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Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 24: (search)
den I spose you's a friend to Uncle Abe, ain't you now? he queried. And if I am, said Scobell, what do you want? Light and Liberty, replied the old man impressively, and foa de L'ud I b'lieve de day am nigh when it am a comina At these words, Scobell stepped forward and said in a low voice: Do you belong to the League? I does, answered Uncle Gallus; I dun jined it in dis berry place. How often do you meet? inquired Scobell. We meets ebery two weeks, down at Uncle Dicky Bassett's-he libs on de bluff ob de ribber 'bout a mile furder down de road to'rds Wilson's Landina. How far is it to Wilson's landing? asked Scobell, who, finding that Uncle Gallus was a member of the League, was now no longer loth to talk with him. A little grain de rise ob twenty mile, replied the old man. About sundown, then, said Scobell, these horses must be saddled and ready for the missus and me, for we must be at the landing before midnight. All right, rejoined Uncle