I don't think he'll be handing us his surrender on a silver platter at Charlestown or anywhere else." "I know it," said Warner.

"I was only joking, but I'm wondering why we go." In ten minutes an orderly came with a message for them and they were in the saddle as quickly as if they intended to ride to a charge.

Sheridan himself and his staff and escort were as swift as they, and the whole troop swept away with a thunder of hoofs and the blood leaping in their veins.

It was now almost the middle of September, and the wind that blew down from the crest of the mountains had a cool breath.

It fanned Dick's face and the great pulse in his throat leaped.