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The Scouts of the Valley

CHAPTER VII
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"Time fur all uv you to go to sleep, an' I'm goin' to watch." "I'll watch," said Henry.
"I'm the oldest, an' I'm goin' to have my way this time," said Tom.
"Needn't quarrel with me about it," said Shif'less Sol.

"A lazy man like me is always willin' to go to sleep.

You kin hev my watch, Tom, every night fur the next five years." He ranged himself against the wall, and in three minutes was sound asleep.

Henry and Paul found room in the line, and they, too, soon slept.

Tom sat at the door, one of the captured rifles across his knees, and watched the forest and the swamp.


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