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with them. The day isn't getting any younger, boy, and the

road is long. Take the town."

Buddy wheeled about and walked off.

"You're a hard man, Ben Raines," Chase

said.

Ben smiled.

"And don't tell me it's hard times! You say

that and I'll stick a stethoscope up your nose."

Ben looked at Sergeant Major Adamson,

standing nearby, and jerked his head toward the town. The

former French Foreign Legionnaire

smiled and nodded. He walked toward the company

Buddy was leading into the village and joined the group.

"Buddy's led troops before, Ben," Linda said.

"But not with me so directly looking down his

throat. Oh, hell, people. He'll be all right.

Those Rebels won't let him make a

mistake." I hope, Ben silently added.

Chapter

Two

Ben sat drinking coffee and occasionally lifting

binoculars to his eyes to watch as his son and a
company of Rebels took thevillageofAthenry .

He smiled as he watched his son take the small

town using textbook tactics. It was slow but

highly effective, and it reduced Rebel losses