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I asked . `` Vell , ` tai n't hardly right in me to tell 'em , '' the fellow said , as though he did n't want to reveal all that he knew , although I could see that he was anxious to , `` but the commissioner has sent out men to mislead the party vot has gone to stop the artillery , and they vill get on another road and not come back for two or three days . The Yankee chaps vid their rifles ` ave gone vid the green vons , and now the colonel do n't care an old button for the rest . An attack vill be made to-night at one o'clock , but do n't tell that I said so . '' We did not promise a compliance with his request , and after a liberal drink of whiskey Steel Spring left us to plot mischief , and to steal whatever he could lay his hands on during the melee . We held a short counsel , and then resolved that , as the time was near at hand when the attack was contemplated , we would risk our lives in witnessing it , and , if possible , render some assistance to the injured , whether miners or soldiers . We locked up our gold in the safe , and then started for Gravel Pit Hill .