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A few good sailors were obtained from those who escaped to Norfolk after the destruction of the Confederate flotilla at Elizabeth City by Capt. Rowan's squadron. They had but little chance for drills and exercise on the new ship, for up to the very hour of sailing she was crowded with workmen getting her ready for the task of breaking down the Yankee blockade.
"Whar de Buena Vista schul ez hit useter be a Yankee soldiers Barrick. Eber mawnin' dey hadder music. I member a black hoss de soldiers had, dat ef you called 'im Jeff Davis he would run you." "I member de ole well on Cedar Street, neah de Capitol, en six mules fell in hit. Dat wuz back w'en blackberries wuz growin' on de Capitol Hill. En Morgan Park wuz called de pleasure gyarden.
"I hope you'll like her, Bob." "Who is she and what does she look like?" he inquired with boyish eagerness. "She used to be a school teacher and lived with us while she taught our school," she replied; "that's how your Uncle Joe met her. She has plenty of good looks too many, I sometimes think, for a farmer's wife and she is a real New England Yankee woman, who doesn't know how to milk cows."
"Neither, Mr. Yankee," indignantly. "I told you once you were mistaken. Now I'll prove it see here!" The soft hat was whipped off the head, and the slender figure leaned forward to where the slight gleam of the stars rendered the face visible. "Do you make war on women?" I was too astounded for reply; dumfounded, dazed by this evidence of my stupidity.
Here we see the characteristic marks of the Yankee, full twenty years before that term was ever used. The greatest things were once in embryo.
They had made an acquaintance who was making himself useful. They were considerably richer than they had been for some time. "I'd like to drap into Mendova," Jet mused. "We ain't had what you'd call a time " "Let's kill some birds first," Gaspard suggested. "I got a hunch that Yankee Bar's a good bet for us for a little while. We dassn't look into Memphis, 'count of last trip down.
The night before their arrival at St. Kisco, the regular dinner was, as usual, converted into a banquet, and a band was improvised for the occasion. At the close of dinner the martial hymns of all nations were played, ending with "Yankee Doodle."
"He wins the victory, but lets the enemy take it." "It may be so. But to come closer home, what about the Yankee spy in Richmond? It's an established fact that a man of most uncommon daring and skill is here." "No doubt of it, what's the latest from him?" "The house of William Curtis was entered last night and robbed." "Robbed of what?" "Papers. The man never takes any valuables."
McEvoy, true to his promise, organised the opposition it is always the opposition and ejected the Yankee managers, but in the fall of 1850 I resigned, and went a long way south. When I returned, Joliet was a city, and Mr. Rendel, one of my German night scholars, was city marshal. I met him walking the streets, and carrying his staff of office with great dignity.
"For what?" Peter gave a sardonic laugh that would have done credit to Charleton. "I'm going home, John, before I get hauled in on a family row. Doug, I'm pretty stiff. Will you help me saddle Yankee?" Douglas rose reluctantly and followed Peter into the shed where Yankee was munching hay. "Keep your fool mouth shut, Doug," whispered the postmaster.
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