- THREE:And the over-worked Surgeon hurried away to where loud groans were imperatively calling for his helpful ministrations. ONE:The news had reached the 200th Ind. that the boys were going home, and they came over in a body to say "Good-by." GET AWESOME FEATURE LIST
- THREE:The father's face grew more sorrowful than be fore. "What does it say?" he nerved himself to ask, after a moment's pause."So it is," she said. Her face was a mask: and then it lightened. "What do you work at, Johnny?" ONE:"I justdon't like it," he said carefully. "Iwell, there isn't anything I can do about it, is there?" GET AWESOME FEATURE LIST
- THREE: ONE:"Good, the old man's goin' to take the grub out to 'em himself," thought the Deacon with relief. "He'll be easy to manage. No need o' shootin' him." "Miss Maria Klegg, GET AWESOME FEATURE LIST
THREE:Consciousness came back, along with a thudding ache in the head and a growing hunger: but there were no leaves on the smooth metal of the floor, and the demands of his body had to be ignored. His mind began to drift: once he heard a voice, but when he told himself that the voice was not real, it went away. He found his hands moving as if he were pushing the buttons of his job. He stopped them and in a second they were moving again.
THREE:So it was with every one. The moment the excitement of the impending fight passed away, every one was sinking with fatigue, and all his other troubles came back. Monty Scruggs suddenly remembered how badly he had been hurt, and started to drag himself off in search of the Surgeon, while Harry Joslyn and Sandy Baker, chumming together for the first time, snuggled together in their blankets, and sought that relief from the excitement and fatigues of the day which kindly Nature never refuses to healthy young bodies.
THREE:The boys preferred the tops of the cars to the inside, and scattered themselves along the length of the train to view the war-worn country of which they had heard so much from their relatives who had campaigned there. Si settled himself down in the car to read the morning papers which he had gotten in Nashville, and Shorty, producing a pack of new cards, began a studious practice, with reference to future operations in Chattanooga.
