Shorty did not think it necessary to mention that this preference was somewhat compulsory.SUBJECT: The daily paper"Did you see a star?" inquired the older man.
FORE:"Yes," answered Shorty."When I enlisted," Monty confided to Alf Russell, "I thought I'd do my best to become a Captain or a General. Now, I'm dead anxious to be an Orderly-Sarjint."
FORE:The teamsters sprang up like jacks-in-the-box, and ran with all the power of their legs. By the time the explosion came they were hundreds of yards away.
ONE:"I never saw a man who was achin' for a good lickin' like that old bluffer. And he'll git it jest as soon as he's out o' the service, if I have to walk a hundred miles to give it to him."
TWO: Volunteer Infantry. She heard that we had folks in that
THREE:The boys hastily conferred together as to the plan of operations, and one man was hurried back to inform Lieut. Bigelow of the presence of the other squad.Shorty pulled some papers out of his pocket to search for his money, and fumbled them over. There were two pieces among them resembling the scraps on which Billings had written his notes. They contained some army doggerel which the poet of Co. Q had written and Shorty was carrying about as literary treasures.
FORE:"Yes, he certainly did bring that limber out of the gulch."
Norma was standing erect. "What's that?""And Cap Somerville took advantage of the break to snap up Cap's queen, which made him hotter'n ever.A negro cook appeared, with a tin cup in his hand."Yes, it must be about poor Si; nobody else but him," added Sophia with a wail.Si rushed forward with his squad, and in an instant they were knocking right and left with their gun-barrels. So many fell on top of Shorty that he was unable to rise and extricate himself.