The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis. Altsheler Joseph Alexander

the Vermont mountains and look your people over. Will it be safe?”

      “Of course, if you learn to read and write by then, and don’t come wearing your buffalo robe. We’re strong on education and manners.”

      “Why, George,” said Pennington in the same light tone, “I could read when I was two years old, and, as for writing, I wrote a lot of text-books for the Vermont schools before I came to the war.”

      “Shut up, you two,” said Dick. “Don’t you know that this is a war and not a talking match?”

      “It’s not a war just now, or at least there are a few moments between battles,” retorted Warner, “and the best way I can use them is in instructing our ignorant young friend from Nebraska.”