“Now,younigger,myteeth!Fora_good_setoftheseyouhadbettergotoParmly’satonce;highprices,butexcellentwork。I
swallowedsomeverycapitalarticles,though,whenthebigBugaboorammedmedownwiththebuttendofhisrifle。”
“Buttend!ramdown!!myeye!!”
“Oyes,by-the-by,myeye-here,Pompey,youscamp,screwitin!ThoseKickapoosarenotsoveryslowatagouge;buthe’sabeliedman,thatDr。Williams,afterall;youcan’timaginehowwellIseewiththeeyesofhismake。”
Inowbeganveryclearlytoperceivethattheobjectbeforemewasnothingmorenorlessthanmynewacquaintance,BrevetBrigadierGeneralJohnA。B。C。Smith。ThemanipulationsofPompeyhadmade,I