What its nature is, I don't know, but I mean to go to sleep, nevertheless.

I have already seen so much of hardship and war that the mere thought of danger does not trouble me.

I took a fort on the Tennessee, I took a much larger one on the Cumberland, first defeating the enemy's army in a big battle, and now I am preparing to march on Nashville.

Hence, I will not have my slumbers disturbed by a mere belief that danger may come." "It's a good resolution, George," said Dick, "but unlike you, I am subject to impulses, emotions, thrills and anxieties." "Better cure yourself," said the Vermonter, as he rolled himself in the blankets and put his head on his arm.

In two minutes he was asleep, but Dick, despite his weariness, had disturbed nerves which refused to let him sleep for a long time.