But I guess them people have gone away.

It ain't no place for health just at this time." "That's a certainty," said Colonel Winchester.
"An' then there's the bridge, which, as we know, the cavalry has broke down." "Fortunately.

But can't we go a little faster, boys ?" There was a well defined road and Shattuck now led them at a gallop.
As they approached the springs they checked their speed, owing to the increasing darkness.

But Dick's good ears soon told him that something was happening at the springs.

He heard faintly the sound of voices, and the clank and rattle which many men with weapons cannot keep from making now and then.
"I'm afraid, sir," he said to Colonel Winchester, "that they're already across." The little troop stopped at the command of its leader and all listened intently.