She caught me by the arm, and I held her tightly, with face buried on my shoulder.
"We must be quick," I urged.

"Those are Federal shells overshooting their mark, but one may strike the house at any moment.

Tell me what it was that happened." "It seems so unreal now," she faltered, her whole form trembling, "that I hardly know how to tell it--yet every word is true.

I--I have captured the murderer of Captain Le Gaire." "You have! Who was he ?" "I cannot tell; I--I haven't even seen the man's face, but--but he is one of your soldiers." "Impossible! There is not one of our men unaccounted for.

I could call every trooper of our first company here now to confront you, except two who have been killed.