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It is true, the efficient services of the captain in the Army of the Potomac, his readiness at all times to fight the rebels, and especially his shooting down the enemy's pickets in the swamp, were not exactly con- sistent with such a record ; but perhaps he had done these things to keep up appearances, and thus enable him the better to promote the objects of the Rebel- lion.
He was anxious to hear the captain's explanation of these gross charges ; but, of course, that was utterly impracticable... at present. In the mean time, there was no room to doubt that the cavalry officer had all the truth on his side. He had hinted very strongly that De Banyan was a deserter ; but he might have deserted for the purpose of performing the special duty which had been assigned to him. Officers and soldiers, sent out as spies, had often incurred the odium of such a reputation, in order to keep their own counsels, and serve their country the more faithfully.
If Captain de Banyan was a deserter in appearance only, he w^uld, of course, soon be al^e to make his fidelity and patriotism apparent to the rebel authorities ; And being a patriot, in the traitor's use of the word, he £ould not do less than denounce his companion as a Digitized by Google THE ADVENTURES OF AN ASMT OFFICER.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is true, the efficient services of the captain in the Army of the Potomac, his readiness at all times to fight the rebels, and especially his shooting down the enemy's pickets in the swamp, were not exactly con- sistent with such a record ; but perhaps he had done these things to keep up appearances, and thus enable him the better to promote the objects of the Rebel- lion.
He was anxious to hear the captain's explanation of these gross charges ; but, of course, that was utterly impracticable... at present. In the mean time, there was no room to doubt that the cavalry officer had all the truth on his side. He had hinted very strongly that De Banyan was a deserter ; but he might have deserted for the purpose of performing the special duty which had been assigned to him. Officers and soldiers, sent out as spies, had often incurred the odium of such a reputation, in order to keep their own counsels, and serve their country the more faithfully.
If Captain de Banyan was a deserter in appearance only, he w^uld, of course, soon be al^e to make his fidelity and patriotism apparent to the rebel authorities ; And being a patriot, in the traitor's use of the word, he £ould not do less than denounce his companion as a Digitized by Google THE ADVENTURES OF AN ASMT OFFICER.
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