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"We'll get the boys together, issue 'em catridges and give 'em a little preparation for a light, if we're to have one." The sun had gone down and the night was at hand. The train had stopped to take on a supply of wood from a pile by the roadside.
I had on'y so many r-rounds iv catridges an' a cross-cut saw, an' I failed to provide mesilf with th' ord'nary necessities iv life. But, in spite iv me deficiencies, I wint bravely ahead. Th' sthrain was something tur-r'ble on me. Me mind give out repeatedly. I cud not think at times, but I niver faltered. In two months I had enough supplies piled up in Maine to feed ivry sojer in Cubia.
"Now give us some catridges," clamored the boys, "and let us do some real shooting." "No," said Si; "we'll keep the catridges ourselves, and issue them to you when the enemy comes in sight." "Nice time to give out catridges then," grumbled Harry Joslyn. "When we see the rebels we want to begin shootin' instid o' botherin' you with questions.
I was some bothered about this; but that wa'n't no time to hold an investigation, so I begun shootin' at flashes again. "How's your catridges holdin' out?" sez Jabez. "Ain't many left," sez Monody. "I'm about cleaned myself," sez Jabez. "Where's Jim?" "I think he's about once through," sez I, an' we proceeded to shoot more economical.
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