Shorty demurred a little at being treated like a boy, and protested that he could wash himself, if the Deacon would get him some warm water; but he saw that the conceit amused Si, and submitted to having the Deacon give him a scrubbing with a soapy rag, giving a yell from time to time, in imitation of an urchin undergoing an unwilling ablution. Si turned his head so as to witness the operation, and grinned throughout it.
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun"You speak of my going alone," she said. "But that is me, and no more. What of the others?"
ONE:Si snatched them apart, cuffed them, and lighted a bit of candle, which he kept for emergencies, to help them and the rest find their things. He improved the occasion to lecture them as to the way they should do in the future.
TWO:"Stop that! You musn't talk that way," said the Sergeant, going over to Shorty, and shaking him roughly, while he whispered, "Don't make a blamed fool o' yourself. Keep quiet."
TWO:MRS. B.: Oh, my. That sounds like there's something up. Now, what have you been doing?
THREE:"Fine officer, to go on duty that way. Where do you belong?""Open it and read it, Maria," said Si, to whom reading of letters meant labor, and he was yet too weak for work.
THREE:After the members were duly seated according to rank, with Maj. Truax at the head of the table, Lieut. Bowersox read the order for holding the court, and called the names of the members. He then said:
