Langdon's good spirits were contagious even to a nature much more serious.
"I don't look on it as a picnic altogether," he said.

"The Yankees will fight very hard, but we live on the land almost wholly, and the grass keeps on growing, whether there's war or not.

Besides, we're an outdoor people, good horsemen, hunters, and marksmen.

These things ought to help us." "They will and we'll help ourselves most," said Langdon gaily.

"I'm going to be either a general or a great politician, Harry.