Never waited for no Exemption Board nor nothin', but went up and enlisted on his own hook without tellin' a soul he was goin' to.

That's the way Bailey and me figger it up.

Say, ain't that some news?
Godfreys, I must hustle back to the post office and tell the gang afore anybody else gets ahead of me.

So long!" He hurried away on his joyful errand.

Captain Hunniwell closed the window and turned to face his friend.
"Do you suppose that's true, Jed ?" he asked.