CHAPTER XLIII 



THE RESULT 



As soon as the first report of the battle reached 

 me, I telephoned to Bill Jackson, asking him to 

 come at once to Four Oaks and to bring a man 

 with him. When he arrived, attended by his 

 big Irishman, my men had already put one of the 

 farm teams to a great farm wagon, and had filled 

 the box nearly full of hay. We gave Jackson a 

 hurried account of the fight and asked him to go 

 at once and offer relief to the wounded, if such 

 relief were needed. Jackson was willing enough 

 to go, but he was greatly disappointed that he 

 had missed the fight ; it seemed unnatural that 

 there should be a big fight in his neighborhood 

 and he not in it. 



" I'd give a ten-acre lot to have been with you, 

 lads," said the big farmer as he started off. 



Word had been sent to Dr. High to be ready 

 to care for some broken heads. Two hours later 

 I drove to the Inn at Exeter and found the doc- 

 tor just commencing the work of repair. Thir- 

 teen men had been brought in by the wagon, 

 twelve of them more or less cut arid bruised 

 about the head, and all needing some surgical 



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