Once he thought he discovered the sheen of a musket among the bushes; but it was only his imagination, and after waiting half an hour without hearing any thing suspicious, he shouldered his gun, and commenced pacing the deck, in full view of the woods.

But he was not molested, and when two o'clock came he saw a figure steal cautiously out of the cabin, and creep along toward him, under cover of the wheel-house.

As he approached nearer, Frank recognized his cousin.
"Where are the rebs ?" inquired the latter.
"The corporal said he saw two of them out there in the woods," answered Frank, pointing to a thick clump of bushes that stood on the edge of the bank; "and there was _something_ out there, and I shot at it.

But I've been on deck here, in plain sight, for the last hour, and haven't seen any thing." "I hope there are no rebs in there," said Archie; "but I'll keep dark for awhile.

I shipped to fight, but I don't like the idea of having a fellow send a bullet into me when I can't see him," and he began to settle himself into a comfortable position behind the chicken-coop.
"I don't think there is any danger," said Frank; "but perhaps it is well to be careful at first.