re all the rebels!

RALL

Eh, what's that?

HONEYMAN

Er--I'll be out of a job; and so'll ye be, Colonel!

RALL

Yes, that's right too. Well, let's have a look at your cattle and I'll
sign for 'em.

HONEYMAN

Come on--you fu'st, sir.

RALL

Thanks--hm--how many did you say there were?

HONEYMAN

There's twenty-two critters there--er, there was when I drove 'em up.

RALL

Hm--they look a little scrawny.

HONEYMAN

Best I could git, Colonel!

RALL (_counting_)

Two--four--five--seven--ten (_etc._) Hm--twenty-one's all I make,
Honeyman.

HONEYMAN

Twenty-one? Pshaw now--did one o' them critters go trapsin' off. (_he
counts_) Yes sir, that's just what's happened. Wall--sign fer the
twenty-one, an' I'll go out lookin' fer that other critter.

RALL

Here you are--let me have that bill--(_rattle of paper_) Twenty-one in
good condition, signed--Rall. There you are. Hope you find the other
one.

HONEYMAN

Thankee--where's that road off to the left go?

RALL

That--oh, that's the river road.

HONEYMAN

I cal'ate the critter musta gone that way.

RALL

Better keep a sharp lookout if you go down that way.

HONEYMAN

Eh? What fer?

RALL

Some o' those ragamuffin rebels might be on this side of the river.

HONEYMAN

Pshaw now--ye don't say! They come across the river, do they?

RALL

Yes, once in a while. But they don't dare bother us. But they might pick
up a civilian.

HONEYMAN

Oh, I cal'ate I kin take keer o' myself. I got my whip and this halter.

RALL (_laughing_)

That ought to be enough to scare 'em away from you!

HONEYMAN (_going_)

They'll figger I'm the hangman come out to git 'em--fetchin' my halter
along! (_he and_ RALL _laugh_)

ANNOUNCER

So Honeyman started down the river road, cracking his whip and swinging
his halter. A couple of miles down the road, four Continental soldiers
were in hiding. They had been sent out with instructions to pick up a
prisoner, if possible, and bring him into Washington's headquarters for
the purpose of securing information. As Honeyman drew near their place
of hiding in the brush alongside the river road, the men heard the
snapping of his whip. (_crack of whip_)

CORPORAL (_low_)

What's that?

SOLDIER

Don't know, sounds funny. See anything, Corporal?

CORPORAL

There, I see him! Huh, it's just a farmer crackin' his driving whip.

SOLDIER

Yah, I see him. What's he got in his other hand?

CORPORAL