Now they're all gone.

What does it mean ?" "It means that Old Jack will follow into the Wilderness, as sure as you and I are here.

He isn't the man to let an enemy retreat in peace." "That's so.

There are the bugles calling, and it's time for us to rejoin Old Jack." Jackson was not more than a hundred yards away, and they were soon just behind him, riding slowly forward, while he swept the forest with his glasses.

Riflemen sent far in advance began to fire, and from the forest came replies.