"Look out for your own men, my son," answered the Deacon, in whom the fire of battle was burning. "I'll look out for myself. If I'm hit the Gover'ment won't lose nothin'. I'm only a citizen."
"But I thought," persisted Harry, "that when a man's killed something had to be donecoroner's inquest, corpse got ready, funeral, preacher, neighbors gather in, and so on."
ONE:Si's weakness made him peevish and fretful, and Shorty was not a great deal better.
TWO:The work went on, for Cadnan as well as for the masters. Days passed and he began to improve slightly: he received no further discipline, and he was beginning to settle into a routine. Only thoughts of Dara disturbed himthose, and the presence of Marvor, who was still apparently waiting to make good his incomprehensible threat.
THREE:"I listen," the Albert said."The original notion?"
TWO:"Better wait till the Captain comes back and gives the orders," said the Orderly. "I don't want to touch his pockets without the Captain's orders. Then, we ought to have his blanket to bury him in. You go ahead and dig Bob Willis's grave, and I'll take a detail back and bring up the blankets and things."The mother heard the scream and the words, and hurried into the room.
"I wasn't in no hurry," answered Si. "That was only regler marchin' gait.""I'm a farmer, and a citizen from Injianny, and I want to buy some chickens for my son, who's sick in the hospital at Chattanoogy.""And yet Dara is dead," I say. "And others are dead. How do I feel happy when I know this?""The drapes give you away," Albin said. "With best respecks to your family, and hoapin soon to here