Abe grew uneasy as the minister went on to describe the completeness of
the surrender, the intensity of the loyalty demanded.
'That knocks me out, I reckon,' he muttered, in a disappointed tone; 'I
ain't up to that grade.' And as Craig described the heroism called for,
the magnificence of the fight, the worth of it, and the outcome of it
all, Abe ground out: I'll be blanked if I wouldn't like to take a hand,
but I guess I'm not in it.' Craig finished by saying--
'I want to put this quite fairly. It is not any league of mine; you're
not joining my company; it is no easy business, and it is for your whole
life. What do you say? Do I put it fairly? What do you say, Nelson?'
Nelson rose slowly, and with difficulty began--
'I may be all wrong, but you made it easier for me, Mr. Craig. You said
He would see me through, or I should never have risked it. Perhaps I am
wrong,' and the old man looked troubled. Craig sprang up.
'No! no! Thank God, no! He will see every man through who will trust
his life to Him. Every man, no matter how tough he is, no matter how
broken.
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