26/31 His horse was bearing him fast into debatable ground, where every man suspected his neighbor, and it remained for force alone to tell to which side the region belonged. But the extreme delicacy of the tension came to Dick's aid. People hesitated to ask questions, lest questions equally difficult be asked of them in return. It was a great time to mind one's own business. He slept under roofs, and he learned that in the country into which he had now come the Union sympathizers were more numerous than the Confederate. |