What has occurred since I lay down ?" "Very little; Duval stopped a moment to report, an' two of my couriers rode past this way.

We are going to have a goodly sized gathering to-night, an' from all I hear will need every rifle.

Grant's purpose is, as I supposed, to guard the forage train into Philadelphia.

He expects to meet them somewhere between Fellowship and Mount Laurel, an' the chances are we shall have to fight both detachments.

But fall to, man, an' we can discuss all this as we eat." He talked freely enough while we remained there, but conversation veered to the book he had been reading, and I learned little of his plans, except that he relied upon surprise, and swiftness of movement to overcome the decided advantage of numbers.