He considered that for cavalry work, scouting, and that sort of thing age mattered little, and that a lad who was at once a light weight, a good rider, and a good shot was of as much good as a man." "Thank you, mother.

I will ride into Richmond to-morrow morning and see Ashley.

I have often met him and should like to serve under him very much.

I should certainly prefer being in the cavalry to the infantry." Rosie and Annie, who were of course enthusiastic for the South, were almost as pleased as was Vincent when they heard that their mother had consented to his enrolling himself.

So many of the girls of their acquaintance had brothers or cousins who were joining the army, that they would have felt it as something of a slur upon the family name had Vincent remained behind.
On the following morning Vincent rode over and saw Mr.Ashley, who had just received his commission as major.