Book Excerpt: ...as you like. All you got to do is sit down and wait as quiet as you can. Then pretty soon you'll find out I was right."His comrade grunted stubbornly. For a moment he seemed to be searching for a formidable reply. Finally he said: "Well, you don't know everything in the world, do you?""Didn't say I knew everything in the world," retorted the other sharply. He began to stow various articles snugly into his knapsack. The youth, pausing in his nervous walk, looked down at the busy figure. "Going to be a battle, sure, is there, Jim?" he asked."Of course there is," replied the tall soldier. "Of course there is. You jest wait 'til to-morrow, and you'll see one of the biggest battles ever was. You jest wait.""Thunder!" said the youth."Oh, you'll see fighting this time, my boy, what'll be regular out-and-out fighting," added the tall soldier, with the air of a man who is about to exhibit a battle for the benefit of his friends."Huh!" said the loud one from a cor...

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	January 23, 2021
ISBN13	9798691503016
Publishers	Independently Published
Pages	130
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 7 mm · 181 g
Language	English

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