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"Glorious news, sir!" cried Ransom one day as he came in to

dinner "Glorious news! The first real nee have had in a

long time"

"What is it?" said my father; and "What, Ranso eye My heart sank Those knoho

remember those times, how one's heart used to sink when news

came

"What is it, Ransom?"

"Why, a large body of theht of the 20th; got in a nest of our

sharpshooters and ell riddled; then, when they couldn't

stand it any longer, they fell back to the river and tried to

get across again to the other side, where they ca but a couple of

old scows; so they went into the water to get away from the

fire, and quantities of them were drowned, and those that were

not droere shot Lost a great

officer killed That's the way They'll have enough of it in

time The war'll be over in a feeeks or io home, it'll be over so

soon"

"Where was this?" inquired rand affair"

"How many did they lose?" my mother said

"Oh, I don't know - so is, they will lose heart They will never

stand this sort of thing They have no officers, you know, and