Now, the first thing to be done is to go back to the camp and secure those two fellows.

We'll determine upon our plans afterward." They accordingly slowly returned to the cabin, and found their men engaged, one in sharpening his Bowie-knife, and the other cleaning his rifle.

The major walked straight up to one of them, and, seizing his musket, wrested it from him.

The other, comprehending the state of affairs in an instant, exclaimed "Betrayed!" and turned to run, when Frank grappled with him and threw him to the ground.
"What ish the matter here, any way ?" exclaimed the captain, who was taken so completely by surprise that he stood riveted to the spot.
"Lend a hand here," answered Frank, struggling desperately with his man, "and ask your questions afterward." The captain at once sprang to Frank's assistance; in a moment, the rebel was disarmed, and his hands bound behind his back.

The major, in the mean time, having succeeded in securing his man, gave a hasty explanation of the matter, and ended by saying: "There is but one way for us to do, and that is to leave this place at once.