Astride a good horse and in a column of six hundred men he was no longer the hunted.

These troopers and he were hunters now.
The column turned presently into another road and advanced with speed in the direction of Grant.

Colonel Hertford asked Dick many questions about Slade.
"I've been hearing of him since we were on this raid," he said.

"He's more of a guerilla than a regular soldier, but he may be able to gather a considerable force.

I wish we could cut him off." "So do I," said Dick, but his feeling was prompted chiefly by Slade's determined attempts upon his life.
Colonel Hertford now pushed forward his men.