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the art of deceit, in which he was himself such 

 an adept, and laying his hand on the Hun's 

 arm, said, " My dear fellow, I respect you. This 

 has been the most brilliant dodge I ever knew, 

 — capital, — capital ! " And he then went on to 

 recount all that he had heard the evening be- 

 fore. A large detachment of Forrest's command 

 was advancing under Faulkner's leadership, and 

 they doubtless had by this time a full report 

 of our position, for he had met acquaintance on 

 the road who had reported it to him. If we 

 were able to engage a body of three thousand 

 men without artillery, we might find them that 

 night in Trenton, — he was confident that that 

 was about their number. 



The family were now notified that they had 

 been guilty of a great offence in harboring a 

 known spy of the enemy ; but they insisted 

 that they knew him only as a devout and active 

 minister, and had no suspicion, nor could they 

 believe, that he had the least knowledge of or 

 interest in either army. With due warning as 

 to the consequences of a repetition of their crime, 



