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THREE:"I've come down here to do all that's possible for these two boys. Now, how kin I best do it?" asked the Deacon."Well, we haven't any ammunition to waste firing at uncertainties. There's enough Yankees in sight all the time for all the bullets we have, without wasting any on imaginary ones. It'll be time enough for you to begin shooting when you see them coming to the edge of the abatis there. Before they get through that you'll have time enough to shoot away all the ammunition you have."
TWO:A crowd of teamsters, sutlers' men and other camp followers gathered around. A tall, sandybearded man with keen, gray eyes and a rugged, stony face rode up. He wore a shabby slouch hat, his coat was old and weather-stained, but he rode a spirited horse.Monty Scruggs found tongue enough to quote:
TWO:"Small beings make it," Dara corrected him. "There are such small beings, not slaves and not masters. They have no speech but they make sound."MRS. B.: How can you be sure of a thing like that?