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I have done everything I can to accomplish our patriotic object. You endanger it by your crusty manner to this young man, who seems to be willing to do his duty; and he is in a position to be of great service to our enterprise." "If you think it is necessary, I will take off my cap to this young man," said Mulgate, with a sneer in his tones. "Be reasonable, Mulgate."
It appears now that you have a purpose of your own to accomplish, and that Corny will not allow you to carry it out." "My first purpose is the same as your own," replied Mulgate. "You admit that you have a second object; and I cannot tell when you will decide to make it your principal purpose," added Captain Carboneer. "I am not satisfied with the situation.
She had not grown thin and pale during her absence from him, and she did not appear to be wasting her sweetness in pining for him. "What in the world are you talking about, Mulgate?" suddenly demanded his companion on his side of the fence. "I thought we were here for business, and you are talking about some girl."
"You called me major, and that is about the same thing," added the speaker on the other side of the fence. "The woods are full of majors now, both in the North and the South, and no one knows you especially by that name. But I will remember in future, Mr. Mulgate," replied Corny. "That sounds better, Neal.
Corny climbed over the high palisade fence, with the assistance of Mulgate, and the party walked to the sailboat at the beach below. By this time it was dark, though the gloom was not very dense under a clear sky. "Do you know anything about this boat, Corny?" asked Mulgate, as the trio approached the handsome craft, for such she was beyond a doubt.
"I don't know; that depends; but, Captain Carboneer, I hope you will be my friend in this little matter," added Mulgate. "I don't know any thing about the little matter; but I am not willing to jeopardize the enterprise that brings us here to help you out with a love affair," replied the older gentleman.
"Depends upon what?" "I have no time to discuss that matter now," added Mulgate, turning to his companion. "But I have time to say that I will ruin the whole enterprise if you mean to commit an outrage such as you appear to have in your mind," replied Corny, as vigorously as though he had been the military equal of the one he had called "major" by accident.
"Did she say anything about her stay at Glenfield?" inquired Mulgate, whose interest seemed to mount to the pitch of anxiety. "Not a word; she did not even hint at Glenfield, or anything connected with it," answered Corny; and, after the sharp tones of the other, he seemed to take pleasure in thorning him with negative answers. "Did she say anything about me?" "Not a word."
"Is Miss Florry at home?" asked Mulgate, in a more gentle tone, as though he had a deeper interest in the direction he had indicated. "She is at home, and was at the supper table with us." "How does she seem to be?" asked the stranger. "First rate; she is as jolly as though no one ever heard of such a thing as war," replied Corny, with enthusiasm.
"The fault will be mine, I suppose," muttered Mulgate. "The court-martial will decide that point," replied the captain. Mulgate seemed to be buried in his own reflections, no doubt suggested by the last remark of the other. Possibly he considered that the failure of such an important enterprise because he had insisted upon bringing a lady into the affair would not sound well at home.
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