The sergeant will tell you what we know as you ride." Dick sprang at once into the saddle, and with a brief good-bye he and the sergeant were soon in the forest riding toward the southeast.

Dick was alive and energetic again.

All that laziness of mind and body was gone.

He rode on a great ride and every sense was alert.
"Tell me," he said, "just about what the news is." "Three men," replied the sergeant, "came in at different times with tales, but the three tales agree.

Grierson has made a great raid, even further down than we have gone.