FORE:"Yes, I did," Si confessed; "but it was because the boys begged me to. We'd just got there, and it looked as if the biting was good, and we probably wouldn't stay there longer'n over Sunday."
FORE:"Wait a little," said Si. "We'll get the boys together, issue 'em catridges and give 'em a little preparation for a light, if we're to have one."
FORE:Now lay off."Le' me see your money and taste your licker."
THREE:"Holy smoke," murmured the rest, wiping their foreheads; "we thought you was trying to run the rebels down.""Ten thousand?"
THREE:"Wonder which one o' them is the 200th Injianny's?" said Si to Shorty.The boys leaned on their muskets and watched the awful spectacle with dazed eyes. It seemed far more terrible even than the ordeal through which they had just been.
