"It would be the time to try it while our attention was attracted by the big cannonade." Crockett himself was detailed to meet the new movement, and he led fifty sharpshooters.

Ned was with him, his brain throbbing with the certainty that he was going into action once more.

Great quantities of smoke hung over the Alamo and had penetrated every part of it.

It crept into Ned's throat, and it also stung his eyes.

It inflamed his brain and increased his desire for combat.