FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE Evidently the horses had found considerable grass through the night, as they were fresh and strong, and the miles fell fast behind them.

At the gait at which they were going they would reach the cabin that night.
Meanwhile they made plans.

The little force would divide and messengers would go to San Antonio, Harrisburg and other points, with the news that Santa Anna was advancing with an immense force.
And every one of the three knew that the need was great.

They knew how divided counsels had scattered the little Texan army.

At San Antonio, the most important point of all, the town that they had triumphantly taken from a much greater force of Mexicans, there were practically no men, and that undoubtedly was Santa Anna's destination.