 As he stood there, I could see the tears falling fast from his face. While his bosom swelled with the fullness of his emotions, and for some time after the man had risen from his knees and walked away toward his encampment, the colonel sobbed like a child and could not trust himself to utter a word. When finally he did get control of his feelings, his first words were, I am satisfied. Your people are solemnly and terribly in earnest. Henry Boyle