And then! Lee and Jackson thought they had Pope in a trap! Pope and McClellan would have them between the hammer and the anvil, and they would be pounded to pieces! "Here, stop that foolishness, Dick! Quit, I say, quit it at once!" It was Warner who was speaking, and he gripped Dick's arm hard, while he peered anxiously into his face.
"What's the matter with you ?" he continued.

"What do you find to laugh at?
Besides, I don't like the way you laugh." Dick shook himself, and then rubbed his hand across his brow.
"Thanks, George," he said.

"I'm glad you called me back to myself.

I was thinking what would happen to the enemy if McClellan and the Army of the Potomac came up also, and I was laughing over it." "Well, the next time, don't you laugh at a thing until it happens.

You may have to take your laugh back." Dick shook himself again, and the nervous excitement passed.
"You always give good advice, George," he said.