"I saw some boxes of Enfields up there toward the battery," said Si. "The rebels left 'em. They'll fit our guns, and them English cartridges is just as good as ours."
Dodd waved a hand and, going over, found a chair and brought it to hers. "I'm sorry about the other night""Yes?" Dr. Haenlingen said. "What am I going to do?"
ONE:"No, you little fool," said Si. "The rebels ain't comin'. They're goin' as fast as their horses kin carry 'em. They've got through comin' for today. we should all be thankful to God. I am over on a visit to
THREE:"I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to Jeffersonvillie," murmured Shorty, faintly struggling with himself. "They may need me there."
THREE:"Come up here," he called. "There ain't no rebels up here. They've all gone off down into the valley." thE deAcon hE wAntid 2 go 2 the tranE & stop u. When hE
"Goin' to be a full attendance at the services this evenin'," he muttered to himself. "But the more the merrier. It'll insure a goodly number at the mourner's bench when we make the call for the unconverted."Everyone would be punished."Probably we've all growed," Si assented thoughtfully. "Just think o' McBiddle as Lieutenant-Colonel, in place o' old Billings. Remember the first time we saw McBiddle to know him? That time he was Sergeant o' the Guard before Perryville, and was so gentle and soft-spoken that lots o' the boys fooled themselves with the idee that he lacked sand. Same fellers thought that old bellerin' bull Billings was a great fightin' man. What chumps we all wuz that we stood Billings a week.""Yes, the orders to move has come," said Shorty. "See them big fires, and the boys burnin' up things."
