We left for Selma immediately after breakfast, leaving the family in ignorance of the occurrence.

The captain and myself had several other adventures, but the captain always had the advantage of me; he had the good clothes, and the good looks, and got all the good presents from the pretty young ladies--well, you might say, "cut me out" on all occasions.

"That's what makes me 'spise a furlough." But then furlough sounds big, you know..