CHAPTER VIII - THE SCOUT-START. BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ALISON |
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CHAPTER VIII - THE SCOUT-START. BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ALISON
BB (SALUTING). "Good! handsomely done! The Seventh couldn`t beat it! You do certainly handle your Rangers like an expert, General. And where are you bound?" "Four miles on the trail to Fort Clayton." "Glad am I, dear! What`s the idea of it?" "Guard of honor for you and Thorndike." "Bless - your - HEART! I`d rather have it from you than from the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United States, you incomparable little soldier! - and I don`t need to take any oath to that, for you to believe it." "I THOUGHT you`d like it, BB." "LIKE it? Well, I should say so! Now then - all ready - sound the advance, and away we go!"
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