[The Scouts of Stonewall by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Scouts of Stonewall CHAPTER XIII 28/39
He went cheerfully among the men, and saw that attention, as far as possible at such a time, was given to their needs. Harry hunted up St.Clair and found him with a bandaged shoulder sitting in his wagon.
He was sore but cheerful. "The doctor tells me, Harry, that I can take my place in the line in three more days," he said, "but I intend to make it two.
I fancy that we need all the men we can get now, and that I won't be driven back to this wagon." "If I were as well fixed as you are, Arthur," said Langdon, who appeared at this moment on the other side of the wagon, "I'd stay where I was. But it's so long since I've been hauled that I'm afraid the luxury would overpower me.
Think of lying on your back and letting the world float peacefully by! Did I say 'think of it'? I was wrong.
It is unthinkable. Now, Harry, what plans has Old Jack got for us ?" "I don't know." "Well, he'll get us out of this.
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