Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . u stop there. Come along with me, Jew. He took me by the collar, unt we walked towardGeneral Prices tent. He whispered to me as wewent along: Youre all right, Rosenbaum. I knowyou, unt I know what youre here for. Just keepa stiff upper lip, tell your story straight, unt Illsee you through. That scared me worse than ever, but all that Icould do was to keep up my nerve, unt play my cardscoolly. We went into the Generals tent, but he wasbusy, unt motioned us with his hand to the Adju-tant-General. Whats the matter? as
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . u stop there. Come along with me, Jew. He took me by the collar, unt we walked towardGeneral Prices tent. He whispered to me as wewent along: Youre all right, Rosenbaum. I knowyou, unt I know what youre here for. Just keepa stiff upper lip, tell your story straight, unt Illsee you through. That scared me worse than ever, but all that Icould do was to keep up my nerve, unt play my cardscoolly. We went into the Generals tent, but he wasbusy, unt motioned us with his hand to the Adju-tant-General. Whats the matter? asked the Adjutant-Gen-eral, motioning me to sit down, while he went onmaking tally marks on a sheet of paper, as a mancalled off the regiments that had reported. Then hefooted them all up, unt, turning to another officer,read from it so many Arkansaw regiments, so many 32 SI KLEGG. Louisianny, so many Mizzouri, so many Texas, somany batteries of artillery, unt he said to anotherofficer as he laid the paper face down among theother papers on his table: Just as I told you, Col-. I KNOW YOU, UNT WHAT YOURE HERE FOR. onel. We have fully 22,000 men ready for to us: Well, what can I do for you? The boys had picked up this Jew for a spy, Col-onel, said Jim Jones, pointing to me, unt they ROSENBAUM, THE SPY. 33 were about to hang him, just to pass away the after-noon more than for anything else. I took him awayfrom them, telhng them that it was your privilege tohang spies, unt you could do it according to thescience of war. I brung him up here to get himaway from them. After theyre gone away or gotinterested in something else Ill take him ur?t puthim outside of camp. All right, said de Adjutant-General, withouttaking much interest in the matter. Do with him asyou please. A Jew more or less isnt of any con-sequence. Probably he deserves hanging, though,but it isnt well to encoi age the boys to hang menon sight. Theyre quite xoo ready to do that, any-way. He talked to the othe
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