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`` Not a mite , '' asserted Bob . `` Well , then , you kin come along , and I 'll be mighty glad to have you , for I know you 're a standup feller and a good friend o ' mine , and I always want to oblige a friend by lettin ' him have a share in any good fight I have on hand . '' Jeff Wilson , the Chief Clerk , got wind of the expedition , and he too begged to be taken along , to which Shorty consented . When Lieut. Bigelow came in at 10 o'clock he found Shorty at the head of 12 good men , all armed and equipped , and eager for the service . `` In talking with the Secret Service men , '' explained the Lieutenant , `` they suggested that it would be well to have one good man , a stranger , dressed in citizen 's clothes -- butternut jeans , if possible -- to go ahead at times and reconnoiter . He ought to be able to play off refugee rebel , if possible . '' `` I 'll do it .