Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . heonly inmates were Rosenbaum and Bolivar, whowere seated before a fire, which Rosenbaum hadbuilt in the big fireplace in the main room. Thenegro was busy cooking supper in the outbuildingwhich served as a kitchen. The glass was brokenout the window, and they could hear the conversa-tion between Rosenbaum and Bolivar. It appeared that Rosenbaum had been making areport of his recent doings, to which Bolivar lis-tened with a touch of disdain mingled with sus-picion. The negro brought in the supper, and the menate it
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . heonly inmates were Rosenbaum and Bolivar, whowere seated before a fire, which Rosenbaum hadbuilt in the big fireplace in the main room. Thenegro was busy cooking supper in the outbuildingwhich served as a kitchen. The glass was brokenout the window, and they could hear the conversa-tion between Rosenbaum and Bolivar. It appeared that Rosenbaum had been making areport of his recent doings, to which Bolivar lis-tened with a touch of disdain mingled with sus-picion. The negro brought in the supper, and the menate it sitting by the fire. T declare, said Bolivar, stopping with a piece ofbread and meat in one hand and a tin-cup of coffeein the other, that for a man who is devoted to the THE BOYS GO SPYING. 77 South you can mix up with these Yankees withless danger to yourself and to them than any manI ever knew. You never get hurt, and you neverhurt any of them. Thats a queer thing for a sol-dier. War means hurting people, and getting hurtyourself. It means taking every chance to hurt some. BOLIVAR AND ROSENBAUM. of the enemy. I never miss any opportunity of kill-ing a Yankee, no matter what I may be doing, orwhat the risk is to me. I cant help myself. When-ever I see a Yankee in range I let him have it. Inever go near their lines without killing at leastone. 78 SI KLEGG. Shortys thumb played a little with his gunlock,but Si restrained him with a look. Well, said Rosenbaum, I hates the enemy asbadly as any one can, but I always have businessmore important at the time than killing men. Iwant to get through with what I have to do, unt letother men do the killing. Theres enough gentlemenlike you for that work. No, theres not enough, said Bolivar treasonable for you to say so. Our enemiesoutnumber us everywhere. It is the duty of everytrue Southern man to kill them off at every chance,like he would rattlesnakes and wolves. You areeither not true to the South, or you haint the rightki
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