From Headquarters Odd Tales Picked Up in the Volunteer Service
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I damned 'em too hastily, for we're to have company at break- fast, surer than gos2)el. ' ' Yes ; them's them, ' said Bob, 'but not all of 'em. I'd give a pipeful of plug to know what's hidden over there in the woods. ' ' Where'd be the fun in that ? ' I inquired, stooping over to rub THE HYMN THAT HELPED. 137 my knee, which had stiffened up a trifle during the night. 'If we knew what was coming, the chances are that we'd leg it; and then what would become of the reputa- tions we've been so lon...g in building up ? ' " I straightened up, as I spoke, and again peered over the crest of the breastwork, dis- covering that the advancing line had halted about two hundred yards from us, evidently without any great ambition to attempt a closer investigation ; for at this stage in the war, you must understand, both the Con- federates and we had learned to think twice before intruding upon a force well entrenched. These fellows, however, didn't get much, time to ponder on the situation, for we gave them a volley which sent them to the rear again, though they retired slowly, and fired as they fell back.
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