He knew the reason, but he had become so used to his trade that at the moment, he felt no sadness.

All this region had been swept by great armies.

Here the tide of battle in the mightiest of all wars had rolled back and forth, and here it was destined to surge again in a volume increasing always.
"I don't find anything," repeated Dick, "but three pairs of eyes are better than none.

George, you take the glasses and see what you can see and Frank will follow." He dismounted and stood holding the reins of his horse while the young Vermonter looked.

He noticed that the mathematical turn of Warner's mind showed in every emergency.