"Have been noticing that all the morning; looks as if your left and centre were giving way." "Wait until Chambers gets up, and you'll hear another tune," his pride touched.

"What's the sergeant doing ?" "Evidently going to get a look at the attic." Then, deciding quickly,--"I am going to turn you all loose, and try to get back to our lines, as soon as we can gain some understanding of this death mystery, Bell.

It looks as though the battle would end up somewhere about here, and I can hardly expect to fight the entire Confederate army with ten men and a sergeant.

It's a dignified retreat for me.

Where now ?" "To help your man.