They're carin' mighty little about the Union or the freedom of the slaves, but they expect to make a lot out of this for themselves.

Now I tell you again, Harry, to look out as you go through the dark to Pendleton.

The country is mighty troubled." "I will," replied Harry, with vivid recollection of his ride from Pendleton to Winton.

"I am armed, Mr.Collins, and I have seen war.
I served in one of the batteries that reduced Fort Sumter." He did not say the last as a boast, but merely as an assurance to the liveryman, who he saw was anxious on his account.
"If you've got pistols, just you think once before you shoot," said Collins.

"Things are shorely mighty troubled in these parts an' they're goin' to be worse." "Have you heard anything of my father?
Is he at Pendleton ?" "He was two days ago.