THREE:"'Mandy, take that letter away from her and read it," commanded Si.
THREE:"Why, old Sherman just plays doublets on the rebels. He leads a king at 'em and then plumps down an ace, and after that the left and right bowers. They burn one bridge and he plumps down a better one instead. They blow up a tunnel and he just hauls it out and sticks a bigger one in its place. Great head, that Sherman. Knows almost as much as old Abe Lincoln himself."
THREE:Shorty softly parted the bushes and looked in. Two of the well-known sharpers who hung around the camps had enticed little Pete in there, and to a game of three-card monte. They had inflamed his boyish conceit by allowing him to pick out two cards in succession, and with small bets.
THREE:"Paste him with a bullet and settle him," said Shorty testily, for he wanted to go on with his letter.O'Brien looked at the figure with rage and disgust. He gave Billings a savage clout with his open hand, saying: