I have already caught one of them," he added, pointing to their prisoner, who, let it be remembered, was dressed in Frank's uniform.
"If you'uns is out on a scout," said a soldier, who had been aroused from his blanket, and pressed up to obtain a glance at the major, "whar's your hosses ?" "I left them about a mile down the river.

I have already been through your lines once to-night, and I might have gone through this time without your knowledge, if I had seen fit to do so." "Maybe it's all right," said the lieutenant, shaking his head dubiously; "but I'll be dog-gone if I don't think I've seen your face somewhere before;" and as he said this he raised the lantern, and allowed the light to shine full upon him.

Frank, who had been waiting impatiently for the interview to be brought to a close, gave himself up for lost when he saw a smile of triumph light up the rebel's face.
But the major was equal to the emergency.

Meeting the lieutenant's gaze without flinching, he replied, carelessly: "Very likely you have.

I have been in the service ever since the war broke out.