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walking around the table* holding the table-cloth in his hand,
to show how the JitLle rebel had done. He vowed he would
get even with her.
As the days went on, the Baby Veterans and Mkldicburgh

came no nearer being acquainted than they were that morn­
ing, The Baby Veterans still drilled, and paraded, and set
pickets all around the town ; Middleburgh and Nancy Pansy
still picked up Lheir skirts and passed by with uplifted heads
and defiant eyes. The Baby Veterans shouted on the Court­
house Square, "Y a n k e e Doodle” and the “ Star-spangled
Ban n er;" Middleburgh sang on its verandas and in its par­

lors, " D ix ie " and the " Bonnie Blue Flag.” Perhaps, some
evenings Middleburgh may have stopped its own singing, and
have stolen out on its balconies to listen to the rich chorus
which came up from the Court-house Grove, bot if so, the

Baby Veterans never knew it ; or perhaps, the Baby Veterans
some evenings may have strolled along the shadowed streets,
or stretched themselves Out on the grass to listen to the
sweet voices which floated down from the embowered veran­
das in the Judge’s yard ; if so, Middle burgh never guessed it.

Nancy Pansy used to sing sweetly, and she would often
sing whilst her sister played for her.
The strict regulations established by the soldiers pre­
vented any letters from going or coming unopened, and
Middleburgh never would tolerate that. So the only mail

which passed through the office was that which the Baby
Veterans received or sent. A s stated, Nancy Pansy’s