Do you think, Dick, we'll settle down to a regular
siege?"
"Knowing General Grant as we do, not from what he tells us, since he
hasn't taken Pennington and you and me into his confidence as he ought to,
but from our observation of his works, I should say that he would soon
attack again in full force."
"I agree with you, Knight of the Penetrating Mind, but meanwhile I'm
going to enjoy myself."
"What do you mean, George?"
"A mail has come through by means of the river, and my good father and
mother--God bless 'em--have sent me what they knew I would value most,
something which is at once an intellectual exercise, an entertainment,
and a consolation in bereavement."
Dick and Pennington sat up. Warner's words were earnest and portentous.
Besides, they were very long, which indicated that he was not jesting.
"Go ahead, George. Show us what it is!" said Dick eagerly.
Warner drew from the inside pocket of his waist coat a worn volume which
he handled lovingly.
"This," he said, "is the algebra, with which I won the highest honors in
our academy.
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