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Before the fall of Vicksburg his total strength reached seventy-five thousand. The Confederate total also fluctuated; but not so much. The scene of action was almost triangular; for it lay between the three lines joining Jackson, Haynes's Bluff, Rodney, and Jackson again. The respective lengths of these straight lines are forty, fifty, and seventy miles.
Fenger got up and began to pace the floor, not excitedly, but with an air of repression. He looked very powerful and compelling, there in the low-ceilinged, luxurious room. "I'll make it brief. We met yesterday in Haynes's office. Of course we had discussed the thing before. You know that. Haynes knew that I'd never run the plant under the new conditions.
Grant's lines, facing both opponents, from Haynes's Bluff to Warrenton, were fifteen miles long, which gave him one man per foot when his full strength was reached Pemberton's were only seven; and his position was strong. both towards the river, where the bluffs rose two hundred feet, and on the landward side, where the slopes were sharp and well fortified.
Haynes's flush deepened, and he took a step forward, his fists clenching. "Prescott, do you use that word offensively?" "No," replied Dick quietly. "Do you intend your question or manner to be offensive?" "Not unless you're trying to start it," sniffed the other cadet. "I'll tell you what I'll do, Haynes," proposed Dick pleasantly. "I can see your point of view -from your side.
The fate of Baton Rouge hangs on a still more slender thread. I would give worlds if it were all over. At Mrs. Haynes's we remained all night, as she sent the carriage back without consulting us. Monday we came to town and spent the day with Lilly. How it was, I can't say; but we came to the conclusion that it was best to quit our then residence, and either go back to Linwood or to a Mrs.
Had he been able to offer legal, convincing proof of Haynes's dastardly conduct in pushing him off the train on the return from the Army-Navy game, Prescott would have submitted that proof to the authorities, or else to the members of the second class in class meeting. "But Haynes would only lie out of it, of course," Dick concluded.
Lucky ones who had bought of it diffidently, discreetly, with modest visions of four and a half per cent in their unimaginative minds, saw their dividends doubling, trebling, quadrupling, finally soaring gymnastically beyond all reason. How he juggles figures; how grandly they roll off his tongue. How glib he is with Nathan Haynes's millions. "This, ladies and gentlemen, is our mail department.
While the attention of all the rest was turned toward the front end of the car, Haynes, with lowered eyes and half-slinking manner, made his way toward the rear of the car. Peering through the glass in the door, the turnback could make out Cadet Prescott standing outside. Dick's back was toward the door. A diabolical light flashed in Haynes's eyes for a moment.
The only greatly perturbed thought that ran through Dick's mind was: "That fellow is not fit for the Army. Must he be allowed to go on and graduate?" Thrice during the dinner period Dick allowed his glance to rove over to the turnback. Not once did he catch Haynes's eye, but that young man was making only a pretence at eating.
I am surprised, Doctor Haynes, that you did not recognize the symptoms." A murmur from Mrs. Blakeley cut short Doctor Haynes's reply. I thought I noticed a movement of the still face on the white bed. "Virgie! Virgie!" called Mrs. Blakeley, dropping on her knee beside her daughter. "I'm here mother!" Virginia's eyes opened ever so slightly. Her face turned just an inch or two.
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