Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . as ofBob Smiles catching me. They fired at me, but Igalloped right through them, unt through a rain ofbullets that they sent after me. I felt better then, forI was confident I was out in the open country, butI kept my horse on the run. It seemed to me that Iwent a hundred miles. Just as the day was breaking in the east, I hearda voice, with a strong German accent call out thebrush: Halt! Who comes there? I was so glad that I almost fainted, for I knowedthat Id reached General Sigels pickets. I couldntget my lips to
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . as ofBob Smiles catching me. They fired at me, but Igalloped right through them, unt through a rain ofbullets that they sent after me. I felt better then, forI was confident I was out in the open country, butI kept my horse on the run. It seemed to me that Iwent a hundred miles. Just as the day was breaking in the east, I hearda voice, with a strong German accent call out thebrush: Halt! Who comes there? I was so glad that I almost fainted, for I knowedthat Id reached General Sigels pickets. I couldntget my lips to answer. There came a lot of shots, unt one of them struckmy horse in the head, unt he fell in the road, throw-ing me over his head. The pickets run out untpicked me up. The German language sounded thesweetest I ever heard it. 66 SI KLEGG. As soon as I could make myself talk, I answeredthem in German, unt told them who I was. Thenthey couldnt do enough for me. They helped meback to where they could get an ambulance, in whichthey sent me to Headquarters, for I was top weak to. ROSENBAUM RUNS INTO SIGELS PICKETS. ride or walk a step. I handed my yellow envelope toGeneral Curtis, got a dram of whisky to keep me upwhile I answered his questions, unt then went to A SPYS EXPERIENCE. 67 sleep, unt slept through the whole battle of PeaRidge. After the battle, General Curtis wanted to knowhow much he ought to pay me, but I told him thatall I wanted was to serve the country, unt I was al-ready paid many times over, by helping him win avictory. But I concluded that there was too much BobSmiles in that country for me, unt I had better leavefor some parts where I was not likely to meet I crossed the Mississippi River, unt joined Gen-eral Rosecranss Headquarters. CHAPTER V. THE BOYS GO SPYING — ON AN EXPEDITION WITHROSENBAUM THEY MAKE A CAPTURE. MR. ROSENBBAUMS stories of adventurewere not such as to captivate the bo^s withthe career of a spy. But the long stay incamp was getting ve
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