Give those women just ten minutes to remove their furniture, and then fire the house.

No building shall float a secesh flag, and stand, while I have the power to burn it." This time the ladies made no remark when Frank entered the room where they were sitting, for they knew by his looks that they were about to receive the punishment their folly merited.
"Madam," said Frank, speaking in a tone which showed how much he dreaded to break the intelligence, "I am ordered to burn your house." "Yes," answered the mother, bitterly; "I expected that to be your next errand.

I suppose your brutal captain will feel perfectly satisfied when he sees us deprived of a home." "I thought the Yankees were too gallant to make war on women and children," chimed in Mary.

"That has always been their boast," continued she, very spitefully.
"So they are," replied Frank.

"But the captain is one who will not tolerate an exhibition of treason in any one, be it man, woman, or child.
You have no one to blame but yourselves.