d more than mine.
My society is elevating to any Johnny Reb."

"Then I warn you that I may have to hurt you."

"How about getting hurt yourself?"

Harry was silent. His acute ears brought him the sound of Haskell moving
a little in his own particular hollow. The lonesome owl hooted twice
more, but there was no sound to betoken the approach of Union troops in
the forest. The duel of weapons and wits would have to be fought out
alone by Haskell and himself.

He went over everything again and again and he concluded that he must
rely upon his superior keenness of ear. He could hear Haskell, but
Haskell could not hear him, and there was Providence once more taking him
into favor. Summer clouds began to drift before the moon, and many of
the stars were veiled. It was possible that Haskell's eyes also were not
as keen as his own.

When the darkness increased, he began to crawl from the little shallow.
Despite extreme precautions he made a slight noise. A pistol flashed and
a bullet passed over him. It made his muscles quiver, but he called in a
calm voice:

"Why did you do such a foolish thing as that? You wasted a perfectly
good bullet."

"Weren't you trying to escape? I thought I heard a movement in the
grass."

"Wasn't thinking of such a thing. I'm just waiting here to see what
you'll do. Why don't you come on and attack?"

"I'm satisfied with things as they are. I'll hold you until morning and
then our men will be sure to come and pick you up."

"Maybe it will be our men who will come and pick you up."

"Oh, no; they're too busy leaving Gettysburg behind 'em."

Harry nevertheless had succeeded in leaving the shallow and was now lying
on its farther bank. Then he resumed the task of crawling forward on his
face, and without making any noise, one of the most difficult feats that
a human being is ever called upon to do.

At the end of a dozen feet, he paused both to rest and to listen.
His acute ears told him that Haskell had not moved from his own place,
and his eyes showed him that the darkness was increasing. Those
wonderful, kindly clouds were thickening before the moon, and the stars
in troops were going out of sight.

But he did not relax his caution. He knew that he could not afford to
make any sound that would arouse the suspicions of Haskell, and it was
a quarter of an hour before he felt himself absolutely safe. Then he
passed around a big tree and arose behind its trunk, appreciat