It would puzzle the sharpest Rebel bushwhacker to get the drop on them." "I don't know as I want to learn their way of doing," said Abe crustily.
"It looks like sneaking, on a big scale, that's all.

And I'm ashamed of this laying round behind a log or a rock to pop a man over.

It ain't my style at all.

I believe in open and above-board fighting, give and take, and may the best man win." "So do I, though I suppose all's fair in war.

But when we scout we give them the same chance to knock us over that they give us when they scout.
I'll admit it looks very much like murder to shoot men down that way, for it does not help either side along a particle.