“That is the way I look at the matter,” said Ben. “I shall be glad when the war ends, so far as I am concerned.”
“And so shall I,” said Dick.
“Sure an’ it’s mesilf thot loikes foightin’ as well as the nixt wan,” said Tim Murphy. “But Oi’ll be willin’ to settle down an’ take it aisy whin the war is over.”
“Yah, und dot is der vay I loog at id,” said Fritz Schmockenburg.
“Well, there will likely be a lot of fighting yet, before the war is ended,” said Tom.
“There will be considerable fighting in the next few months, likely,” said Dick.
And he was right. The war did not end till more than a year later, when the British were defeated at Yorktown.
THE END