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My friends, who had kept somewhat together, now ranged themselves against the counter before me, facing the crowd, and Buck Scruggs said, "He has not been convicted, and he shall not be touched." James Niel and Dempsey Jones, the other two who had aided in my arrest, joined Scruggs; and their influence, added to the persuasive eloquence of my pistols, decided the wavering.
Ibid., pp. 23-27. Ibid., pp. 27 and 40. Seward to Adams, July 11, 1862. "Collected Correspondence," pp. 7 and 8. Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Bayard, April 16, 1885, For. Rel., also "Messages and Papers of the Presidents," Vol. VIII, p. 326. "Collected Correspondence," p. 94. Ibid., p. 14. "Collected Correspondence," pp. 11 and 12. "Collected Correspondence," p. 99. Mr. Buchanan to Hon.
Corp'l Elliott, you take the rest and go round and gather the guns and other things, and pile them up there by that tree to turn over to the ordnance officer. Hustle, now, all of you." "They didn't think they were digging their own graves," philosophized Monty Scruggs, as he stood shovel in hand watching the remains being gathered into the trench.
There's Monty Scruggs explainin' the plan o' battle to a crowd of 'em. He don't know we're anywhere around. Listen and you'll hear something."
I wuz jes a small boy when my boss carrid me away from Murry. My boss carrid me to Lexinton. I staid wid Ole Man Scruggs a long time. I jes don no how long. My boss carrid me to his brother, Ole Man Finch Scruggs. He run a sto and I had to sweep de flo uv de sto, wash dishes and clean nives and falks evy day. Ole Man Finch Scruggs carrid my uncle up thar wen Ole Vol carrid me.
"Probably they're yelling their satisfaction over the number of men they've seen killed and wounded today," ventured Monty Scruggs. "Does 'em good to see men shooting at one another instead of birds." "Dumbed little brutes," grumbled Shorty, nursing his hurt foot, "if they'd bin wrastlin' all day with a mule train they'd be too tired to go yellin' around like that.
I'd just got down to work on them pesky pay-rolls, having kept Monaghan two days in the guard-house, so's to be sure that he'd be sober enough to help me and you know Monaghan's lightning with the pen when he's sober when that possessed sap-sucker Scruggs began blatting out 'Bingen on the Rhine' till you could hear him down to the Colonel's quarters.
"Joslyn, you're after Jones, 3d. M M Mackall, you come after Lawrence." "But you've put me after Joslyn," protested Gid. "He's never ahead of me." "Shut up," answered the Orderly. "I do the talking for this company. Russell, Scruggs, Skidmore; there, I've got 'em all down. Si, go down toward Co. A and find Bill Stiles and walk him up to the guard-tent and leave him there to cool off.
The Bishop took the infant tenderly and said: "Sister Scruggs, which church shall I put him into?" "'Piscopal," whispered the good Mrs. Scruggs. The Bishop looked the red-headed young candidate over solemnly. There was a howl of protest from the lusty Scruggs.
"No," answered Si, as the cheers of a newly-arrived regiment rang out, "the back townships are still comin' in." Monty Scruggs found tongue enough to quote: "And ships by thousands lay below, And men by nations, all were his." "Where in time do you s'pose the 200th Injianny is in all this freshet of men and mules and bosses?" said Si, with an anxious brow.
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