A few minutes after Cordia's dad left the town square, Mr. Ward came out of the courthouse, though they could all see he had no papers in his hands. "All right," he announced, "this is what I have done. I have telegraphed my cousin and asked him to go down to these hospitals he was speaking of yesterday and see if he can compile a list of the Barton County boys who are dead and wounded." There were now close to one-hundred people standing around, and most of them were very happy to hear this news. "Now, I can't promise he'll get the message or be able to do it today, but I reckon that's about all I can do at this time."
"There's no other news?" someone shouted from the back of the crowd.
"No, I'm afraid there ain't been no news, nothing I didn't already tell you about." Mr. Ward confirme
