Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . d, Ike, right here, said Bush-rod to the leader. They deserve it, and weunshaint got no time to fool. Weuns cant take they-uns back with weuns, ef we wanted to, and I forone dont want to. Id ez soon have a rattlesnakearound me. But Ike, the leader, was farther-seeing. He repre-sented to the others the vengeance the Yankeeswould take on the people of the neighborhood if theymurdered the soldiers. This developed another party, who favored takingthe prisoners to some distance and killing themthere, so as to avoid the
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . d, Ike, right here, said Bush-rod to the leader. They deserve it, and weunshaint got no time to fool. Weuns cant take they-uns back with weuns, ef we wanted to, and I forone dont want to. Id ez soon have a rattlesnakearound me. But Ike, the leader, was farther-seeing. He repre-sented to the others the vengeance the Yankeeswould take on the people of the neighborhood if theymurdered the soldiers. This developed another party, who favored takingthe prisoners to some distance and killing themthere, so as to avoid the contingency that Ike had setforth. Then there were propositions to deliver themover to the guerrilla leaders, to be disposed of asthey pleased. Finally, it occurred to Ike that they were talkingentirely too freely before the prisoners, unless they CORN PONE AND BUTTERMILK. 105 intended to kill them outright, for they were givinginformation in regard to the position and operationsof rebel bands that might prove dangerous. Hedrew his squad off a little distance to continue the. THE SPOILS OF WAR. discussion. At first they kept their eyes on the pris-oners and their guns ready to fire, but as they talkedthey lost their watchful attitude in the eagerness ofmaking their points. Si looked at Shorty, and caught an answeringgleam. Like a flash both were on their feet andstarted on a mad rush for the fence. Bushrod saw 106 SI KLEGG. them start, and fired. His bullet cut off a lock ofSis auburn hair. Others fired as fast as they couldbring their guns up, and the bullets sang viciouslyaround, but none touched the fugitives. Their barefeet were torn by the briars as they ran, but theythought not of these. They plunged into the black-berry briars along the fence, climbed it, and gainedthe road some distance ahead of their pursuers, whowere not impelled by the fear of immediate deathto spur them on. Up the road went Si and Shortywith all the speed that will-power could infuse intotheir legs.
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