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

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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

Mr. Klegg Ready for Action. 172

Deacon Klegg and the Knight of The Golden Circle.

The General Interrupts the Game 184

Meeting Between si and his Father. 189

His Honor and the 'attorney' Bucked And Gagged.

Shorty Admonishes the Orderly 198

The Deacon is Shocked. 210

Trying to Conquer the Deacon's Scruples. 212

'How Much'd You Give for This?' 216

Deacon Klegg Looks over the Larder. 220

Hit My Jug a Welt With his Sword 231

'Pulled out a Fat Roll of Greenbacks. 235

I'm Gwine Ter Kill Ye, Right Here 246

Do You Hear? Git on Your Mule at Onct.'

"I'll Invite Your Attention to the Emancipation Proclamation 264 "

The Deacon Gives Abe a Lesson in Wood Chopping 269