human
Did your mistress--I beg pardon--I meant, did my wife tell you where she was going to?
gpt
She told me to come to Jackson, after I told her I would be sure to get away from de city, answered the girl;
human
That is enough, observed Alfred,
gpt
I trust you may succeed in finding your wife, sir,
human
I sincerely hope so myself, Miss Humphries, he answered,
gpt
It is singular that she should have told Elsy to come here to her, and not to be in the city,
human
I am afraid that my wife has, through prudence, gone into the country to live; for, with the means I left her, she could not possibly have afforded to reside in any part of the Confederacy where prices rule so high as they do here. It is this belief that makes my prospect of finding her very dim. Harry says he advertised for her in several newspapers, but that he received no information from any source respecting where she lived. I am certain she would have seen the advertisement had she been residing in any of our cities.
gpt
She may not have noticed the advertising column of the newspaper, put in Harry,
human
You are right, Alfred replied,
gpt
I am sorry to say that refugees are not as favorably thought of as they deserve, Emma remarked.
human
To the shame of the citizens of our Confederacy, instead of receiving them as sufferers in a common cause, they are looked upon as intruders. There are some exceptions, as in all cases, but I fear they are very few.
gpt
Your statement will only increase my anxiety to find my wife, answered Alfred;
human
I do not think anyone would refuse to aid your family, my dear friend, Harry observed,