Identifier: takenbyenemy1894opti (find matches)
Title: Taken by the enemy
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897 Lee and Shepard, publisher
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Publisher: Boston : Lee & Shepard Co.
Contributing Library: Brandeis University Libraries
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out it. 182 TAKEN BY THE ENEMY A nice lieutenant you will make! Wliydont you apply for the position of commanderof her? I am willing to take a subordinate positiontill I learn something about the business. Thats right! Be humble at first, and youwill be great afterwards. I should have been willing to go into thearmy as a captain, or even as a lieutenant: but Icouldnt quite stand it to go in as a commonsoldier, while my brother made a beginning as amajor. I think I will not go any farther, Mr. Percy,said Christy, as he halted near the gate. Oh, dont leave me now, Mr. Pierson! Weare halfway to my fathers house, Percy objected., I cant go any farther, for I may be wanted. You will be safe enough, Mr. Pierson. Mymother is at home, and she will be glad to see you. I think I will not see your mother to-night,added Christy, as he turned, and began to retracehis steps towards the mansion of his uncle. They had halted in the road near the gate, andon both sides of it was a thick undergrowth of
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Four Men Sprang in Front of Him (Page 183) CHRISTY FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER 183 small trees and bushes; and in the shade of thisfoliage it had become quite dark. Christy hadnot taken three steps before four inen sprang outof the thicket in front of him, all of them armedwith muskets, and wearing a uniform of gray.Two placed themselves in front of Christy;while the other two rushed after Percy, whotook to his heels as soon as he saw them. The gate was an impediment to the latter; andbefore he could get over or through it, the twosoldiers had laid violent hands on him. Hecould offer no effectual resistance, and it wasevident that he was frightened out of his wits; forhe looked and acted like the ghost of despairitself. The two men immediately tied his handsbehind him; and, though they did not use anyundue harshness, they did their work thoroughly. Christy Avas even more astonished than hiscompanion at this sharp discipline. He did notregard himself as a fit subject for such treatment,an

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