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The Guns of Bull Run

CHAPTER I
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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 shall be glad and proud to go," said Harry, speaking for the first time.
"I knew it without asking you," said Colonel Kenton.

"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.
The fewer questions he has to answer, the better it will be for all of us." They agreed with him again, and, in order that he might be fresh and strong for his journey, Harry was sent to his bedroom.


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