Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . sen-tries gave Shorty a deep, knowing wink as he went the more willingly, as he was anxious tofind out more about the woman, and the operationsof the gang with which she was connected. Shehad already said enough to explain several mysteri-ous things of recent occurrence. Night came downand as her ungainliness was not thrust upon him asit was in the broad glare of day, he felt less diffi-culty in professing a deep attachment for her. Heeven took her hand. On her part she grew moreopen and communicative at
Si Klegg: Si and Shorty meet MrRosenbaum, the spy, who relates his adventures . sen-tries gave Shorty a deep, knowing wink as he went the more willingly, as he was anxious tofind out more about the woman, and the operationsof the gang with which she was connected. Shehad already said enough to explain several mysteri-ous things of recent occurrence. Night came downand as her ungainliness was not thrust upon him asit was in the broad glare of day, he felt less diffi-culty in professing a deep attachment for her. Heeven took her hand. On her part she grew moreopen and communicative at every step, and Shortyhad no difficulty in understanding that there wasgathered around her a gang that was practicingabout everything detrimental to the army. Theywere by turns spies, robbers, murderers, whisky THE JEW SPY WRITES. 189 smugglers, horse-thieves, and anything else thatpromised a benefit to themselves. Ostensibly theywere rebels, but this did not prevent their preyingupon the rebels when occasion offered. Some weredeserters from the rebel army, some were evading. SHE WHIPPED OUT A LONG KNIFE. the conscript laws, two or three were deserters from our and the woman had reached a point nearly a half-mile outside of the guard-line when he stopped and said: I cant go no farther now. I must go must yo go back? she demanded, with a 190 .SI KLEGG. sudden angry suspicion. I thought yo wuz gwineright along with me. Why, no. I never thought o that. I must goback and get my things before I go with you, saidShorty, as the readiest way of putting her off. Plague take yr things, she said. Let em kin git plenty more jest as good from the nextYankee camp. Yo slip back some night with theboys an git yor own things, if yr so dratted stuckon em. Come along now. She took hold of his wrist with a grip like had no idea that a woman could have suchstrength. I want to go back and git my partner, saidShorty. Me and him ve bin together all the timeweve b
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