XIV
BETSY'S PIES AGAIN
ANYHOW, another squad of Unions come around.
"Well," I says, "you're a funny lot. Now you're all dressed up in Union uniforms. What are you, anyhow? Unions or Johnnies?"
"Do you think you have seen us before?" laughs the lieutenant in command.
"I do," says I.
"We are here for the last time, to find out from the people, like yourself, whom we know to be loyal, what is going on at the Underground station, and in the Copperhead lodge of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Are you willing to help your country?"
"Well, how can I help you when I don't know anything?" say I. "I'm getting tired of this."
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