There are those who would like well to see me swing if they only laid hands on me at the right time and place.

You know what the paper is ?" "A commission as Captain," and I bent over it again, "issued to Daniel Farrell, giving him independent command of scouts--by heavens! are you 'Bull' Farrell ?" He was eating quietly, but found time to answer.
"There are those who call me by that nickname; others give me even a worse handle.

'Tis my nature to make enemies faster than friends.

You know me then ?" "I was with Maxwell at Germantown," the remembrance of the scene coming vividly to mind, "when you came up with your ragged fellows.

You have certainly taught them how to fight." "There was no teaching necessary; all the trouble I ever have is in holding them back," his face darkening.