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but puffs as if rather short of breath.  Stop at Christianburg pass New River a beautiful stream 2000 ft above the level of the sea.  Stop at Central Depot Dublin depot and at various springs sulpher etc. of wh. we taste the waters.  The train waiting for us as long as we desire.  It has been day of unmingled pleasure.  The car is lighted now and a young officer is claiming cousinship at my side & amuses me with his adventures among the Southern ladies who do not treat our military coats very well.  When the car stops we move to the end of it to look out upon the moonlit scenes.  As the train moves on again Mr. Guthrie and the groom John come hurrying through the door where we are and the latter says "don't frighten the ladies."  While the former
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seems desirous of jumping off.  As "the ladies are not frightened I do not inquire what is the matter but suppose we are in danger of collision with a train wh. has not made its appearance at the time & place expected.  [[They in?]] the end of the car Miss Henry says Mr. Guthrie so wrapped up in his warm woolen "rug" as he calls it.  I sit in the doorway enjoying the moonlighted landscapes.  My companion is on the railing outside.  Nothing can be more beautiful than the pictures before us.  We are moving with frightful rapidity over the rails that [[?]]to a[[?]]in the distance.  We pass through a narrow defile and think with awe how terrible a collision would be there, then out into the[[?]][[noon?]]
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