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Whether the sogers hev goed down inter the valley or no, they're sartin to hev left some o' the party ahind, by way o' keepin' century. Let's picket the animals out hyar, an' creep forrad afut. That'll gie us a chance o' seeing in, 'ithout bein' seen." The mules being disposed of as Walt had suggested, the two continue their advance.
"You must enjoy these things while you can, Si," said his mother, "for goodness knows what you'll do when you really git into the army. I've heerd 'em tell awful things about how the poor sogers don't have half enough to eat, and what they do git goes agin' any Christian stomach. Here, take another piece of this pie. A little while, and it'll be a long time, I reckon, till ye git any more."
An' listen hether, Miss Julia, my family was all honor bright; we wor great people in our day; sure we owned a big sweep of country long ago an' wor great sogers. We fought against the Sassenaghs, the dirty English bodaghs, an' because there was a lot of us ever an' always hanged from time to time, that's the raison why we have sich a hatred to the English law still, one an' all of us.
"O, nothing in the fish way," I returned, laughing; "it's about the old guns." "What about them?" "I was thinking what jolly fun it would be to set one of the old sogers on his legs and serve him out a ration of gunpowder." Up came the three lines in a jiffy. An enterprise better suited to the disposition of my companions could not have been proposed.
The Injuns had them boys cooped up thar fer eight days before them fellers got out, an' I reckon it'll be two or three days more 'fore the nigger sogers they sent out ter help ever git thar. So thar won't be no Injuns 'long this route we're travellin', fer the whole kit an' caboodle are up thar yit after 'Sandy." "And you suppose Hawley knew about this?" "Why not, Cap?
The sogers all say," he continued with a low, cunning laugh, "as how you're a bit of a wit, and fond of a play upon words like.
Men, too, in military array, marching in double file, armed, uniformed, with lances borne erect, their blades glinting in the sun. "Sogers!" exclaims the ex-Ranger. It is Wilder who so emphatically proclaims the character of the cavalcade. He has no need, Hamersley having already made it out himself. "Yes; they are soldiers," he rejoins, mechanically, adding, "Mexican, as a matter of course.
My word! they call red herrings sogers, and sogers red herrings, and he is a soft-roed un, and no mistake." "Lieutenant Lacey is a thorough gentleman, Jerry," cried Dick, warmly. "Every inch of him, Dick Smithson mind, I'm a calling you that, Dick, but it's meant respectful a thorough gent, every inch of him, and there's a good lot on him, too; but he is a bit slack-baked, you know.
I bettah say right yere en now I've got my orders 'bout that nigger Chunk. Nobody kin save 'im ef caught. You've been followed before in your night- cruisin' en you're lookin' fer some one. Ef there's trouble, Miss Baron kyant say I didn't give warnin'. Now that the sogers is gone I'm held 'sponsible fer what goes on," and he stalked away.
"Well," I whispered, while serving him, "did you convey the information to Ross?" "Of course," he replied, promptly. "And what did he say?" I asked. "That he now knew his friends, and would take measures to prewent the sogers from getting here in a hurry."
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