The day of rest for us seemed ended.

We have been travelling all through the long, hot summer months, to find and to be with our countrymen when the hour of battle should come." Humphrey looked from one to the other, and said: "There are only two of you.

Where are all the rest from your smiling valley of the south?
Were you the only twain that desired to join the fight ?" "A dozen of us started, but two turned back quickly, discouraged by the hardness of the way, and a few died of fever in the great swamps and jungles: Others turned aside when we neared the great lakes, thinking to find an easier way.

But Fritz and I had our own plan of making our way to New England, and after long toil and travel here we are at the end of our journey.

For this indeed seems like the end, when we have found a comrade who will show us the way and lead us to the civilized world again!" "Ay, I can do that," answered Humphrey; "I know well the road back to the world.