"They want to know what their captain intends." "Their captain does not intend to surrender," rejoined the latter fearlessly.

"Let those desert who like." "I am with you, Captain," quietly said a tall young man, of German accent, who had been foremost in the fighting.
[Illustration: "I am with you, Captain."] "Good, Lieutenant Kammerer, I knew you'd stick," commented the leader.
"As to the boat, Judge Clayton," resumed Dunwody, "what shall we do with her ?" "Burned boats tell no tales," here called out young Yates sententiously.
"You hear," said Dunwody.

"My men are not children." "It's piracy, that's all," rejoined the young leader, "Not in the least, sir," broke in Judge Clayton.

"We'll burn her here, tied to this bank on Missouri soil.

The river fell during the night--some inches in all--she's hard aground on the shore." "Fall in, men!" commanded Dunwody suddenly.