Me an' my pardners have been hangin' 'roun' in the woods, seein' what would happen.

Now, we know that this boy rode straight from the tent of General Thomas hisself.

He's a Union sojer, an' young as he is, he's an officer.

He wouldn't be sent out by General Thomas hisself 'less it was on big business.

He's got messages, dispatches of some kind that are worth a heap to somebody.