I said I reckoned I would slip over the river and find out what was going on.

Jim liked that notion; but he said I must go in the dark and look sharp.

Then he studied it over and said, couldn't I put on some of them old things and dress up like a girl?
That was a good notion, too.

So we shortened up one of the calico gowns, and I turned up my trouser-legs to my knees and got into it.

Jim hitched it behind with the hooks, and it was a fair fit.