human
Do ye s'pose the fight's really over? whispered Pete to Alf Russell, who was just behind him.
gpt
Don't you think the rebels just let go to get a fresh hold?
human
Seems so to me, answered Alf.
gpt
Seems to me there was just millions of 'em, and we only got away with a little passel, in spite of all that shootin'. Why, when we come out on the ridge the valley down there seemed fuller of 'em than it was at first.
human
We oughtn't to get too far away from our guns, said Monty Scruggs.
gpt
Them woods right over there may be full o' rebels watching to jump us when we get far enough away.
human
I don't like the looks of that hill to the left, said Gid Mackall, nervously.
gpt
An awful lot o' them went behind it, and I didn't see any come out.
human
There, them bushes over there are shaking--they're coming out again,
gpt
No, not there, nervously interjected Humphrey's, turning with him;
human
No, no, said Sandy Baker, desperately.
gpt
It's just that blame fool Pete. Come on! Come on! We've got to. We were ordered to. Le's make a rush for it, like the men in the Indian stories done when they was sent for water.