Then the Colonel himself brought him his overcoat, comforter, overshoes, and fur cap.
"The saddlebags are already on your horse," he said, "and they are filled with the things you will need.

In this pocket-book you will find five hundred dollars, and here is, also, an order on a bank in Charleston for more.

See that you keep both money and order safely.
I trust to you to spend the money in the proper manner." Harry put both in an inside pocket of his waistcoat, and then his father handed him a heavy sealed letter.
"This you must guard with your life," he said.

"It is not addressed to anybody, but you can give it to Senator Yancey, who is probably in Charleston, or Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, or General Beauregard, who, I understand, is coming to command the troops there, and whom I knew in former days, or to General Ripley.

It contains Kentucky's promise to South Carolina, and it is signed by many of us.
And now, Harry, let prudence watch over action.