Bull
Run mountain.

Two hours afterward he had made a sudden attack on the enemy's
infantry. It was the rear of Hancock's corps, which was the rear of
Hooker's army, then retiring toward the Potomac.




XV.


THE SUPPER NEAR BUCKLANDS.


Stuart's fight near Haymarket, here alluded to, was a gay affair; but I
pass over it, to a scene still gayer and decidedly more pleasant.

The fighting continued throughout the day, and at dusk a heavy rain
came on. We were all tired and hungry--the general no less so than his
staff--and when an invitation was sent to us by a gentleman near
Bucklands, to come and sup with him, we accepted it with fervor, and
hastened toward the friendly mansion.