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[“Anything else I can git for ye, young gentlemen?”]
[“These figures are correct. That is my true standing.”]
[He lay staring into the deep shadows, until it became impossible for him longer to remain quiet.]

THE RIVERPARK REBELLION.

[CHAPTER I.]
A LOSS OF TEMPER.

“Battalion, right forward, fours right, march! Guide left!”

The command was sharp, distinct, soldierly. The first set of fours moved straight to the front with unhesitating firmness and uniformity of step; the orderly sergeant took his place to the left of the set with ease and rapidity. The remainder of the battalion broke into fours, wheeling to the right with promptness and precision, and in the next moment the entire column was on the march.

The Riverpark Academy corps of cadets were the best-drilled troops outside of West Point. The uniform was dark blue; the belts, gloves, and shoulder-belts were white, and the breastplates were of polished brass. The barrels of the cadets’ muskets glittered in the April sunlight, as they marched and counter-marched, wheeled to the right and left, marked time, and halted.