"I was never further from it. It seems to me that we need a lot of
Arguses more than anything else. This is the enemy's country, and we
hear that Stonewall Jackson is advancing. Advancing where, from what and
when? There is no Argus to tell. The country supports a fairly numerous
population, but it hasn't a single kind or informing word for us.
Is Stonewall Jackson going to drop from the sky, which rumor says is his
favorite method of approach?"
"He's usin' the solid ground this time, anyway," said Sergeant Daniel
Whitley. "I've been eight miles farther south, an' if I didn't see
cavalry comin' along the skirt of a ridge, then my eyes ain't any friends
of mine. Then I came through a little place of not more'n five houses.
No men there, just women an' children, but when I looked back I saw them
women an' children, too, grinnin' at me. That means somethin', as shore
as we're livin' an' breathin'. I'm bettin' that we new fellows from the
west will get acquainted with Stonewall Jackson inside of twenty-four
hours."
"You don't mean that? It's not possible!" exclaimed Dick, startled.
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