Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 161: what you’re looking at

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154 CHARGE AND COUNTERCHARGE. of Confederates. His head was bandaged, and he seemed to be an officer of rank. ‘‘T will appeal to this officer,’ thought the captain, but on a nearer approach, Chetwood concluded that an appeal to the new-comer would be wasted. He had recognized the man. It was Colonel Ezra Trafton! CHAPTER XXIX. CHARGE AND COUNTERCHARGE. The sight of the colonel was surprising, to say the least. That is, Captain Chetwood was surprised to meet a man whom he believed he had shot dead but a short time before, and consequently he gave vent to that surprise in a long stare, accompanied by a whistle. : ‘“Ha! thisis my old friend, Captain Chetwood,’’ ejaculated the guerrilla colonel, the moment his -eyes rested on the face of the Union captain. ‘‘I am more than pleased to meet you, captain, I am delighted; and you have joined the pram ae too; well, this 1s good.’? There was a sneer on the colonels lip, a flash of devilish enmity in his black eyes, as they were bent in a piercing’ gaze on the prisoner. Of course the colonel knew how Chetwood came to be in his present garb. One glance around among the Confederate soldiers there assembled would tell the story. ‘“You seem to be a prisoner, captain.’ ‘‘T seem to be,’’ admitted Chetwood. , “Exactly. I think I will take you under my pro- tection. We are such great friends, and I am so desir- ous of knowing that you are well. . You thought I was numbered with the clods of the valley, captain?” comicbooks (e(e)