Julius scratched his head and walled his eyes:
"I had er little taste ob it, sah,——"
"Well, you tried to fight, didn't you?"
"No, sah,—I run."
"Ran at the first fire?"
"Yas, sah! An' I'd a ran sooner ef I'd er known hit wuz comin'——"
Julius paused and broke into a jolly laugh:
"Dey git one pop at me, sah, 'fore I seed what dey wuz doin'!"
The President suppressed a laugh and gazed at Julius with severity:
"That wasn't very creditable to your courage."