True To His Colors
by Harry Castlemon
"Rodney Gray, I am ashamed of you; and if you were not my cousin, I should be tempted to thrash you within an inch of your life." "Never mind the relationship. After listening to the sentiments you have been preaching in this academy for the last three months, I am more ashamed of it than you can possibly be. You\'re a Yankee at heart, and a traitor to your State. Let go those halliards!"