Miss LouDodd, Mead, 1888 - 368 pages |
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Page 9
... Union soldier who had so abruptly diverged from the road behind the screening copse had not been discovered . The sounds died away as speedily as they had approached , and all became still again . The startled birds resumed their songs ...
... Union soldier who had so abruptly diverged from the road behind the screening copse had not been discovered . The sounds died away as speedily as they had approached , and all became still again . The startled birds resumed their songs ...
Page 26
... Union soldier's as in name , fully realized that he was in the enemy's coun- try as he watched through a cranny in the cabin the shadowy forms of the Confederates file past . Every bone in his body ached as if it had been broken , and ...
... Union soldier's as in name , fully realized that he was in the enemy's coun- try as he watched through a cranny in the cabin the shadowy forms of the Confederates file past . Every bone in his body ached as if it had been broken , and ...
Page 31
... union at once . sought to break down her reserve by paying her extravagant compliments , and to excite her admiration by accounts of battles in which he would not have posed as hero so plainly had he not been flushed with wine . There ...
... union at once . sought to break down her reserve by paying her extravagant compliments , and to excite her admiration by accounts of battles in which he would not have posed as hero so plainly had he not been flushed with wine . There ...
Page 35
... Union scout till he fell asleep , and then the tireless negro went to the spot where the poor horse had died in the stream . He took off the saddle and bridle . After a little consideration he diverted the current , then dug a hole on ...
... Union scout till he fell asleep , and then the tireless negro went to the spot where the poor horse had died in the stream . He took off the saddle and bridle . After a little consideration he diverted the current , then dug a hole on ...
Page 39
... Union soldier in good and regular standing . " " I reckon my uncle and cousin would scout the idea that you , or any of your army , had any standing whatever . " " That does not matter , so that I can convince you that I would not do or ...
... Union soldier in good and regular standing . " " I reckon my uncle and cousin would scout the idea that you , or any of your army , had any standing whatever . " " That does not matter , so that I can convince you that I would not do or ...
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