human
How long do you propose to travel--all night?
gpt
That will depend upon circumstances, answered Deck.
human
We may as well push along while the trail is as clear as it is here.
gpt
But we can't locate any enemy in the dark.
human
I doubt very much if any Confederates are so close to us. I was thinking, however, we might spot a camp-fire before midnight.
gpt
If they have any camp-fires.
human
They won't do without them in this fall weather unless ordered especially to that effect, Life. An Alabama mountaineer loves his camp-fire almost as well as he loves his moonshine whiskey.
gpt
But the mountaineers are not exactly what we are after, insisted the Kentuckian, who wanted to
human
A mountaineer can tell a lot of things, if you can make him talk, was the major's significant response.
gpt
If Wheeler's cavalry is in this vicinity you can lay odds on it that all the inhabitants of this wild territory know it.
human
Well, I reckon you are about right,--as you always are, Deck. If we--Hullo, what's the meaning of that?