I wonder if skirmishers ever sleep ?" The shots were on the right, but they came from points far away.

In front of them the forest and hills were silent.
"It's just as General Thomas thought," said Dick.

"The main volume of their attack will be on our right and center.

They know that Thomas stands here and that he's a mighty rock, hard to move.

They expect to shatter all the rest of the line, and then whirl and annihilate us." "Let 'em come!" exclaimed Warner, with heightening color.