50/52 There is none stronger and better. The choice is good." "Good! Aye, good indeed!" said the impetuous Bertrand. "How they will welcome him in Charleston!" "Then, gentlemen," said Colonel Kenton, very soberly, "you are all agreed that my son shall carry to South Carolina the message that Kentucky will follow her out of the Union ?" "We are," they said, all together. "I suggest to you, friends, that he start before dawn, and that he go to Winton instead of the nearest station. We wish to avoid observation and suspicion. |