He made no comment, when he gave the glasses back to Dick, merely saying: "Thank you." But Dick knew that Powell was deeply moved.
"It may be, lads," said Colonel Winchester, "that you will be able to enter your homes by the front doors in a day or two.

Evidently the Southerners intend to make it a big day to-morrow when they inaugurate Hawes, their governor." "A governor who's a governor only when he is surrounded by an army, won't be much of a governor," said Pennington.

"This state refused to secede, and I guess that stands." "Beyond a doubt it does," said Colonel Winchester, "but they've made great preparations, nevertheless.

There are Confederate flags on the Capitol and the buildings back of it, and I see scaffolding for seats outside.

Are there other places from which we can get good looks, lads ?" "Plenty of them," May and Powell responded together, and they led them from hill to hill, all covered with dense forest.