Chapter XXII: Trying to Educate Abraham Lincoln

ILLUSTRATIONS The Aid Spatters Mud on si 18 Si Sat Down Hard 20 Stop Beatin' Them Mules' 22 Frozen in the Mud 29 What Do You See, Shorty?' 33 Si Reports to the Colonel 38 Preparing Supper 40 After the Mules Stampeded 44 The Adjutant Smiled on si and Shorty 49 The Prisoners 50 A Close Shave 62 Groundhog Fled 64 Earning Thirteen Dollars a Month 57 A Frightened Teamster 70 A Lucky Fall 81 Finding a Good Thing 85 Si's Challenge 90 A Disagreeable Awakening for Shorty and Si. 94 Si Klegg Fell Without a Groan 113 Shorty Thinks si Does Not Look Like a Ghost. 118 Shorty Retaliates. 126 The House Beautiful. 133 Solid Comfort. 135 "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 139 Shorty Confiscates the Caboose Door. 143 Si Defended the Plunder. 148 Si Floors the Wagonmaster. 154 A Stoutly-built, Farmer-looking Man Entered the Train 164 The Free Fight. 169 Mr. Klegg Ready for Action. 172 Deacon Klegg and the Knight of The Golden Circle. The General Interrupts the Game 184 Meeting Between si and his Father. 189 His Honor and the 'attorney' Bucked And Gagged. Shorty Admonishes the Orderly 198 The Deacon is Shocked. 210 Trying to Conquer the Deacon's Scruples. 212 'How Much'd You Give for This?' 216 Deacon Klegg Looks over the Larder. 220 Hit My Jug a Welt With his Sword 231 'Pulled out a Fat Roll of Greenbacks. 235 I'm Gwine Ter Kill Ye, Right Here 246 Do You Hear? Git on Your Mule at Onct.' "I'll Invite Your Attention to the Emancipation Proclamation 264 " The Deacon Gives Abe a Lesson in Wood Chopping 269

SI KLEGG SI AND SHORTY MEET MR. ROSENBAUM, THE SPY, WHO RELATES HIS ADVENTURES