P 36 "Where?" asked Marian quickly, a sudden look of animation in her face, as she turned at Julia's words. As though in answer to her question the band burst into life and the regiment began to march. "Over there... Over there..." "Over there... Over there..." The words sang themselves into the music as the lines swung again into companies before the Colonel's silent watching figure. "For the Yanks are coming... The Yanks are coming... And we won't come back 'Til it's over,—over there!" "For the Yanks are coming... The Yanks are coming... And we won't come back 'Til it's over,—over there!" Marian's lips formed the stirring words and her eyes, expressive and intelligent enough when her interest was aroused, sparkled with swift understanding. "But, Lucy," she asked with a new wonder, "why aren't you sure? Is it a secret to every one outside of the regiment?" "Not quite,—some of the staff officers have to know. But to us it is, or rather supposed to be, for I'm just as sure of it as though Colonel Andrews had turned around and told me his orders had come." Lucy spoke with serious face and lowered voice. P 37 P 37 "Not even the enlisted men know the exact day until within twenty-four hours of it," added Julia. "The officers only tell them to get ready. Of course, there's nothing like safety first, but who is there on this post to be afraid of? Not many enemies, I'm sure." "Why, the Gordons have two Germans right in their house," said Marian, looking at Lucy. "Elizabeth and Karl?" asked Lucy, astonished. "Why,—of course they are Germans by birth, but they've lived years in this country. Karl has been
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