At the edge of the field, Dick turned to wave another farewell, and he found that Harry, actuated by the same motive at the same time, had also turned to make a like gesture.

Each waved twice, instead of once, and then they disappeared among the woods.

Dick returned to Colonel Winchester.
"While we were under the flag of truce I met my cousin, Harry Kenton," he said.
"One of the lucky fortunes of war." "Yes, sir, I was very glad to see him.

I did not know how glad I was until I came away.

He says that we can never beat Jackson, that nothing but death can ever stop him." "Youth often deceives itself, nor is age any exception.