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them to shoot the engineer if any accident hap- 

 pened to the train. 



"But," exclaimed the distressed rebel, "it won't 

 be my fault if there is an accident." 



"It may not be your fault, but it will be your 

 misfortune," was the reply. 



Stone was with Scott through the Mexican 

 War and one of the stories he told of him sug- 

 gested quicker thought than was usually ascribed 

 to that general. 



It was just after the storming of the heights of 

 Chapultepec that Stone was with the Fourth 

 Artillery, the members of which were wildly 

 cheering as they gathered about two captured 

 guns. Scott rode toward them, a magnificent 

 figure upon his great white horse. His mind was 

 occupied with plans for the great work of the 

 following day, but he grasped the situation before 

 him. There were the captured guns and a glance 

 at their carriages told him they had once be- 

 longed to his army. But two such guns had been 

 lost and they were of the Fourth Artillery whose 

 members were now gathered about them. It was 



