take-no-excuse

Updated: May 5, 2025

A mile or two from the mountain lay the quiet little village of Waynesboro, where we arrived about noon. As I was passing along the main street, somewhat in advance of the battery, Frank Preston came running out of one of the houses the Waddells' and, with his usual take-no-excuse style, dragged me in to face a family of the prettiest girls in Virginia.

Edward Alexander Moore - The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson : In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia