WE FIND AN OUTFIT 



The war between the States was now in full 

 blast, and blue cloth and brass buttons were seen 

 everywhere. Several of our former comrades had 

 enlisted in the volunteers, and some had obtained 

 commissions. 



According to our previous understanding, I had 

 been chosen as treasurer and bookkeeper for the 

 expedition and began to keep accounts of receipts 

 and expenses. Each man turned into a common 

 fund, to be used in the purchase of an outfit, 

 one hundred and fifty dollars — making a common 

 capital of four hundred and fifty dollars. The bal- 

 ance of each man's money was left in his hands to 

 use as he saw fit, except in the case of Jack, whom 

 we had persuaded to turn over all his money to 

 me. Jack begged ten dollars from me to go off 

 and have a good time, and Tom advised me to 

 give it; but he warned Jack that he would prob- 

 ably bring up in the lockup and declared that if 

 he did so he should stay there until we were ready 

 to start. Both Jack and I had so much respect 

 for Tom's greater age and experience that we never 

 thought of taking offence at his scoldings. 



For two days Tom and I were busy going about 

 from one stable to another, hoping to find a ready- 

 made camp outfit, team, and wagon offered for sale 

 cheap. Nothing Hke that had as yet been seen. 

 We had heard nothing of our Irishman, and I was 

 getting a Httle uneasy about him and asked Tom 

 if I should not go to the police station, pay Jack's 



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