Si Klegg, Book 5 — John Mcelroy

" ...]the horse's head toward Chattanooga, and hit him a sharp cut with a switch that lay in the wagon. "I've got about three miles the start," he said as he rattled off. "This horse's young and fresh, while their's probably run down. The road from here to the main road's tollably good, and I think I kin git there before they kin overtake me." At the top of the hill he looked back, and saw the rebels coming out. Apparently they had not understood ...]."