If we do succeed in taking Vicksburg, it seems likely to me that the heavy fighting will be up there in Tennessee, where Bragg's army is." "Do you know if your uncle, Colonel Kenton, is in Vicksburg ?" "I don't think so.

In fact, I'm sure he isn't.

His regiment is with Bragg.

Well, George, what does your algebra tell us ?" Warner had taken out his little volume again and was studying it intently.

But he raised his head long enough to reply.
"I have just achieved the solution of a very important mathematical problem," he answered in precise tones.