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As she spoke these words her eyes were indeed, in Sergeant Ferry's words, "like little blue flames." But the men remained utterly unmoved. To their manhood the plan was repugnant, and in spite of Mandy's arguments and entreaties was rejected. "It is the better plan, Mrs. Cameron," said the Inspector kindly, "but we cannot, you must see we cannot, adopt it."
"I've got him safe, Kendall," I cried, and my captive and I sped by him at a gallop on our way to Ned Ferry's command. Rising to higher ground, we turned into the Natchez, and Port Gibson road where a farm-house and country "store" constituted Clifton. Still at a gallop we left these behind and entered a broad lane between fields of tasselling corn, where we saw a gallant sight.
Mrs. Ferry's letter, arriving on the thirteenth, made Sally smile with the lilt of its lines: "Come, Sally dear, the spring is here, the air is mild and warm; showers happen by, but cause no sigh, they're needed on the farm. The garden waits, and stirs, and shakes the sleep from out its eyes, and gently sets the violets to blooming in surprise.
There was nothing secret about the Megabuck network, except that he and Barby would use it for a mind-reading act. Jerry was trustworthy; he wouldn't give the act away. "Promise you'll keep it to yourself," Rick asked, and at ferry's excited nod he took the tiny receiver from his ear and handed it to Jerry.
"Do you know any gentlemen in frock coats who wish to be asked?" "Plenty but I'm not asking any invitations for them this time. No it's a bunch of the Reverend Donald Ferry's friends I want to invite." "The Reverend how odd that sounds! Who are they?" "News-boys, boot-blacks, office-boys, messenger boys every kind of boy.
At Baker's Creek it had a bloody all-day fight, in which we took part after having been driven in upon the brigade. It was there that at dusk, to the uproarious delight of half the big camp, and with our Captain once more at our head, for he had rejoined us that very morning, we came last off the field, singing "Ned Ferry's a-comin' down de lane."
At Charlotte's door we heard the greeting of her black maid. The maid's father, who of late had been nightly dressing Ferry's wound and mine, came to us in Ferry's room; and there my Captain turned to greet me, his face white with calamity. He took me caressingly by a button of my jacket. "Can you have your wound washed to-night before mine?" "Why, certainly, if it's the least " "Yes, thank you.
When the General told him Ferry's scouts were doing better without him than with him "I thought he would smile himself into three pieces," said the General at the supper-table. On a second call from Major Harper, when handed a document to open and read, he went through it carefully twice, and then dropping it on the coverlet asked "and Quinn?" "Oh, Quinn's turn will come." "Ah!
On that the blood surged to Ferry's brow, but he set his mouth firmly, locked arms with the speaker and led him down the veranda. Gholson took on an uglier pallor than before and went back into the house. I followed him. He moved slowly up the two flights of hall stairs and into a room close under the roof, called the "soldiers' room". It had three double beds, one of them ours.
"Good-night, gentlemen," said the doctor at last. As he passed into the darkness Quinn bent a mock frown upon his young superior. "Lieutenant Ferry, the next time I have to express my disgust please to keep your hand off my knee, will you?" Ferry's response was to lay it back again and there ensued a puerile tussle that put me in a precious pout, that I should be kept waiting by such things.
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