[The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army by Oliver Optic]@TWC D-Link bookThe Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army CHAPTER XIV 9/15
"You are a Yankee," he added, as he fixed his glazing eyes upon Tom's uniform.
"Are you wounded ?" "No; I am worn out.
I have eaten nothing since daylight, and not much then.
I am used up." "Put your hand in my haversack.
There is something there," gasped the dying man. Tom bent over him to comply with the invitation; but, with a thrill of horror, he started back, as he listened to the death-rattle in the throat of the rebel, and saw his eyes fixed and lustreless in death.
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