THREE:Several of the passengers fired at the buffaloes, but Fred was certain he did not see anything drop. In half an hour the train had passed through the herd, and was moving on as fast as ever.The staff-officer cut away its cornhusk wrapping and read aloud the owner's name on the hilt. The General laid the mighty weapon across his palm and sternly shut his lips. "How did you get through the enemy's pickets with this?"
THREE:FRANK'S PURCHASE. FRANK'S PURCHASE.
THREE:[Pg 201]What about your work at Keelings to-morrow night? he said, if Im not fit to come out? You cant very well go up there alone, can you?
TWO:Ferry's response was to lay it back again and there ensued a puerile tussle that put me in a precious pout, that I should be kept waiting by such things. But presently the three parted to resume their several cares, and the moment Ferry touched my arm to turn me back toward the house I was once more his worshipper. "Well!" he began, "you have now two fine horses, eh?"
TWO: CHAPTER EIGHT












