"Put a stop to that.

Bring him back!" But Uncle Billy paid not a bit of attention as the Adjutant sprang up.
All his thought was for his master and his own explanation.
"Dey wouldn' lemme git thru, seh!" he cried, pleading absolution from what had seemed an inexcusable breach of trust.

"Dey wouldn' gimme no pass an' I'se des been stuck! Aw, Gawd, Mars' Cary--an' I axed 'em ev'y day!" "There now, Billy--don't," Cary said with a gesture of pity and unending gratitude.
Uncle Billy rose slowly to his feet.
"Yas, seh.

Yas, seh," he answered obediently.

"'Skuse me, Mars' Gen'l.