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"I didn't know you were such a fool, Jack Carter," interrupted his sweetheart, with a toss of her pretty head; "that settles it!" and she slammed the door in his face. Matters were at such a pass finally that Mr. Skaggs, the circuit-rider, when he came to preach, the third Sunday in the month, at Ebenezer Church, deemed it his duty to remonstrate and pray with Sister Cullum at her own house.
I remember, one night, sitting in his room, on the second floor of the Planters' House, with him and General Cullum, his chief of staff, talking of things generally, and the subject then was of the much-talked-of "advance," as soon as the season would permit.
Louis a formal order thanking Flag-officer Foote and myself, and the forces under our command, for the victories on the Tennessee and the Cumberland. I received no other recognition whatever from General Halleck. But General Cullum, his chief of staff, who was at Cairo, wrote me a warm congratulatory letter on his own behalf.
A prolonged whistle, with trills and flourishes, was the response; and the conspirators, bursting with restrained laughter, plunged into the ford and separated, making each for his own fireside. Mrs. Cullum was nodding over the hearth-stone when her husband came in. The six girls, from Minty Jack Carter's buxom sweetheart to Little Sis, the baby, were long abed.
Outside, in the shadow of the moonless night, a stoop-shouldered figure prowled in the near vicinity of Cullum Hall. This was Jordan, intent on guessing when would be the most favorable moment for sending in the message that should call Prescott out to his doom.
"I'll get cold feet if I listen to you long," laughed yearling Holmes grimly. "I wonder if I'd better pull these gloves off and stay where I am?" "I didn't have any idea of seeking to persuade you," Dick replied. "If you feel proof against the danger, run right over to Cullum and enjoy yourself."
Tobe," responded Bud, squatting down and clutching the candle, his face radiant with expectation. The crowd scattered, and for a few moments made a noisy pretence of beating the shinn-oak thickets for imaginary snipe. "Keep a-whisslin', Bud!" Mr. Cullum shouted, from the far edge of the prairie.
He was attended by his staff, composed of General G. W. Cullum, U. S. Engineers, as his chief of staff; Colonel George Thom, U. S. Engineers; and Colonels Kelton and Kemper, adjutants-general.
He posted his chief of staff, General Cullum, at Cairo, and me at Paducah, chiefly to expedite and facilitate the important operations then in progress up the Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers.
"Well, it can't be helped," muttered Holmes philosophically. "Of course you and Anstey can drag the girls to Cullum." "Surely," muttered Holmes listlessly, "if the girls would go at all under such circumstances." "I've made their trip a mockery and a bitter disappointment," groaned Dick. "No, you haven't ramrod," retorted Greg.
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