came dancing up from the jubilating chords of that wonderful human music box, and soon the camp was reeling giddily with the jolly, rollicking, "Or Massa ran, ha! ha!! The darkies stay, ho! ho!!" Then, far in the distance a bugle sounded "lights out," and the songfest was at an end; as bugler after bugler took it up, one by one the campfires bAlinked out, and squad after squad sank into quiet. "I feel a heap better somehow," remarked Si, as he crawled under his blanket. "Dogged if I hain't had a sort of uplift, too," muttered Shorty, as he wrapped his blanket round his head. In the distance a tenor voice was singing as he kicked out his fire and got ready for bed— "Glory, glory, hallelujah." SI KLEGG THRU THE STONE RIVER CAMPAIGN AND IN WINTER QUARTERS AT MURFREESBORO. By John McElroy Book Two Published By The National Tribune Co., Washington, D. C. Second Edition Copyright 1910 THE SIX VOLUMES SI KLEGG, Book I, Transformation From a Raw Recruit SI KLEGG, Book II, Through the Stone River Campaign SI KLEGG, Book III, Meets Mr. Rosenbaum, the Spy SI KLEGG, Book IV, On The Great Tullahoma Campaign SI KLEGG, Book V, Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga SI KLEGG, Book VI, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Si Sat Down Hard 20 frontispiecee (114K) titlepage (70K) CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG CHAPTER I. THROUGH MUD AND MIRE CHAPTER II. SECOND DAY'S MARCH CHAPTER III. STILL ON THE MARCH CHAPTER IV. THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE CHAPTER V. LINING UP FOR BATTLE CHAPTER VI. BATTLE OF STONE RIVER CHAPTER VII. AFTER THE FIRST DAY CHAPTER VIII. A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY CHAPTER IX. VICTORY AT LAST CHAPTER X. THE VICTORIOUS ARMY CHAPTER XI. WINTER QUARTERS CHAPTER XII. ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT CHAPTER XIII. "HOOSIER'S REST" CHAPTER XIV. DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE CHAPTER XV. DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN CHAPTER XVI. IN A NEW WORLD CHAPTER XVII. THE DEACON'S INITIATION CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEACON IS SHOCKED CHAPTER XIX. THE DEACON IS TROUBLED CHAPTER XX. THE DEACON BUTTS IN CHAPTER XXI. THE PERPLEXED DEACON CHAPTER XXII. TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ILLUSTRATIONS The Aid Spatters Mud on si 18 Si Sat Down Hard 20 Stop Beatin' Them Mules' 22 Frozen in the Mud 29 What Do You See, Shorty?' 33 Si Reports to the Colonel 38 Preparing Supper 40 After the Mules Stampeded 44 The Adjutant Smiled on si and Shorty 49 The Prisoners 50 A Close Shave 62 Groundhog Fled 64 Earning Thirteen Dollars a Month 57 A Frightened Teamster 70 A Lucky Fall 81 Finding a Good Thing 85 Si's Challenge 90 A Disagreeable Awakening for Shorty and Si. 94 Si Klegg Fell Without a Groan 113 Shorty Thinks si Does Not Look Like a Ghost. 118 Shorty Retaliates. 126 The House Beautiful. 133 Solid Comfort. 135 "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 139 Shorty Confiscates the Caboose Door. 143 Si Defended the Plunder. 148 Si Floors the Wagonmaster. 154 A Stoutly-built, Farmer-looking Man Entered the Train 164 The Free Fight. 169