Si Klegg Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Si Klegg novel. A total of 1823 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Si Klegg.by John McElroy.Book One PREFACE."Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty,
Si Klegg.by John McElroy.Book One PREFACE."Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born more than 25 years ago in the brain of John McElroy, editor of The National Tribune, who invented the names and characters, outlined the general
- 1701 "What d.a.m.ned nonsense is this, O'Brien?" asked Shorty angrily. "Are you drunk, or jest naturally addled? Come along with me and we'll--""Not for a thousand loives," groaned the Irishman. "Howly saints, fwhat is old Clootie after me for? Is it
- 1702 "What d.a.m.ned nonsense is this, O'Brien?" asked Shorty angrily. "Are you drunk, or jest naturally addled? Come along with me and we'll--""Not for a thousand loives," groaned the Irishman. "Howly saints, fwhat is old Clootie after me for? Is it
- 1703 "What d.a.m.ned nonsense is this, O'Brien?" asked Shorty angrily. "Are you drunk, or jest naturally addled? Come along with me and we'll--""Not for a thousand loives," groaned the Irishman. "Howly saints, fwhat is old Clootie after me for? Is it
- 1704 "What d.a.m.ned nonsense is this, O'Brien?" asked Shorty angrily. "Are you drunk, or jest naturally addled? Come along with me and we'll--""Not for a thousand loives," groaned the Irishman. "Howly saints, fwhat is old Clootie after me for? Is it
- 1705 "What d.a.m.ned nonsense is this, O'Brien?" asked Shorty angrily. "Are you drunk, or jest naturally addled? Come along with me and we'll--""Not for a thousand loives," groaned the Irishman. "Howly saints, fwhat is old Clootie after me for? Is it
- 1706 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1707 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1708 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1709 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1710 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1711 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1712 Are you too tired to move? Come on. We'll have a good wash, that'll take away some of the tiredness, then a big dinner, and a good bed tonight.Tomorrer mornin' we'll be as good as new.""I think I'd better git right on the next train and go back to
- 1713 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1714 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1715 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1716 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1717 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1718 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1719 "Yes," echoed Shorty, speaking for the first time since he had come into the house; "I feel as if I'd like to begin all over agin.""I wish you could begin all over agin," said Maria in a tone very different from her former one. "I'd like to cook
- 1720 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see you, and they'll n
- 1721 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see you, and they'll n
- 1722 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see you, and they'll n
- 1723 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see you, and they'll n
- 1724 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see
- 1725 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see
- 1726 Then his face grew hot with the thought that everyone saw through his transparent scheme to get an hour or two more with Maria."No," said Si, decisively. "You'll go back with me. Father and mother and 'Mandy are all anxious to see
- 1727 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1728 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1729 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1730 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1731 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1732 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1733 "Mustn't we eat none o' their pies?" asked the boys, with longing remembrance of the fragrant products of their mothers' ovens."Nary a pie. If I ketch a boy eatin' a pie after we cross the river I'll buck-and-gag hi
- 1734 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1735 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1736 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1737 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1738 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1739 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1740 "Spies nothin'!" said Si. "Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest. Let them go at once.""Why, Corpril Elliott told us that eve
- 1741 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1742 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1743 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1744 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1745 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1746 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1747 "'Twas only a little mite o' terbacker," the man explained. "They'uns said they'uns was mouty hongry, and wanted t' know if I'd anything t'eat. I hadn't nothing, but I done had a little terbacker, whi
- 1748 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1749 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1750 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1751 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1752 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1753 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1754 THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH.THE long fast had sharpened the zest the boys had for their first "soldier-breakfast." Until they got down to "real soldier-living" they could not feel that they were actually i
- 1755 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1756 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1757 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1758 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1759 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1760 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1761 "We're comin' to Stewart's Crick, Shorty," said Si, looking up from his paper. "Recollect that hill ovyr there? That's where they had that battery that the Colonel thought we wuz goin' to git. Great Scott, the mud a
- 1762 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1763 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1764 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1765 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1766 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1767 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1768 "Knowin' you was so anxious to see 'em, they've come up the road to meet you," interjected Shorty."It looks," continued Si, "as if they'd got news of the train and slipped out here to take it away from us. They
- 1769 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1770 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1771 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1772 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1773 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1774 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1775 They heard Monty Scruggs's baritone call: "Say, Alf, did you see me salt that feller that's bin yellin' and cussin' at me over there? He's cussin' now for something else. I think I got him right where he lived."&quo
- 1776 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1777 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1778 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1779 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1780 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1781 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1782 Their names's mud. They're now only part o' the real estate on the other side o' the crick. They're suddently become no good for poll-tax; only to be a.s.sessed by the acre.""So you're sure they can't do more h
- 1783 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1784 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1785 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1786 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1787 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1788 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1789 "O, come off, Monty," called the more prosaic Gid Mackall; "you know we didn't have no artillery. If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offen the hill."The whistle summoned them to get aboard and move on.CHAPTER XXI.
- 1790 Si Klegg.by John McElroy.Book Five PREFACE "Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born years ago in the brain of John McElroy, Editor of The National Tribune. These sketches are the original ones published in The National T
- 1791 Si's weakness made him peevish and fretful, and Shorty was not a great deal better."It's an awful risk to have an old man and a civilian come down here into camp," Si complained. "And he oughtn't to go about alone. He's
- 1792 "But, Captain.""I'm no Captain, neither. I'm plain Jim Crimmins, Quartermaster-Sergeant, in charge o' this corral, that you're stealin'around. I'm comin' out there to break every bone in your body. You inf
- 1793 "Better let me try my hand," said the Deacon. "You've bin away from the farm for so long you've probably lost the knack. I'm a famous milker.""You'll play fair?" said the milker doubtfully."Yes; just
- 1794 "I brung her in.""You're just the man I'm looking for," returned the officer. Then turning to a Sergeant who had just come up at the end of a squad, he said: "Here, Sergeant, take charge of this citizen and this cow, and
- 1795 "Good-by, boys," piped out Si. "I'll be back soon. Don't bring on the big battle till I do. I want to help. Just skirmish around and push the rebels back into the woods while I'm gone, and hive 'em up for a good lickin&#
- 1796 "Blazes and brimstone," exploded the Yard-Master; "how in the devil's name do you suppose I can tell anything about the trains going out? I'm just pestered to death by such fool questions, while the life's being worried out o
- 1797 Just then the whistle blew for a stop."What'n the world are they stoppin' here for?" groaned Si. "Some woman's got a dozen aigs or a pound o' b.u.t.ter that she wants to send to town. I s'pose we'll stop here u
- 1798 She was rent by the first spasm of womanly jealousy that any other woman should come between her brother and his mother and sisters."Don't be cross, Maria," pleaded Annabel. "I didn't know nothin' of it.You know I've bee
- 1799 "Sergeant!" e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.ed Si, Shorty and the Deacon, in the same breath."Are you sure it's Sergeant?""Yes, it's Sergeant," said Maria, spelling the t.i.tle out. "Who in the world do you s'pose it'
- 1800 "Is it really?" said Annabel, whose tears were beginning to come. "It don't sound like it. Sargint don't sound near so big as Corporal. I always thought that Corporal was the very purtiest t.i.tle in the whole army. None o' t