It has saved my life,
and I shall always keep it over my heart until we go back home."
Dick was asleep the next minute, and they did not wake him for twelve
hours. When he came from the tent he stood blinking in the sun, and a
tall lean youth hailed him with a joyous shout:
"Why, it's Mason--Mason of Kentucky!" exclaimed the lad, extending a
hardened hand. "I'm glad you're alive. How are those friends of yours,
Warner and Pennington?"
"Well, save for scratches, Ohio. They're about somewhere."
They shook hands again, hunted up the others, and celebrated their escape
from death.
Dick learned later that all the Woodvilles were still alive and that
Colonel Kenton, although wounded, was recovering fast. Slade, with
troublesome raids, soon gave evidence of his own continued existence.
Then, as they expected, reinforcements poured in. Grant came, and Dick
and his comrades took part in the fight at Missionary Ridge and the
battle "above the clouds" on Lookout Mountain. He witnessed great
triumphs and he had a share in them.
He saw Bragg's army broken up, and he rejoiced with the others when the
news came that Grant for his brilliant successes had been made commander
of all the armies of the Union, and would go east to match himself
against the mighty Lee.
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