If any other man had been there,
directing those guns, we might have taken Cemetery Hill."
"That's true, Leonidas, but it was not possible for any other man to be
in such a place at such a time. Granting that such a crisis should arise
and that it should arise at Gettysburg you and I would have known long
before that John would be there with the guns to stop us. Why, we saw
that quality in him all the years we were with him at West Point.
The world has never seen and never will see another such artilleryman as
John Carrington."
"Good old John. I hope he wasn't killed."
"And I hope so too, from the bottom of my heart. But we'll know before
many days."
"How will you find out?" asked Harry curiously.
Both colonels laughed genially.
"Because he will send us signs, unmistakable signs," replied Colonel
Talbot.
"I don't understand, sir."
"His signs will be shells, shrapnel and solid shot. We may not have a
battle this week or next week, but a big one is bound to come some time
or other and then if any section of the Northern artillery shows uncommon
deadliness and precision we'll know that Carrington is there. Why,
we can recognize his presence as readily as the deer scents the hunter.
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