8/39 What's your news, Dick ?" Dick told him and the sergeant repeated the same tale. He knew them both to be absolutely trustworthy, and their coming on such an errand through so many dangers carried its own proof. "Two can be unloaded and be made ready for you and the sergeant. I fancy that you don't care to keep on walking, Dick ?" "I've had enough to last me for years, Colonel." They were mounted in a few minutes, and rode with the colonel. The world had now changed for Dick. |