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But we have talked enough about terms; and now we will proceed to business, or to fight out this thing, if you so elect," said Deck very calmly but very decidedly. "But I only ask" "You need not ask anything!" interposed the lieutenant. "We have talked enough; now will you oblige me by coming down the stairs?" "What if I decline to come down the stairs?" demanded Captain Coonly.
Then he sent half the prisoners out-doors, with their arms still secured behind them, and directed Life in what manner to mount and otherwise dispose of them. The sergeant called ten men from the ranks to assist him, and each one of them took a ruffian in his charge. Life had Captain Coonly in his own hands. As the prisoners pointed out their own horses, they were conducted to the fence.
They had not offered to come to the assistance of Captain Coonly when he was in the gripe of the stalwart sergeant; for the carbines of the cavalrymen still covered them, and they saw that they would be shot down if they attempted to descend the stairs without orders, or fired upon their assailants in the hall.
"If you have anything to say to me, say it with a civil tongue in your head." "That is Captain Coonly," said Win in a low tone. "I have come to the conclusion that I had better make terms with you," replied the leader of the ruffians. "I make no terms with thieves and robbers," answered Deck, with dignity enough for a major-general.
"I recognize one of them, and I have seen some of the others," replied the guide. "A fellow who is called Captain Coonly seems to be in command of the gang. He has been the most active Secessionist in Adair County, and the most desperate one. He has an intense hatred of the Union men of the vicinity, and has advocated hanging every one of them.
"Then I shall interpret your reply to mean that you prefer to fight out this matter." "But you have us" "I have you, and I propose to keep you. No more talk! Come down-stairs, Captain Coonly, or I will order my men to fire!" The leader of the marauders hesitated, and then took a single step in the descent; he halted there. "I only want to say" "Say nothing more!
"The military officer in command of the detachment here managed the business, and I had nothing to do with the matter; though I would have strung up Coonly if I had had my way, for hanging would do him good. But the lieutenant said that one outrage did not mend another," replied Milton impatiently; for he was anxious to have the wounded cared for. "The lieutenant is a sensible man," added Dr.
"It was very well managed, my son," said the major, who was not especially liberal in praise of the young man as a rule. "You captured the entire gang without firing a gun, though if Captain Coonly had conducted his raid with even ordinary prudence, it would have been otherwise; but it is the business of a commanding officer to profit by the blunders of the enemy."
We shall want a lot of them," said Deck in a low tone to the guide. "Bugler, go with him and help him bring them." "This is not fair play," said the captain as he landed in the hall. "No more talk!" "What are you going to do with me?" demanded Coonly. "You are my prisoner, and I intend to secure you properly. Give me your sword and pistols." "I'll see you in"
The tall sergeant seized Coonly by the collar of his coat with his left hand, held him out as though he had been a small boy, unbuckled his sword-belt, and took two revolvers from his pockets with his right. The captain was a middling-sized man, and he struggled in the gripe of the powerful Kentuckian; but he might as well have attempted to resist Hercules himself.
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