...rs of the Confederacy before the Yankees gobble it up. While we were in the parlor with these and other visitors, the carriage drove up with Fred and Garnett and Garnett's galvanized attendant, Gobin . As soon as I heard the sound of wheels coming up the avenue, I ran to one of the front windows, and when I recognized our carriage, Metta, Cora, and I tore helter-skelter out of the house to meet ...