"I regret to see you on the wrong side in this war, though I am sorry that you have been wounded."
"I don't know exactly how I came in this service; but I was very near being elected to the captaincy of this company, though I am not a Texan."
"Who is the commander of the company?"
"Captain Dingfield."
"There comes the picket down the hill!" exclaimed Artie, who had discovered half-a-dozen men running their horses down the descent.
"Then I must leave you; but I shall see you again," added the major, as he dashed up the road at full speed.
CHAPTER XV
THE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE BRIDGE