"When it comes to trailing that boy just breathes it in.

He adds some new tricks every day.

But I think we'd better lie by, the rest of to-day, and to-night, don't you, Black Rifle?
We don't want to wear out our lads at the start." "Well spoken, Dave," responded Black Rifle.

"It's a camp in the enemy's country we'll have to make with the warriors all about us, but we must take the risk.

We'd better go to the next brook and walk up it a long distance.