I was scared all the time, as you might say, but mostly when he turned his head and seemed kind of uncertain-like.

It ain't so much any credit to me as it is to Archer--the feller that changed the letters.

Anyway, I ain't mad, that's sure," he added, evidently intending this for Roscoe.

"Everybody gets mistaken sometimes." "You're one bully old trump, Tom," said Roscoe shamefacedly.
"So now you see how it was," Tom concluded.

"I couldn't get rattled as long as I could see the Big Dipper up there in the sky." For a few moments there was silence, save for the low whistling of one of the soldiers.
"You're all right, kiddo," he broke off to say.
Then one of the others turned suddenly, giving Tom a cordial rap on the shoulder which almost made him lose his balance.