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"Almia had no side," replied the Daughter of the House, "and the soldiers wore no coats, for they had thrown them aside in the heat of the combat; and she purposely took no note whatever of their trousers. She was determined to be absolutely impartial. 'Now, then, said Almia to her prisoners, 'I am going to get just as close to the battle as I can.
"Almia knew by the papers," continued the Daughter of the House, "that a great battle was expected to take place not far from a town at some distance from her home; and she went to this town by rail, carrying only a small hand-bag in addition to the things she wore under her waterproof.
And now I wish to say that I have become very much interested in you all, and, if there is no objection, I should like to join your company for the present. 'I have no objection myself, said Almia, 'but what do you say? she asked, addressing the two soldiers.
"'But, said Almia, 'the roar of the battle comes over from that way, which must be the northwest. "'That may be, said the Exceptional Pedestrian, 'but the principle remains. "The two soldiers now returned, bearing two large apple-pies resting upon two palm-leaf fans.
That black-haired soldier did not go away in twenty minutes. It must have been somebody else at some other time who went away so soon. It would have been simply impossible for him to have done it. The longer he sat and looked at Miss Almia, the more he gazed into her beautiful eyes, the more fervently he must have thought that if it depended upon him he would never leave her, never, never again.
He turned his horse, whose bridle Almia had now released, and, casting another look of sadness upon the erect form of the bushwhacker nurse, he sped away. "I will not say anything more of the general, except that after following for half an hour the directions given to him by the Exceptional Pedestrian, he rode at full speed into the ranks of the enemy, and was obliged to surrender.
"Almia stopped at the horse's head. With her left hand she seized his bridle, and in a clear, loud voice she exclaimed, 'Commander-in-Chief, you are my prisoner! There was no trembling, no nervousness now; body and soul, she was as hard as steel. The general looked down upon her in petrified bewilderment. He gazed at the three soldiers, and again looked down at her.
"Where they wear bicycle-skirts," thought John Gayther. "Every trace of enthusiastic excitement had passed away from Almia, who now had something in this world to do, and who set about doing it without loss of a second. The man was only wounded, for he opened his eyes and said so, and drawing up his shirt-sleeve he showed Almia that the cut was in the lower part of his left arm.
"Rapidly Almia explained the situation, and when she had finished, the stranger nodded his head three or four times, and put his blank-book in his pocket. 'Well, well, well, said he, 'this is what might be expected from the tendency of the times! There are sixteen thousand two hundred and forty more women than men in this State, and many of them are single and have to do something.
'He gives no thought to the falling of brave men or the flowing of blood. Upon his commands depends the fate of the battle! "'And without his commands? asked Almia, trembling in every fibre. "The Exceptional Pedestrian shrugged his shoulders and slightly smiled. 'Without them, he said, 'there would soon be an end to the battle. He is the soul, the directing spirit, of his army.
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