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Beyond his expectations, the wish was accomplished: after a successful inroad, Chrysocheir was surprised and slain in his retreat; and the rebel's head was triumphantly presented at the foot of the throne.
On the suit of his daughter, Edwin had been reconciled to his son-in-law; but when he showed him the contents of Cummin's letter, with a suspicious smile he said in a loud voice, "In case you should know this new rebel's lurking-place, presume not to leave this room till he is brought before me. See to your obedience, Ralph, or your head shall follow Wallace's."
For every hitherto unsuspected rebel that shall be brought to justice and whose treason shall be proven by his agency, he claims the half of that rebel's confiscated estates." "Diable!" I exclaimed. "And does the Keeper of the Seals sanction this?" "Sanction it? Saint-Eustache holds a commission, has a free hand and a company of horse to follow him in his rebel-hunting."
Shorty had tried to anticipate his motion and fired first, but the limbs bothered his aim, and his bullet went a foot to the right of the rebel's head. It was close enough, however, to make the rebel cover himself carefully with the tree. "That was a much better shot, Yank," he called out. "But ye orter do a powerful sight better'n that on a sneak.
Shorty fired the remaining shots out of the rebel's revolver. "What regiment do you belong to, boys?" asked Bolivar calmly. "The 200th Ind.," answered Si, without being able to control his surprise. "A very good regiment," said the rebel. "What's your company?" "Co. Q," answered Si. "Who's your Colonel?" "Col. Duckworth." "Who's your Captain?" "Capt. McGillicuddy."
He had no conception of the dread the mountaineers have of being "conjured," but he saw that something about the bottle was operating terrifically on the rebel's mind and took advantage of it. He was in too much of a hurry to inquire critically what it was, but said: "Well, I won't do nothin' to you, so long's you're good, but mind that you're mighty good, and do just as I say, or I'll fix you.
"Eve," said Bess, laying her hand coaxingly on the young rebel's arm, "Gertie and I want you to promise us something. Come, now, consent that you will do as we wish, that's a good girl." "How can I promise before I know what you want?" said Eve, petulantly. "You might want the man in the moon, after you've tried and failed to get his earthly brethren, for all I know!"
Even the bark of the rebel mastiff was music in comparison, and his bite would have hurt him less. "By the way," said Seth, "the old skinflint will be after us, sure as guns. Hurry! or we'll hear 'The deep-mouthed bull-dog's heavy bay resounding up the rocky way, and faint, from farther distance borne, the darned old rebel's dinner horn. Give me that chicken, Ellis.
Si paced up. His gun was loaded, and he could have easily brought the rebel down. But the rebel's devotion to his partner touched him. "Don't shoot, boys," he commanded; "leave me to 'tend to him. Say, Johnny," he addressed the rebel, in a placatory way, "don't make a fool o' yourself. Come down, we've got you, dead. Drop that gun." "Go to brimstone blazes," shouted the rebel.
In vain George implored and entreated, burst into passionate tears and besought a remission of the sentence. His mother was inflexible regarding the young rebel's punishment, and the little negro went off beseeching his young master not to cry. A fierce quarrel between mother and son ensued out of this event. Her son would not be pacified.
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