There's a lot of work going on at a point farther down the line, but it's kept a secret from the rest of us here." The sergeant went away presently, and Dick, going down stream, joined some other young officers in a pool.

He lay on the bank afterward, but, shortly after dark, Colonel Winchester returned, gave an order, and the whole regiment marched away in the dusk.

Dick felt sure that the event Sergeant Whitley had predicted was about to happen, but the colonel gave no hint of its nature, and he continued to wonder, as they advanced steadily in the dusk..