Alert and suspicious he sank down among the trees and peered over the bank.

Two men in a canoe were paddling in a leisurely manner along the stream.
The men were in faded and worn Confederate uniforms, and Dick saw their rifles lying in the bottom of the boat.

He also saw that they had strong, resolute faces.

They were almost opposite him and they were closely scanning the forest on his side of the river.

He was glad that he had not tried to swim the stream, and he was glad too that he had kept so well under cover.