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[171] evidently beginning to feel the influence of the liquor he had drank, took off his uniform hat and put it on Webster's head.

“ Excuse me, Mr. Webster,” he said, “I merely wish to see how you look in one of our hats.” Then stepping back, he added: “By the gods, nothing could be more becoming! My dear fellow, you must have one by all means, if you stay among us.”

Webster endeavored laughingly to object, but they all refused to accept “no” for an answer. So, finding it impossible to resist, he went with them to a neighboring hat store.

“ Fit a hat to Mr. Webster's head — a hat just like mine,” said Dr. Burton, to the proprietor; then turning to the scout, he added: “We will have you a cord and tassel of blue, as that will show that you are true to the cause, although you do not belong to the military.”

The hatter produced a secession chapeau of the kind and size required, and Webster at once put it on, much to the delight of the Doctor, who slapped Webster familiarly on the shoulder, with the exclamation :

Now, my dear fellow, you can consider yourself at home!

“Perfectly at home,” echoed Colonel Dalgetty.

“ Henceforward you are one of us,” put in the Lieutenant.

Webster thanked them cordially for their kindness,

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