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Kincaid's Battery

Chapter 6 MESSRS. SMELLEMOUT AND KETCHEM

Word Count: 720    |    Released on: 30/11/2017

aggie Mitchell played Fanchon, and now, in the bright gas-light of the narrow thoroughfare, here were Adolphe and Hilary hel

f those royalist refugees of the French Revolution whose butterfly endeavors to colonize in Alabama and become bees make so pathetic a chapter in history. When one kne

nd espied Greenleaf beckoning with a slender cane. Together t

for the saddle, and the two friends awaited their mounts under an arch. "Dost perceive, Frederic," said the facetious Hilary, "yon

ck, of the other gray. Hilary brightened upon them: "I was just telling my frie

kle to match it: "Why--by sigh

d that this friend of mine should leave the city within twenty-four hours." He introduced him: "Lieutenant Greenleaf, g

the corner of Poet and Good-Children Streets," said the black-h

rows: "Streets named f

each, Good-Chil

e street exactly half-way between Piety and Desire." His eyes widened, too. Suddenly he stepped between Greenl

s before him," s

to go into this wa

g shot and shell and now and then a cannon; good

ent till he leaves to-morrow morning on the Jack

his war on th

ng Kincaid. "Now, that's all, is

deepened playfully. "If you think you

o call for you to be so sticky as

ilary as Greenleaf moved off. "They've got your friend down in their S

ry, and smiled in meditati

t the depot to-morrow ourselves, and to-night we

you again! That will make it more

d Magazine and Tchoupitoulas and presently, out from among the echoi

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1 Chapter 1 CARROLLTON GARDENS2 Chapter 2 CARRIAGE COMPANY3 Chapter 3 THE GENERAL'S CHOICE4 Chapter 4 MANOEUVRES5 Chapter 5 HILARY --YES, UNCLE 6 Chapter 6 MESSRS. SMELLEMOUT AND KETCHEM7 Chapter 7 BY STARLIGHT8 Chapter 8 ONE KILLED9 Chapter 9 HER HARPOON STRIKES10 Chapter 10 SYLVIA SIGHS11 Chapter 11 IN COLUMN OF PLATOONS12 Chapter 12 MANDEVILLE BLEEDS13 Chapter 13 THINGS ANNA COULD NOT WRITE14 Chapter 14 FLORA TAPS GRANDMA'S CHEEK15 Chapter 15 THE LONG MONTH OF MARCH16 Chapter 16 CONSTANCE TRIES TO HELP17 Chapter 17 OH, CONNIE, DEAR--NOTHING--GO ON 18 Chapter 18 FLORA TELLS THE TRUTH!19 Chapter 19 FLORA ROMANCES20 Chapter 20 THE FIGHT FOR THE STANDARD21 Chapter 21 CONSTANCE CROSS-EXAMINES22 Chapter 22 SAME STORY SLIGHTLY WARPED23 Chapter 23 SOLDIERS! 24 Chapter 24 A PARKED BATTERY CAN RAISE A DUST25 Chapter 25 HE MUST WAIT, SAYS ANNA26 Chapter 26 SWIFT GOING, DOWN STREAM27 Chapter 27 HARD GOING, UP STREAM28 Chapter 28 THE CUP OF TANTALUS29 Chapter 29 A CASTAWAY ROSE30 Chapter 30 GOOD-BY, KINCAID'S BATTERY31 Chapter 31 VIRGINIA GIRLS AND LOUISIANA BOYS32 Chapter 32 MANASSAS33 Chapter 33 LETTERS34 Chapter 34 A FREE-GIFT BAZAAR35 Chapter 35 THE SISTERS OF KINCAID'S BATTERY 36 Chapter 36 THUNDER-CLOUD AND SUNBURST37 Chapter 37 TILL HE SAID, 'I'M COME HAME, MY LOVE' 38 Chapter 38 ANNA'S OLD JEWELS39 Chapter 39 TIGHT PINCH40 Chapter 40 THE LICENSE, THE DAGGER41 Chapter 41 FOR AN EMERGENCY42 Chapter 42 VICTORY! I HEARD IT AS PL'-- 43 Chapter 43 THAT SABBATH AT SHILOH44 Chapter 44 THEY WERE ALL FOUR TOGETHER 45 Chapter 45 STEVE--MAXIME--CHARLIE--46 Chapter 46 THE SCHOOL OF SUSPENSE47 Chapter 47 FROM THE BURIAL SQUAD48 Chapter 48 FARRAGUT49 Chapter 49 A CITY IN TERROR50 Chapter 50 ANNA AMAZES HERSELF51 Chapter 51 THE CALLENDER HORSES ENLIST52 Chapter 52 HERE THEY COME!53 Chapter 53 SHIPS, SHELLS, AND LETTERS54 Chapter 54 SAME APRIL DAY TWICE55 Chapter 55 IN DARKEST DIXIE AND OUT56 Chapter 56 BETWEEN THE MILLSTONES57 Chapter 57 GATES OF HELL AND GLORY58 Chapter 58 ARACHNE59 Chapter 59 IN A LABYRINTH60 Chapter 60 HILARY'S GHOST61 Chapter 61 THE FLAG-OF-TRUCE BOAT62 Chapter 62 FAREWELL, JANE!63 Chapter 63 THE IRON-CLAD OATH64 Chapter 64 NOW, MR. BRICK-MASON,-- 65 Chapter 65 FLORA'S LAST THROW66 Chapter 66 WHEN I HANDS IN MY CHECKS 67 Chapter 67 MOBILE68 Chapter 68 BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT69 Chapter 69 SOUTHERN CROSS AND NORTHERN STAR70 Chapter 70 GAINS AND LOSSES71 Chapter 71 SOLDIERS OF PEACE