It was like the act of one man; so sudden, so spontaneous.

While every cheek glowed, and every eye sparkled with enthusiasm, he alone seemed cool and unexcited, as, gently raising his hand, he motioned them to silence.
"Fourteenth, you are to be where you always desire to be,--in the advanced guard of the army.

I have nothing to say on the subject of your conduct in the field.

I know _you_; but if in pursuit of the enemy, I hear of any misconduct towards the people of the country, or any transgression of the general orders regarding pillage, by G----, I'll punish you as severely as the worst corps in the service, and you know _me!_" "Oh, tear an ages, listen to that; and there's to be no plunder after all!" said Mickey Free; and for an instant the most I could do was not to burst into a fit of laughter.

The word, "Forward!" was given at the moment, and we moved past in close column, while that penetrating eye, which seemed to read our very thoughts, scanned us from one end of the line to the other.
"I say, Charley," said the captain of my troop, in a whisper,--"I say, that confounded cheer we gave got us that lesson; he can't stand that kind of thing." "By Jove! I never felt more disposed than to repeat it," said I.
"No, no, my boy, we'll give him the honors, nine times nine; but wait till evening.