He don't allow any cursing and swearing when he's around.

And what he says is law and gospel with the boys.

But he's so good-natured; and they can't get mad at him." "Yes, Robert, there is not a man in our regiment I would sooner trust than Tom.

Last night, when he brought in that wounded scout, he couldn't have been more tender if he had been a woman.

How gratefully the poor fellow looked in Tom's face as he laid him down so carefully and staunched the blood which had been spurting out of him.