THE HERALD OF ATTACK About midnight they rode into the thickest part of the woods that they could find, and slept there until day.

Then they continued their course toward the west, and before night they saw afar small bands of horsemen.
"What do you say they are ?" asked the Panther of Ned when they beheld the first group.

"Seems to me they are Mexican." Ned looked long before returning an answer.

Then he replied with confidence: "Yes, they are Mexicans.

The two men in the rear have lances, and no Texan ever carried such a weapon." "Then," said Obed White, "it behooves us to have a care.