Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 87: what you’re looking at

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80 | “LOYAL MOSE.” unto him should he chance to fall into their hands— especially the hands of Mosby or any of his men. ‘““T expect to join Sheridan to-day,’’ said Bluff, after a few minutes’ reflection. ‘‘Early will makea stand at Fisher’s Hill, I think. ‘There’s to be a big fight, and I am bound to participate..”’ ‘‘And, I too!’ cried Captain Chetwood, quickly. “My horse i is dead, and—-—’?’ ~ “Come with me. I will furnish you another. Arms you can get from these;’’ and a slender fore- finger was pointed at the fallen gray-coats near. Captain Chetwood acted on the suggestion of his young friend, and soon placed himself in possession of a brace of revolvers and a good sabre. By this time the Unionists were returning, having given up the pursuit of the mounted Confederates. ‘“If we had been mounted we might have scooped the whole lot,’’ said *‘Ioyal Mose;’’ ‘‘but I am satisfied for the present. I may meet Colonel Trafton at Fisher’s Hill, and settle old scores on the field of bat- tle. I hope so, at least. I have nothing to live for but revenge, and to strike honest blows for the old flag. Ah! how strange it seems to me, Royal that men— Americans—can enroll themselves under any other banner than the Starsand Stripes. I was born on Vir- ginia soil, but I do not forget that this is the State of Washington, Captain Chetwood.”’ ‘*Most certainly.”’ “And Virginia has turned her back upon his memory. Ah! if Washington was here to-day he would shed a tear over the departed patriotism of his native State, and then he would lift the sword to smite her for her folly. I am blushing every day, captain, at the indignity the mother of presidents has inflicted on her firstborn. I feel like doing something desperate—indeed, I do.’’ ‘It will come right in the end, Moses,’’ answered the captain. Comicbooks.co