"Captain," suggested Si, who was fidgeting under the excitement of a scene in which he was taking no part, "wouldn't it be well for some of us to go up there and help the battery boys out? I could sponge and ram."
And the other asked: "And the raid'll be made ter-morrer?"He had not written her since the Tullahoma campaign. That seemed an age away, so many things had happened in the meanwhile.
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MRS. B.: Oh, my. That sounds like there's something up. Now, what have you been doing?Shorty slipped his hand into his pocket, grasped his revolvers and eased them around so that he could be certain to draw them when he wanted to. He was determined that those men should not leave the train before the stopping place arranged for his fellow-soldiers. He felt confident of being able to handle the two, but did not know how many confederates might be in waiting for them.