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You are heartily welcome to them . '' `` Thank you extremely , '' Vincent said as he took the pistols and placed the packets of ammunition in his pocket . `` We cut two heavy sticks the night we left Nashville so as to be able to make something of a fight ; but with these weapons we shall feel a match for any small parties we may meet . Then at eight o'clock I will come back again . '' `` I shall be ready , '' the girl said ; `` but I wish you would have stopped , there are so many things I want to ask you about , and these Yankee papers , which are all we see now , are full of lies . '' `` They exaggerate their successes and to some extent conceal their defeats , '' Vincent said ; `` but I do not think it is the fault of the newspapers , whose correspondents do seem to me to try and tell the truth to their readers , but of the official dispatches of the generals . The newspapers tone matters down , no doubt , because they consider it necessary to keep up the public spirit ; but at times they speak out pretty strongly , too .