Sutherland then said, "I'll be switched if I don't believe he is a Union man after all."
Childs manifesting some uneasiness, then said in an emphatic manner, "Don't fool yourselves about that, boys."
Sutherland then asked, "Did you ever see or hear of any Yankee prisoners escaping through here before?"
Childs said he had heard of a squad passing through about six weeks before.
"How many were there in the squad?" Smith inquired.
"Only two, I believe," was the reply.
"I'll bet," said Smith, "they were Davis and Tige; they left the hospital about two months ago."
Childs seemed to evince unusual interest in this remark of Smith's. Sutherland then said, "I wonder where Davis and Tige are by this time?"
"O, they've got through before now," I replied.