"Where is Captain Young?"
"He's here, massa adjutump."
Captain Young entered the tent.
"You are alive; but where are our friends?" asked the adjutant.
"I know not, I lost sight of them, and supposed them all killed but myself."
"George, where is Nettleton?"
"I dun know. De las time dis chile see Cap'n Nettletum he jump his hos in the riber after de gal, O Lord!"
"What became of the lady, George?"
"Oh! golly! massa adjutump, she's safe wid de rebels!"
"What do you mean?"