human
Here we are! cried the lieutenant.
gpt
What a pity we didn't have a chance to use that gun and the canister against the Yanks!
human
Never mind, we'll use 'em another time, answered Peters.
gpt
Catch hold, Bolder,
human
We've spotted the things, he said.
gpt
What do you advise as the next move to make?
human
That is for you to say, Major.
gpt
See here, Life, don't major me so much. You used to call me Deck. Perhaps I had better address you as captain in the future.
human
Don't you do it, Deck, pleaded the Kentuckian.
gpt
I won't say major again, excepting when we are in the ranks.
human
All right. Now, what do you think? I want your advice.
gpt
Well, I reckon we want to capture the gun and the ammunition.
human
That goes without saying.
gpt
And we likewise want to take the fellows prisoners.
human
Certainly, if it can be done--and I think it can.
gpt
Then what more is there to say, Majo--, I mean Deck?
human
Something quite important. Shall we move against them at once, or wait until the gun and the ammunition are loaded on the raft?
gpt
Reckon we'll let them do the work, seeing that the stuff will be better on the raft than off it. We can't do anything in the woods with such heavy luggage; but we might pole that raft to some safe place in the Union territory.
human
Now you've struck it, Life--just what was passing in my own mind. Come, we'll watch the work, and I'll give the signal to open the ball with them.