12/48 Well, I shouldn't think there will be any more of them." "No, I should think not. They would scarcely send off more than two messengers. However, we must still keep a sharp lookout." But no one else came along, and in a quarter of an hour they heard the deep tramp of a body of men approaching, and Captain O'Connor soon came up at the head of the company. We have two prisoners--a girl and a boy. They came along about ten minutes apart, both running at full speed and evidently going with messages. |