"Because the masters say it is right," Cadnan told him, with the surprised air of a person explaining the obvious. "The elders, too, say it before we come to this place." He added the final sentence like a totally unnecessary clincherunimportant by comparison with the first reason, but adding a little weight of its own, and making the whole story even more satisfying.
"'Taint on me," said Shorty, shrugging his shoulders. "I'm not in command. You are.""I see you've got a cow here," said a large man wearing a dingy blue coat with a Captain's faded shoulder-straps. "I'm a Commissary, and it's my duty to take her."
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"I'll go and git onto the engine with him," said Shorty."Jist bey antjist bey ant them cedars therenot a musket-shot away," answered Jim, pointing to the place."Old Maj. Truax, of the 1st Oshkosh, is President of the court," said the Orderly-Sergeant, as the company was anxiously canvassing the boys' chances.