“I’ll see. We are picking up all we can without getting too near the Yankee lines. Those devils never sleep! and we are expecting the battle to be renewed in the morning. However, I’ll attend to your case.”
“Sergeant!”
“Well, what now.”
“You have taken two prisoners?”
“Yes; what then?”
“One was a Yankee Colonel?”
“Colonel Rosenthal—yes, what of it?”
“Why the other one, Sergeant, was—was his sweetheart.”
“Eh?”
“His sweetheart, Sergeant.”