Rodney, the Overseer

The Gunboat's reply to the Home Guards.
CASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES.
BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF GUNBOAT SERIES, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES, FOREST AND STREAM SERIES, ETC., ETC.
Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White.
PHILADELPHIA: PORTER & COATES.
Copyright, 1892, BY PORTER & COATES.


RODNEY, THE OVERSEER.
I don't say that you fellows played the part of cowards by firing into that unarmed boat, but you acted like born idiots, and it would serve you just right if the citizens of Baton Rouge should come out here in a body and lynch the last one of you. Why do you not wait for orders from me instead of roaming about the country acting on your own responsibility? I know what the Confederacy expects this company to do and you don't.
Now jest listen at you, Tom Randolph.
Yes, listen when your commanding officer speaks, and remember that there is a handle to my name and that I expect you to use it as often as you address me.