"That'll be a warning.

Now back, lads, to the breastwork!" As they retreated the shots and yells increased, the forest ringing with the whoops, while bullets pattered on the stumps.

Both Grosvenor and Robert were glad when they were inside the logs once more, and Colden was glad to see them.
"For all I knew you had fallen," he said, "and I can't spare you." "We left our mark on 'em," said the saturnine Black Rifle.

"They know we're waiting for 'em." The demonstration increased in volume, the whole forest ringing with the fierce whoops.

Stout nerves even had good excuse for being shaken, and Colden paled a little, but his soul was high.
"Sound and fury but no attack," he said.
Willet looked at him approvingly.
"You've become a true forest leader, Captain Colden," he said.