[The Sword of Antietam by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sword of Antietam CHAPTER VI 27/47
Everybody was suited.
Sam could make himself pow'ful useful without havin' to work." Nevertheless, the lantern bearer gave his brother the tenderest care, and watched him until he and the men on either side of him were lost in the darkness as they walked toward the Southern camp. "I jest had to come an' find old Sam, dead or alive," he said.
"Now, which way, Yank, do you think this friend of yours is layin' ?" "But you're comin' with us," repeated Jim. "No, I'm not.
Didn't Yank here help us find Sam? An' are we to let the Yanks give us lessons in manners? I reckon not.
'Sides, he's only a boy, an' I'm goin' to see him through." "I thank you," said Dick, much moved. "Don't thank me too much, 'cause while I'm walkin' 'roun' with you friendly like to-night I may shoot you to-morrow." "I thank you, all the same," said Dick, his gratitude in nowise diminished. "Them that will stir no more are layin' mighty thick 'roun' here, but we ought to find your friend pretty soon.
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