Washington counts on us in a pinch, but mostly we're raiding or cutting off British supplies.

Say, Major, isn't that those fellows coming ?" He pointed into the east, in which direction the road ran, barely revealed by the faint light of the moon for perhaps a hundred yards.

I looked eagerly, and could dimly distinguish a vague shadow on the summit of a distant rise of land.

The shadow moved, however, and as we both stared in uncertainty, there came to our ears the far-off crack of a whip.

We drew farther back against the bank, pausing to make sure there was no deception.